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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
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8/27/07
(A-C-E) |
Course Introduction
and Semester Overview
|
Read NY Times articles:
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"You See..."
(NY
Times,
Word)
-
"As Industries Wane..."
(NY
Times,
Word)
QUIZ NEXT CLASS |
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8/29/07
(A-C-E) |
Foundations of
Entrepreneurship
|
Read Chapter 1, pages 1-15.
Identify 5 websites that are helpful for women looking to start
their own business. Identify the URL and give a brief
description of the website and what makes it helpful.
Assignment must be typed and submitted via Hand-In Folder. |
|
8/31/07
(A-C-E) |
Foundations of
Entrepreneurship
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Discussion:
Best websites for prospective small business owners
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Lecture:
Potential Drawbacks
-
Group Role Play:
10 Deadly Mistakes
|
Research the stories of these
women in business:
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Carly Fiorina
-
Meg Whitman
-
Gail McGovern
-
Gert Boyle
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Margot Fraser
-
Indra Nooyi
QUIZ NEXT CLASS. |
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Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
|
9/5/07
(A-C-E) |
Foundations of Entrepreneurship
-
Quiz 2 (Women in Business)
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Discussion:
Successful women in business
-
Avoiding the
pitfalls
-
Video clip: startup.com
-
Analysis: Links
between Foundations reading and govWorks
|
Read Chapter 1, pages 15-32.
Beyond the Classroom...
Question #1 (p.40)
Incorporate what you
learned in Chapter 1 to compose a three-page
paper in response to Beyond the Classroom...
(p.40) Question 1. (You may interview a family friend or
relative.)
Due Date: September 13.
|
|
9/7/07
(A-C-E) |
Foundations of Entrepreneurship
|
Complete Chapter 1
reading, including summary.
REMINDER:
Beyond the Classroom...
Question #1 (p.40)
Incorporate what you
learned in Chapter 1 to compose a three-page
paper in response to Beyond the Classroom...
(p.40) Question 1. (You may interview a family friend or
relative.)
Due Date: September 13.
|
|
9/11/07
(A-C-E) |
Inside the Entrepreneurial Mind
-
Lecture:
Creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship
-
Team Activity:
Breakfast Cereal (p. 82, #4)
-
Video clip: startup.com
|
Read Chapter 2, pages
41-61.
REMINDER:
Beyond the Classroom...
Question #1 (p.40)
DUE NEXT CLASS (September 13)
Incorporate what you
learned in Chapter 1 to compose a three-page
paper in response to Beyond the Classroom...
(p.40) Question 1. (You may interview a family friend or
relative.)
PLAN AHEAD: Test on
Chapters 1 and 2 (and all class notes/activities) next week
TEST REVIEW SHEET |
9/13/07
(A-C-E) |
Inside the Entrepreneurial Mind
-
Discussion:
Entrepreneurial interviews
-
Lecture:
Enhancing creativity
-
Activity:
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
-
Lecture and
Discussion: Protecting your ideas
-
Video clip: startup.com
|
Read Chapter 2, pages
74-80
Test on
Chapters 1 and 2 (and all class notes/activities) next class.
TEST REVIEW SHEET |
|
9/17/07(A-C-E) |
Lesson Unit/Topic
|
Read "The
Trouble With Buying a Business" (Word format)
QUIZ NEXT CLASS |
9/19/07
(A-C-E) |
Challenges of Entrepreneurship
|
Read Chapter 3 pp.
83-99 |
9/21/07
(A-C-E) |
Challenges of Entrepreneurship
|
PROJECT:
Small Business Analysis |
9/25/07
(A-C-E) |
Challenges of Entrepreneurship
|
Read Chapter 4 pp. 122-131
PROJECT
REMINDER:
Small Business Analysis |
|
9/27/07(A-C-E) |
Lesson Unit/Topic
|
Research the costs of
Incorporating and forming an LLC in Connecticut.
Summarize your findings in a Word
document and save to the hand-in folder.
PROJECT
REMINDER:
Small Business Analysis |
|
Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
10/1/07
(A-C-E) |
Challenges of Entrepreneurship
|
PROJECT
REMINDER:
Small Business Analysis
due
Friday |
10/3/07
(A-C-E) |
Challenges of Entrepreneurship
|
PROJECT
REMINDER:
Small Business Analysis
due
next class |
10/5/07
(A-C-E) |
Challenges of Entrepreneurship
|
Read Chapter 4 pp.
122-131 |
10/10/07
(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
|
Read Chapter 4 pp.
134-150 |
|
10/12/07(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
-
Conclusion: Fate
of govWorks.com
-
Elements of a
solid business plan
-
Five C's of
Credit
-
Reminder: Quiz on
Forms of Business Ownership
|
Quiz next class on Forms of Business Ownership (Table
5.2; p. 185). |
|
10/16/07 (A-C-E) |
Challenges of Entrepreneurship
-
Quiz:
Forms of Business
Ownership (Table 5.2; p. 185)
-
Lecture and
Discussion: Franchising
-
Team:
Seeking out the best franchise
-
$500k Net worth
-
$200k cash
-
Top three
alternatives
-
Top Choice and
why
|
Read Franchising (pp.
188-200)
Quiz next class |
|
10/18/07(A-C-E) |
Challenges of Entrepreneurship
-
Quiz:
Franchising
-
Complete team
activity from previous class
|
Homework pass |
|
10/22/07(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
-
Video: Dave
Thomas (intro)
-
Lecture:
Business Plan
|
Complete the SBA reading.
View the
InteliChild business plan.
Reminder: Test on Franchising and
Forms of Business Ownership will be next Tuesday, October 30. |
|
10/24/07(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
-
Market Research
-
SWOT Analysis
-
Intro to group activity
|
Reminder: Test on Franchising and
Forms of Business Ownership will be next Tuesday, October 30. |
|
10/26/07(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
-
Group activity: Vehicle Rental Company
-
Products/Services
-
Competitors
-
Competitive
advantage
-
Target market
-
Pricing
-
Company name/logo
-
Test review
|
Test next class on Franchising and
Forms of Business Ownership.
REVIEW SHEET |
|
10/30/07(A-C-E) |
Franchising and Forms of Business
Ownership
|
Read pp. 137-147. |
|
Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
|
11/1/07(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
-
Elements of a Business Plan
-
Group Activity: Business Plan
|
Type 3 questions you'd like our guest speaker to answer
during her class visit. Your questions may be about her
career as an accountant, becoming a CPA, her accounting practice, starting a business,
creating a business plan, taking business courses in college,
etc. |
|
11/5/07(A-C-E) |
Building the Business Plan
-
Case Study:
Noah's Arf
-
Discussion and follow-up
|
Exercises pp. 661-662 |
|
11/7/07(A-C-E) |
Building a Powerful Marketing Plan
|
Estee Lauder questions |
|
11/9/07(A-C-E) |
Building a Powerful Marketing Plan
|
. |
|
11/14/07(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
-
Guest speaker
-
Business Simulation
|
. |
|
11/16/07(A-C-E) |
Building the Business Plan
|
Type a brief
summary of 1-2 business ideas. Each summary should
identify the business type, location, your reasons for
selecting this business, three competitors, and reasons it will be successful.
. |
|
11/20/07(A-C-E) |
|
. |
|
11/26/07(A-C-E) |
NO SCHOOL |
. |
|
11/28/07(A-C-E) |
Building a Powerful Marketing Plan
|
NY Times articles:
|
|
11/30/07(A-C-E) |
Building a Powerful Marketing Plan
|
. |
|
Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
|
12/4/07(A-C-E) |
Negotiating
-
Lecture:
Negotiating
-
Activity:
Negotiating
-
Business Plan
|
Read NY Times article (Word format)
Plan ahead: Test
12/10 on Marketing and Negotiating. |
|
12/6/07(A-C-E) |
Building a Powerful Marketing Plan
|
Test next class. |
|
12/10/07(A-C-E) |
Marketing and
Negotiating
|
Reading/preparation
for guest speaker. |
|
12/12/07(A-C-E) |
Contracts
-
Lecture:
Contracts
-
Business Plan
|
. |
|
12/14/07(A-C-E) |
Goal Setting
|
. |
|
12/18/07(A-C-E) |
Contracts
-
Activity: Contracts
-
Business Plan
|
|
|
12/20/07(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
Supply and Demand
Continue with
business plan
|
|
|
Date |
Class Topic |
Assignment |
|
1/3/08(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
-
Exam Review
-
Individual meetings:
Business Plan
|
|
1/7/08
(A-C-E) |
Business Plan
-
Exam Review
-
Individual meetings:
Business Plan
|
|
1/9/08
(A-C-E) |
Semester Review
|
Prepare for Final Exam |
1/10/08
(A-C-E) |
|
Exams A1, A2 |
1/11/08
(A-C-E) |
|
Exams A3, A4 |
