This module draws on academic and entrepreneurial experts to bring their expertise and knowledge related to entrepreneurship into your learning journey. Students will learn and practice new venture creation from idea generation and opportunity development through to planning the launch of a business. These resources provide opportunities to analyse different scenarios and reflect on various decisions and outcomes. The reasons why small firms fail including insufficient sales and poor financial management, lack of planning, recovery strategies, financial management.

By collaborating with Emeritus, we are able to broaden access beyond our face-to-face offerings in a collaborative and engaging format that stays true to the quality of Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education. Yes, the learning platform is accessed via the internet, and video content is not available for download. This book provides a detailed, in-depth overview of the new venture creation process through an approach which encompasses both practical and theoretical issues. Meaning of Venture Creation The process of turning a new idea or technology into a business that can succeed and will attract investors: Potential entrepreneurs trying to identify a possible business idea, pay attention to everything in the media that relates to venture creation.

To look beyond upper echelon logic to think about entrepreneurship across the firm and not just by the small business or new venture owner. In particular, the course will combine entrepreneurship theory and practice to illustrate the role of entrepreneurs in value creation. For maximum flexibility, you can access programme content from a desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile device. If you already have or are working on an idea for a new business, this module provides an opportunity to develop, refine, and test the idea or concept. Mairi has particular interests in working with University colleagues to develop the University’s innovation framework to meet current and future needs and in change management and professional development of technology transfer staff.

In this context, this unit takes students through this sequence showing what it means to be an entrepreneur, including a broad understanding of the entrepreneur role, from the risk-taking and emotional concerns of starting an enterprise through to the development of a robust enterprise plan covering the practical and legal requirements of setting up and maintaining a new social or commercial enterprise. The amount of work done per student may vary but should be directly reflected in the success of the piece. It starts with the conception of an idea and leads to the creation and management of an entrepreneurial venture. You will have the opportunity to develop the ability to think globally and understand international cultures through working on global sustainability problems with classmates from diverse cultures.In the majority of sessions, you will use case studies and/or exercises to illustrate how these concepts can be applied in specific strategic situations. Continuing students will also be given the opportunity to review their examination scripts early in the new academic year in Semester 1 (i. Would you value having access to a robust and supportive network in the entrepreneurial ecosystem including a peer cohort of dedicated founders? Apply your creativity and problem-solving skills in your chosen area of expertise/interests and identify and explore the opportunities for innovation.

A venture capitalist (VC) works with entrepreneurs to foster their growth and success in the marketplace. It takes budding entrepreneurs through the whole process of planning for a new venture - from generating an idea, through developing the business model, and raising finance - in a way that gives them the best chance of success. In the context of the overall business strategy, delve into scenarios when independent business units and ventures are most appropriate, along with the degree of independence required for these units to succeed. Influence senior leaders to support the independence of a new venture and explore the ideal degree of intelligence needed for it to be successful. He has previously held posts as Professor of Small Business Development at Cranfield School of Management, UK, and at Warwick University Business School, UK, where he set up their first Small Business Unit.Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a digital certificate of completion by Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education. Whilst the frameworks and concepts learned are applicable in a start-up venture situation, most are as applicable when identifying and developing new activities within a larger organisational setting. The course is intended to provide students with a solid grounding in key fundamentals of management thinking on this topic, but also with the opportunity to apply these in practice. This module examines theoretical and practical elements of entrepreneurship, and establishing and running a new venture.

Mairi has a PhD in Chemistry and spent some time in the fine chemicals industry before moving to tech transfer. Our extensive network includes 5,000+ active Knowledge Exchange professionals from more than 182 member organisations. Note that you will not be able to remove any examination scripts from the UG Office as they may be required by the Board of Examiners. They foster entrepreneur-industry relationships, including personal networking and business-to-business collaboration.SOMETHING VENTURED also features entrepreneurs sharing how they worked with these venture capitalists to grow world-class companies like Intel, Apple, Cisco, Atari, Genentech, Tandem and others. Use a variety of electronic web- and library- based resources to review available information and retrieve relevant information, use various software packages for the production of the group project report (excel, text, numerical tables and analysis, graphics). Step-by-step, chapter-by-chapter, it guides you through the whole process of planning for a new venture - from generating an idea, through developing the business model, and raising finance. This module guides students through the stages of new venture creation - including the creative process at the 'ideas' stage, and the entrepreneurially distinct requirements in terms of marketing, finance, human resources, operation management etc.