Students focus on the most current thought, ideas, and industry practices relevant to entrepreneurship. The course addresses a variety of topics including understanding entrepreneurship, how to prepare for a future as an entrepreneur, how to recognize opportunity and develop a viable firm. It will include financial valuation; various sources of funds, structures, and legal issues in arranging financing; the private and public venture capital markets; and preparation for, and execution of the creation and operation of an actual business. This course provides an understanding of start-ups and how to grow one’s firm as well as providing a hands-on experience for a variety of topics all which are relevant to the student’s success as an entrepreneur.
A collection of Industry Market Research and Industry Risk Ratings. Coverage includes over 700 U.S. industries in over 1100 industry-specific reports. Research reports contain trends, statistics and analysis on market size, market share of competitors, forecasting, and industry growth rates. Performance analysis includes emerging trends, recent production performance and 5-year forecasts. The US Specialized Industry Reports series covers niche industries such as pawn shops, boat insurance companies, air gun manufacturers and circus operators.
Abbreviation: ibisworld
Vendor: IBISWorld
Subjects: Business, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Hospitality, Marketing
Type: Reports
Abbreviation: bscomp
Vendor: EBSCO
Coverage: 1886–Current
Subjects: Business, Business Legal Studies, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Hospitality, Insurance, Management & Strategy, Marketing, Real Estate, Retail Entrepreneurship, Sport Management, Urban and Regional Planning
Type: Datasets / Statistics, E-Book Collections, E-Journal Collections, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries, Proceedings, Reports
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