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  • ENTP 2020: Entrepreneurial Finance

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The course covers the financial aspects of the new and small business entrepreneurship for owners of sole proprietorship, partnership, and small nonpublic corporations. The focus is on: (1) an over view of accounting fundamentals: (2) selecting the correct organizational form; (3) managing payables and receivables; (4) planning and financing for investments in plant and equipment; (5) working capital requirements & cash flow statements; (6) using financial statements for reporting and planning; and (7) mechanisms used to finance the small business (debt, line of credit, equity investment). Other topics include practical applications, bookkeeping systems, economic concepts of finance, management functions, business organizations and ownership, business plans, financial statements, profitability, break-even analysis, forecasting, pro forma financial statements, current working capital management, effective rate of return, time value of money, techniques of capital budgeting, risk management, and investment strategies. Prerequisites: Intermediate or Full Major status in the School of Business OR Minor status in Entrepreneurship OR Certificate of Entrepreneurship OR Certificate of Music Entrepreneurship OR Instructor Consent.
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  • ENTP 2030: Social Entrepreneurship

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course will introduce students to the rapidly-growing field of social entrepreneurship and innovation. Students will examine wide variety of approaches to solving social problems that use tools traditionally employed in business. The emphasis is on innovation and developing an entrepreneurial mindset. In this course, students will look at the ways: (1) incumbent organizations are attempting to solve social problems; (2) entrepreneurs (in startups, nonprofits, government and corporations) are working on those same problems; (3) governments are transforming the way they provide services, measure outcomes and partner with others; (4) philanthropy is being redefined; (5) data are being used to gain insights into social problems. The course is open to students in all majors. Prerequisites: Intermediate or Full Major status in the School of Business OR Minor status in Entrepreneurship OR Certificate of Entrepreneurship OR Certificate of Music Entrepreneurship OR Instructor Consent.
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  • ENTP 2050: Lassonde + X Portfolio

    1.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course will enable the student to build upon, articulate/describe, and reflect upon their LASSONDE + X experience. This portfolio course is an effective way to process and document the student's individual steps in developing their entrepreneurial mindset and venture(s). We expect every student's journey to be different, with some more closely adhering to execution of a structure plan and others displaying more emergent experimentation. Expressing their narrative in a digital portfolio enables a student to connect individual course learning and assignments to their broader experience of value-creation. Prerequisites: 'C-' or better in (BCOR 2040 OR ENTP 1010 OR ENTP 3070) AND ENTP 1020
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  • ENTP 3070: Entrepreneurship

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Bringing new ideas into the world is the fundamental driver of prosperity. This course is about the process of bringing new ideas into the world in the context of the entrepreneurial start-up. This course focuses on demand discovery, unit economics, entrepreneurial strategy, and organizing your venture. The lessons in this courses can be applied broadly to start-ups, large corporations, or non-profits. Prerequisites: Full Major or Minor or Intermediate status in the School of Business OR Full Major status in Chemistry with Business Emphasis OR Full Major status in QAMO
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  • ENTP 4560: Leading the Family Firm

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course is designed for those striving to gain skills and understanding of the particular challenges of managing and growing the family firm. We will focus on decision making within family firms; the particular demands and challenges of managing financial and other resources in the family setting; the competitive benefits and liabilities of family owner-management, and the management of transition and succession for the family firm. We will pay particular attention to how family dynamics shape decision-making under varying conditions ' such as adversity, prosperity, and changing leadership. The course is intended for those planning a career in a family firm, or who anticipate working at a senior level within a family firm. The class is structured around topical lectures with frequent utilization of case studies requiring active class participation. Prerequisites: Intermediate or Full Major status in the David Eccles School of Business or Minor status in Entrepreneurship OR Instructor Consent.
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  • ENTP 4999: ENTP Honors

    1.50 - 3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on an Honors degree. Prerequisites: (Member of Honors College AND Intermediate or Full Major status in the David Eccles School of Business AND David Eccles School of Business advisor consent) OR Instructor Consent.
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  • ENTP 5000: Build Effective Startup

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The purpose of this class is to help you learn about entrepreneurship and the various ways in which it shapes their lives. To do so, the course engages students on three levels. First, students take a high-level conceptual look at entrepreneurship as a phenomenon and learn what it is, why it exists, and how it influences the fabric of everyday life. Second, students take a hands-on approach that is focuses on teaching them to think like entrepreneurs. Third, the course helps students develop the networking skills they need to assemble teams as well as the managerial skills they need to create and launch a business. Prerequisites: Intermediate or Full Major status in the David Eccles School of Business OR Entrepreneurship Minor OR Instructor Consent
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  • ENTP 5300: Design Strategy Bus.

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course seeks to help students understand design as a tool for ideation, research and validation as related to business strategy and development. Students will learn the practice of experience design in combination with a basic understanding of design research. All skill levels welcome. Prerequisites: Intermediate or Full Major status in the School of Business OR Entrepreneurship Minor OR Full Major status in Design OR Instructor Consent
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  • ENTP 5760: Mgt of Innovation

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Proctor & Gamble, Honda, Apple, Inc., Boeing 3M, Target. All of these companies are considered among the best at managing innovation. This course explores how companies manage organizational and industry-wide factors that facilitate or constrain the ability to innovate and to capture the returns from innovation. These issues apply to all firms, not just those in technologically intensive industries. The course uses organizational and strategic theory as well as cases in order to improve students' abilities to identify sources of competitive advantage derived from the successful management of innovation. Prerequisites: (STRAT 3700 AND (Full Major status in the David Eccles School of Business OR Minor status in Entrepreneurship)) OR Instructor Consent.
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  • ENTP 5765: Leading the ENTP Firm

    1.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Entrepreneurship largely is a team-based activity. This lecture course is designed to allow students to understand how to build and lead an effective entrepreneurial team. It includes self-evaluation of strengths and weaknesses, personality type, strategies for correcting team problems, ways to be a good team member, methods of evaluating team members, and leadership strategies. The course will employ live simulations, role plays, and case studies to allow students to apply leadership theories in the entrepreneurial context. Prerequisites: Full Major or Minor status in Entrepreneurship OR Instructor Consent.
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