Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Certificate
Open to all undergraduate students.
BUSN 143, Entrepreneurship I:
This class provides an introduction to and an overview of entrepreneurship. It focuses on the core elements of evaluating business opportunities. Topics include market opportunity, idea conception; business models and planning, sources of value, and the drivers of long-term competitive advantage. Each student will interview an entrepreneur and will participate on a team to develop a plan for evaluating their chosen venture.
BUSN 144, Entrepreneurship II:
This class is the second of the introductory course sequence in entrepreneurship. It focuses on the core elements of starting new businesses. Topics include financial projections and modeling, business development and sales strategies, the investment process, and creating and communicating a business plan. Each student team will create a financial model and business plan for their chosen venture, as well as presenting their idea in a formal setting.
BUSN 145, Entrepreneurship III:
This class consists of a structured, mentored entrepreneurial experience that includes placement in a Silicon Valley startup internship, attendance and analysis of the Entrepreneur Speaker Series, initiation into one of the student organizations for entrepreneurs and entry into one of their entrepreneurial competitions.
Example elective:
FNCE 141, New Venture Finance:
This course covers private equity, investing in private companies, and entrepreneurial finance, the financial tools most relevant to young companies. We first discuss how the private equity industry works and why it works that way. Second, we discuss the investment process, with an emphasis on the terms that are particularly relevant to young companies.
