Syllabus
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Lessons
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Information: How to access materials? Submit Assignments etc
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Course Description
Welcome to ENTRP 489 (Entrepreneur Management). My name is Avimanyu (Avi) Datta and I am a doctoral candidate in the college of business, Washington State University.
You’ve written a compelling business plan, secured ample seed funding, hired your initial team, signed a lease for your initial facilities, and you’ve opened your doors for business. Now what? The purpose of this course is to enable you to discover and maximize your leadership style, to learn to distinguish appropriately between leading versus managing and to know when and how to balance these two important skills. You will also learn to successfully manage and grow a new venture, whether it be a for-profit or a not-for-profit entity, through each of the stages of growth that new firms undergo. A successful entrepreneur needs to be able to not only envision and launch a new company but also, and perhaps more important, be able to manage a new company well and grow it successfully from being a mere start-up to a successful, on-going, business organization where other people like to work and can succeed.
You’ve written a compelling business plan, secured ample seed funding, hired your initial team, signed a lease for your initial facilities, and you’ve opened your doors for business. Now what? The purpose of this course is to enable you to discover and maximize your leadership style, to learn to distinguish appropriately between leading versus managing and to know when and how to balance these two important skills. You will also learn to successfully manage and grow a new venture, whether it be a for-profit or a not-for-profit entity, through each of the stages of growth that new firms undergo. A successful entrepreneur needs to be able to not only envision and launch a new company but also, and perhaps more important, be able to manage a new company well and grow it successfully from being a mere start-up to a successful, on-going, business organization where other people like to work and can succeed.
