This course will focus on starting and managing a successful business. Topics will include: the art of innovation, marketing, finance, human resources, operations, and succession and estate planning. A section on exploring the legal issues involved in the process of applying for a patent will be introduced due to the engineering background of the students. The course will enable a student to evaluate his or her own desires and prospects for a career as an entrepreneur.

This course will focus on starting and managing a successful business. Topics will include: the art of innovation, marketing, finance, human resources, operations, and succession and estate planning. A section on exploring the legal issues involved in the process of applying for a patent will be introduced due to the engineering background of the students. The course will enable a student to evaluate his or her own desires and prospects for a career as an entrepreneur.

* Kaplan and Warren (2013) Patterns of Entrepreneurship Management. John Wiley
* Szopa, Karwowski and Pablos (2013). Academic Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation: A Business
* Management Perspective. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
* The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
* Additional materials will be provided.

* Kaplan and Warren (2013) Patterns of Entrepreneurship Management. John Wiley
* Szopa, Karwowski and Pablos (2013). Academic Entrepreneurship and Technical Innovation: A Business
* Management Perspective. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
* The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
* Additional materials will be provided.