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  • ENTR 101: Entrepreneurial Thinking

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    Interested in developing an entrepreneurial mindset? If you have ever thought of starting your own business, scaling a business venture, or working in a new start-up venture, then this course is designed with you in mind. In this course, students will develop a mindset that will enable them to build a toolkit to create and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities, gather resources, and build teams nurtured by creativity, leadership, and innovation. Entrepreneurial thinking journeys through the fuzzy, front-end of early-stage entrepreneurial activity.
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  • ENTR 110: Fund. of Entrepreneurship

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    This course provides an overview of the challenges of starting a new venture or strengthening an existing one. Students will learn the characteristics of an entrepreneur and how to use the tools that an entrepreneur needs to evalutate a business concept and, if it is viable, how to take the steps needed to make it a reality. The course covers key aspects of entrepreneurship, including planning, operations, human resources, finance, markeing, and ethical responsibilities.
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  • ENTR 120: Entrepreneurial Marketing

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    The focus of this course is on fulfilling the needs of potential customers as a driving force of entrepreneurship. Students in this course examine the role of marketing in startup ventures and the role of entrepreneurial thinking in marketing efforts. Students will explore traditional and novel approaches to defining markets and market segments, will discover inexpensive ways to conduct relevant market research, and will learn to identify ways to leverage marketing tasks. The course will also include e-marketing techniques and the use of social networking as they apply to marketing products and services. The course will conclude with the students submitting a working marketing plan.
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  • ENTR 130: Entr. Financial Intelligence

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    This course is designed to familiarize entrepreneurs with key financial and accounting concepts that are essential in starting and running a business and help them acquire the tools they need to manage an entrepreneurial venture effectively. The course will cover basic accounting terms and ratios, financial statements, cash flow and budgets and review the accounting software available for a prosepective business entity. This couse is designed for small business owners and entrepreneurs, rather than those seeking to work as professional accountants.
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  • ENTR 140: Business Plan Dev for Entrep

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    In this course, entrepreneurs learn the process of preparing and implementing a business plan and presenting it to lenders and investors. That process includes creating concept statements, developing feasibility studies, and designing business models. Students will learn how to anticipate and solve both typical and atypical problems that entrepreneurs encounter. Prerequisite:    ENTR 110
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  • ENTR 150: Law for the Entrepreneur

    4.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    This course introduces and provides in-depth treatment of laws and legal concepts that an entrepreneur needs to understand and use in order to build and maintain a successful business. The course provides practical information about how to minimize common legal risks by attending to the rules, protections, and potential liabiliities in areas such as contracts, employment laws, licensing requirements, and even choosing the right form of business organization. This course develops the legally alert entrepreneur: one who continually reflects on the legal dimensions of their entrepreneurial activities and the impact and consequences of various aspects of the law on themselves and their undertakings.
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  • ENTR 170: Diversity in Entrepreneurship

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    Students will learn how to navigate historical and systemic policies related to race, gender, and/or ethnicity as it relates to establishing and funding a woman-, minority-, or LGBTQ+- owned enterprise. The role diversity, equity, and inclusion serve in entrepreneurship and organizational culture will be examined.
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  • ENTR 180: Entrepreneurship and Human Resources

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    Entrepreneurs face unique leadership challenges, especially when founding and leading a new company. This course provides the aspiring entrepreneur with tools and frameworks necessary for creating strategy, building companies, and assembling human capital with limited resources. By exploring what makes great entrepreneurial leaders, students will learn through experiential exercises both the challenges and the excitement of starting a new venture and building the best team. Prerequisite:    ENTR 101 (Prerequisite or Corequisite) Corequisite:    ENTR 101 (Prerequisite or Corequisite)
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  • ENTR 210: Entrepreneurial Failures and Risk

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    Central to developing an entrepreneurial mindset is learning to appreciate risk and the potential for failure. This course will introduce students to the forms and causes of failure, and will explore and analyze responses to failure. Students will learn to capitalize on failure and utilize risk to build future success. Prerequisite:    ENTR 101 and ENTR 170
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  • ENTR 250: Launch a Business

    3.00 Credits
    Community College of Philadelphia

    Building on knowledge and foundations gained in previous entrepreneurship courses, students will finalize their new business venture. This course is designed to help students find remaining flaws in a business model, identify strategies for growth, and prepare to launch their business or begin working in a start-up venture. Prerequisite:    ENTR 210 (Prerequisite or Corequisite) Corequisite:    ENTR 210 (Prerequisite or Corequisite)
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