Entrepreneurship is the general description given to the process of identifying business opportunities, developing implementation plans to capitalize on those opportunities, and building and growing new ventures. A new venture can describe a variety of business applications including new businesses, new opportunities for established businesses, new non-profits, as well as many other possibilities.
Curriculum Overview
The entrepreneurship concentration is cross-disciplinary, focusing on the challenges of establishing and managing new and growing ventures. The business environment and management skills required for success in new ventures are significantly different from those in established, mature organizations. The entrepreneurship concentration is relevant to students preparing to work in a variety of entrepreneurial environments.
The entrepreneurship concentration is designed to prepare students in the following areas:
- Integration of business concepts as they relate to an entrepreneurial venture
- Building and growing a new venture Understanding the investment communities for new ventures
- Identification and analysis of opportunities
- Researching, writing and presenting a business plan
- Idea generation
Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Poole College of Management
1300 Nelson Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: 919.515.5565
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Bradley Kirkman
Department Head
Professor of Management