ENT 478
Venture Studio Practicum
Management
Marriott School of Business
Course Description
This student-led Venture Studio helps founders and operators of new ventures in their early stages to to begin and execute appropriate "next steps." This acceleration process is a beginning-to-end solution for new venture problems in tactical operations, sales and marketing, people organizations, legal and compliance, and engineering and product development as needed at each stage of the process. The course requires diligence, analysis, and resource application to reduce failure risk for new ventures by all key measures. Students will typically address client capability gaps in several market stages: Incubator/Accelerator; Studio; Bootstrap; and Angel/Seed stage.
When Taught
Fall and Winter
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Title
Identify Companies
Learning Outcome
Identify outstanding ideas, products, and companies to diligence, research, and apply acquired skills suited to client needs.
Title
Assist client companies
Learning Outcome
Practicum students will be able to evaluate, improve and skillfully protect company overall health using "shipshape" tools capturing all relevant measures.
