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Overview
The purpose of the Entrepreneurship Track, like that of the Entrepreneurship Minor, is to prepare students to play innovative roles whether in the new venture community as founders, investors, executives or policy makers, or in existing organizations through entrepreneurship whether for profit, impact or both. Our goal is that via these new ventures graduates will have a positive impact upon the world in which we live, thereby creating value of all kinds. Through case discussions, workshops, guest speakers, and team projects, the Track’s coursework provides an education in and experience with the tools, techniques, and transformations involved in new venture development (e.g., ideation and innovation, team building, product-market fit, venture viability and diligence, financial and social return, managing for growth and impact). The Entrepreneurship Track provides a select number of Commerce students with the unique opportunity to: explore the professional processes, concepts communities and tools that facilitate new-venture success; examine the sources of financing for a new venture; evaluate a start-up’s or innovation project’s ability to not only be financially sustainable, but also generate compelling financial and/or social returns; and apply these principles through practical application via new ventures and teams. The coursework includes lectures, case discussions, short-form pitches and long-form presentations, viability assessments, rapid prototyping exercises, guest speakers, and a venture acceleration laboratory.
Eligibility
The Entrepreneurship Track is open to Commerce students whose academic requirements allow them the flexibility to take the required 12 credit hours.
