This course introduces students to the foundational skills needed to successfully start and manage their own business. This course explains the ins and outs of such an enterprise, giving students the confidence needed to be their very own boss. They will discover what is needed to operate a personal business, from creating a plan, generating financing, and pricing products to marketing services and managing employees. This course is a student’s opportunity to learn all they need to know about being a true entrepreneur.
What You’ll Learn
- Launching a Venture: Explore what it takes to start a business—idea generation, feasibility, and business planning.
- Finance & Economics: Understand funding sources, pricing strategies, cash flow, and economic principles relevant to small businesses.
- Legal & Ethical Dimensions: Learn about business law, regulations, contracts, and social responsibility in entrepreneurship.
- Marketing, Operations & Growth: Dive into marketing strategies, managing employees, scaling operations, and sustaining a business.
- Credit Hours: 0.5
Notes
Various computer programs and system requirements are required, as well as a video recording device; see the syllabus for more information.
Course Features
- Lecture 0
- Quiz 0
- Duration 10 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
- 8 Sections
- 0 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- Unit 1: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship—Past and Present0
- Unit 2: Using Communication to Create Opportunities0
- Unit 3: Navigating the Business World0
- Unit 4: Small Business and the Law0
- Unit 5: Economics for Managing the Small Business0
- Unit 6: Government and the Small Business Relationship0
- Unit 7: Entrepreneurial Finance0
- Unit 8: Ethics and Social Responsibility in Business0
