Students analyze a business idea for a new venture (creating a firm or growing an existing firm) and perform the appropriate research to determine and/or enhance its feasibility. Involves critical evaluation of markets for their products/services, and preliminary planning for their businesses. Prerequisite: ITEC 2800, LGST 2000 and degree checkpoint 2.
In this course, students will encounter the conceptualization, development, documentation, and presentation of the business plan for an innovative new business initiative. Students will submit their plan to a panel of experienced professionals and receive critical feedback. Prerequisite: EVM 3350.
The Real Business course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to examine entrepreneurial business challenges through case studies, guest speaker, discussions and field experience. In addition to standard entrepreneurial start-ups, the course will cover international start-ups, gender issues relating to start-ups as well as fostering an entrepreneurial spirit in large organizations. Throughout the course, entrepreneurship will be examined from the perspective of business challenge as well as career choice. Prerequisite: EVM 3351 and degree checkpoint 2.
This course is custom designed to address topics that are currently in demand, such as social entrepreneurship, financing the startup after the Wall Street greed bust, finding angel investors and venture capitalists in Colorado, preparing for a pitch to investors, moving beyond startup stage, and others. Prerequisite: ITEC 2800, LGST 2000 and degree checkpoint 2.
This course is about identifying and creating customer needs, looking for innovative ways to address these needs, and pursuing those approaches that appear to have real profit potential. There are exercises to address and stimulate creativity, discussion of organizations that are considered to be creative businesses, and critical evaluation of the hurdles they face and the techniques they use. The course also includes innovative approaches to organizational effectiveness. Prerequisite: ITEC 2800, LGST 2000 and degree checkpoint 2.
Student devises and completes a special learning project under faculty supervision. Topic and outline must be approved by supervising instructor and department. Prerequisite: EVM 3351.
Refine the concepts of business ideas, critically evaluate the market for new products/services, and assess the market feasibility of ideas for new ventures.
Write business plans for their ventures and present plans to a juried panel of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists for review. The objective is to enable each student to create a truly fundable, realistic business plan.
The Real Business course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to examine entrepreneurial business challenges through case studies, guest speakers, discussions and field experience. In addition to standard entrepreneurial start-ups, the course will cover international start-ups, gender issues related to start-ups as well as fostering an entrepreneurial spirit in large organizations. Throughout the course, entrepreneurship will be examined from the perspective of business challenge as well as career choice.