| Part I: The global environment for entrepreneurship |
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Course overview and introduction |
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Issues for entrepreneurs in developing markets |
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How entrepreneurial companies respond to corruption |
Resumes posted |
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Opportunities amid extreme unpredictability |
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Team-building mixer
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How the government shapes the entrepreneurial environment |
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Legal environments and IP protection |
G-Lab bidding forms due in class |
| Part II: The challenges facing entrepreneurial firms |
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Working in a G-Lab project |
Company matches announced |
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Life sciences overview, biotech entrepreneurship |
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Internationalization |
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Team meetings
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You are not alone |
Team workplans due in class |
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Research methods
Team meetings
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Global sales strategies for ambitious entrepreneurs |
Teams obtain and submit workplan sign-offs from host companies |
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Being an entrepreneur |
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Team meetings |
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Entrepreneurial finance
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Team meetings with faculty advisors |
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Investigation and analysis |
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Commercialization |
Interim research reports due in class |
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Team meetings with faculty advisors |
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Organizational development and human resource management |
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Best practices overview |
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Building trust |
Teams submit interim research reports to host companies |
| Part III: The internship and final reports |
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Following month: G-Lab internship |
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One week following end of internship: Faculty meetings |
Final report due
Copy or summary of company deliverables due
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10 days following end of internship: G-Lab poster session |
Teams prepare posters on their projects and submit electronic copies to faculty |