Entrepreneurial Execution and Planning

3 credits · Fuqua School of Business

The focus of this course is the successful creation and early execution of a new venture. The course will concentrate on new enterprises based on substantial innovations with potential for high growth and funding by venture capitalists. The course is primarily based on case discussion, with the intent of allowing students to derive practical lessons from experience (both successes and failures) in actual ventures. The topics to be covered include: understanding whether there is a market, competitive position, growth, financing a new venture, building a team, early sales and marketing execution, building an operating plan. This course is a complement to the Entrepreneurial Strategy course. This course is for Daytime MBA and Accelerated Daytime MBA students.