Description
Theory, history, and practice of technological entrepreneurship and technology management and commercialization. Essentials of planning a new business venture, sources of financing (venture capital, angels, SBA/SBIR, NIST ATP, etc.), evaluation of alternative new business ventures, and analysis of business functions needed to get started. Study of strategic alliances, business incubators, international entrepreneurship, intra-preneurs, "net-preneurs," and electronic commerce ventures.

Texts
Entrepreneurship: A Contemporary Approach, Donald Kuratko, Dryden Press, 1998.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Peter Drucker, Harper Business, 1998.
Entrepreneuring: The Ten Commandments: Building a Growth Company, Steven Brandt, Archipelago Publishing, 1996.

Objectives
· To gain exposure to the practice of technological entrepreneurship.
· To understand fundamentals of technology management and commercialization.
· To learn how to plan and evaluate a new business venture.
· To discover sources of financing.
· To learn about various forms of entrepreneurship.