Entrepreneurship

The entrepreneurship concentration challenges you to explore the process of identifying high growth opportunities. You learn what it takes to create, build, and lead a successful business and work in an entrepreneurial capacity within corporate organizations. You shadow successful entrepreneurs to learn strategies and management practices. Community innovators teach elective courses providing “real-world” expertise.

With the help of the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center you will have an abundance of resources and opportunities available to you. Whether you're interested in starting your own business, participating in a mentoring relationship with a succesful entrepreneur, or competing in a business plan competition for seed capital, you will grow as an entrepreneur. Take a look at all that the John Papajohn Entrepreneurial Center has to offer:

Required courses include four of the following: 06T:220, 06T:233, 06T:246, 06T:250, 06T:290, 06T:292, or 06T:294.

06T:220 Entrepreneurship and Innovation

An introduction to the entrepreneurial process from conception to birth of a new venture; attributes of successful entrepreneurs, innovation and creativity, opportunity recognition, venture screening, identification of resources, feasibility analysis. Prerequisite: 06N:215.
(3 credits)

06T:233 Finance for Entrepreneurs

Understanding the process of capital acquisition and cash flow management; techniques, applications, projections, valuations, and measurements used in both, specific applications to new and growing ventures. Prerequisites: 06N:225
(3 credits)

06T:250 Managing the Growth Business

Issues faced by new, rapidly growing businesses; adapting organizational structure as business expands, building a management team, hiring new employees, managing strategic growth of a business; case studies, particularly in technology sector.
(3 credits)

06T:290 Seminar in Entrepreneurship

Special topics in entrepreneurship. Examples include business acquisition, franchising, real estate, business valuation, and technology transfer.
(3 credits)

06T:292 Entrepreneurship: Business Consulting

Team participation in solving unique problems of early-stage opportunities: experience writing proposals, developing final reports. Prerequisite: 06T:220.
(3 credits)

06T:294 Advanced Business Planning

Mentored course for individuals who are in the final stages of preparing to launch their own business.
(3 credits)