This course is designed to give business students a feel for how an entrepreneur differs from a small business owner. Students are taken through the key stages of a business and given the dilemmas that an entrepreneur faces at each stage of his/her business. It will show students that there is no wrong or right way to proceed as one enters each stage of a business but that decisions made at current and earlier stages will, in general, influence outcomes at later stages. Therefore, an entrepreneur needs to be mindful and thoughtful even when faced with making supposedly trivial decisions. In conjunction, students will also learn how to construct a business plan through a step-by-step process. The course term project will be their finalized business plan for a hypothetical business.
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