EPS 1210 - The Ultimate Entrepreneurial Challenge

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Babson College

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4.00 credits EPS1210 THE ULTIMATE ENTREPRENEURIAL CHALLENGE (Free Elective) Formerly EPS3510 and EPS3579 This highly competitive course, patterned after the Donald Trump TV show, "The Apprentice," involves intense TEAM competition and problem solving of "real world businesses." Students will be divided into teams and compete for ten weeks to determine the ultimate winner. Subjects include marketing, negotiation, management, finance and "out of the box thinking." The assignments will be based on actual Business and case studies with the entrepreneurs, or their representatives involved in that particular case present in class to judge the students on their solutions. Details It will be open to both graduate and undergraduate students who possess "out of the box thinking" abilities and are creative and want to be successful entrepreneurs. The class will utilize the case method and some advice from experts in that field. The class will utilize teams that will be in direct competition with each other. Answers to solutions will be discussed in class. The students will have "one on one" time provided with the professor. Subjects to be covered: 1. Starting and Growing a Business 2. Creating the Entrepreneurial Team 3. Obtaining Capital 4. Selecting the Right Management Style for Yourself 5. Negotiations 6. Ethics 7. Eureka Ranch Creativity 8. Financial Analysis and Tax Planning 9. Guerrilla Marketing 10. Succession 11. Harvesting 12. Real Business Computer Simulation Event Prerequisites: FME1001 or (MIS1000 and MOB1000)

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4.00

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Institution Website:

www.babson.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 235-1200

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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