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New Enterprises for Engineers
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:15:01
Abstract
Transforming Needs to opportunities for new technology enterprises.- Links between entrepreneurship and engineering.- Sales, marketing, financing, and growth. Detailed Plans and execution.- Survival through cash flow management.- Human issues in new enterprise- Alignment of interests between providers of value and providers of capital- Transition of enterprises along growth path
Objective
Transforming Needs to Business Enterprises Goals of the course: - Propose the role of Needs-Driven Opportunities for new technology enterprises - Explore links between entrepreneurship and engineering; such as problem solving, planning, system analysis, can-do attitude! - Making it happen- through sales, marketing, planning, staffing, implementation, financing, and growth. Detailed Plans and execution - Survival (and success) through cash flow management - Explore the human issues in any new enterprise - Alignment of interests between providers of value (founders and staff, VC’s) and the providers of capital (Angels, VC’s, Corporation) - Transformations of enterprises along growth path
Content
Approach: Weekly lectures including discussions of international case studies Exercises to develop and present modules of new plans Extensive class interactions capped with presentation by each (group) student of new enterprise plan
Resources
Lecture Notes
Course material will be comunicated to the students prior to the start of each class for download.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| lecture with exercise | New Enterprises for Engineers |
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3 h weekly |
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Optional and Recommended Core Courses (This list of elective core courses is not concluding; other choices are possible.)
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