BUSINESS MANAGEMENT - ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Business Management majors only)
Director: Dr. Travis Feezell

Students pursuing a Business major may select Entrepreneurship as their concentration.

Sparking student entrepreneurs is our Entrepreneurship Program’s mantra. Besides having its strong student focus, the Entrepreneurship Program provides an interesting mix of theory and practice. Through a combination of unique courses and learning-by-doing opportunities, students learn about many aspects of entrepreneurship, including:

• Evaluating and pitching ideas for new ventures
• Planning new ventures
• Organizing and launching new ventures
• Franchising
• Developing ideas into actual products being sold on store shelves
• Raising capital (e.g., from angel investors, venture capitalists and others)
• Structuring investments
• Forming and running non profits
• Acquiring and selling an existing businesses

Consistent with the Abbey’s goal of excellence and virtue, students in the Entrepreneurship Program will study the “Silicon Valley model” from time-to-time (the Silicon Valley model has consistently helped build world-shaking companies such as Apple Inc., Yahoo! Inc., and Google Inc.). The Entrepreneurship Program will also continue to build connections with local entrepreneurs and our local communities. For example, leading local entrepreneurs will serve and guest speakers and local entrepreneurial organizations will provide students with internship opportunities.

While the Entrepreneurship Program should appeal to students excited to change the world in the near-term, it may also be of interest to those student who plan to eventually pursue graduate studies in business or law.

Requirements: Students seeking the Entrepreneurship concentration must satisfy the requirements for the Business major as well as the following:

• ET 300 – The Entrepreneur
• ET 302 – Launching New Ventures
• ET 303 – Financing New Ventures

One of the following:

• ET 401 - Social Ventures
• ET 402 - Product Innovation & Development

At least two of the following experiential requirements:

• ET 450 - Internship I
• ET 451 - Internship II
• ET 452 - Founders Day 2.0