NTVsyllabus

DATE            TOPICS                                                 READING                                         DUE

Sept. 18          The Entrepreneur & Opportunity.               Allen 1-3, Addison 1, Abrams 1

Sept. 25          The Founders and Early Team.*                Allen 4, Addison 2, Abrams 2

Oct. 2               Product Market Positioning                         Allen 5-9, Addison 3                                              Case 1

Oct. 9               Business Planning*                                     Addison 4, Abrams 4-15                                     Proposal

Oct. 16            Financial Modeling. The Launch.              Allen 10,16; Addison 5, Abrams 16                    Case 2

Oct. 23            Management Team and Organization*     Allen 13, Addison 6, Abrams 13

Oct. 30            Market Plan, Market Penetration                 Allen 14, Addison 7, Abrams 10, Moore -all      Case 3

Nov. 6             Venture Capital and Raising Capital*        Allen 15, Addison 8, Abrams III

Nov. 13            Managing Growth.   Review.                       Allen 17-18, Addison 9                                          Case 4

Nov. 20           MIDTERM EXAM (via Internet)

Nov. 27           Exit Strategy. Business Plans.*         l         Allen 19-20, Addison 10

Dec. 4             Business Planning Practical                        Abrams - all                                                           Case 5

Dec. 11           Business Plan Presentations                                                                                                       Project

Lectures held on first ten classes for 60 minutes on scheduled topics.
* Case Studies held in class on these days - 75 minutes
On days when case studies are not held, business planning practicals will be held for 75 minutes, except on the first class.
A business planning practical is an interactive session on business planning topics using hypothetical companies.

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