MGT 462 - Entrepreneurship

(3 Credits)

This course focuses on providing students with the information and methodologies needed to completely utilize financial and accounting tools with a focus on the challenges and specific needs of entrepreneurial ventures. This course emphasizes the importance of managing cash flows, ratio analysis, pro forma development, basic contract and general business structuring and implementing a business venture plan and/or strategy. Students will identify sources of information and engage in the process of understanding and gathering information from sources such as financial statements, inclusive of corporate 10Q and 10K filings. Students will review, study and evaluate business models of some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs as well as the world’s most successful organizations. They will explore corporate business models, financial structures and learn to identify resource requirement methodology as well as resource allocation. They will establish risk assessment models and gain a clear understanding of revenue streams to include asset diversification and asset utilization. This course consists of readings, group activities, discussions, lectures, student presentations and in-depth casework.

Prerequisite(s): MKT 305 , FIN 333 , MGT 303