| Course Title: Enterprise Startups and Social Entrepreneurship |
| Start Date: 09/07/2022 End Date: 12/20/2022 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2022 |
| Description: This is a project-based experiential learning course teaching entrepreneurial teams to rapidly build, test, and cycle through models on the way to discovering and implementing an organization, designing and providing a product or service, and offering a solution to a global-to-local problem. Students will learn about and engage in the creation and building process, while exploring and discovering key issues in social impact, organizations and groups, creative solutions, economics, and finance. The course will adapt the Lean LaunchPad methodology, involve case-studies, and provide research and analytical articles. |
| Distribution(s): NO - Meets No Distrib. Rqmt , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Rick Feldman | feldman@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/07/2022 - 12/20/2022 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:30AM - 11:45AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 202 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| EOS0001 | EOS-1: Entrepreneurship | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Entrepreneurship subject area |
| EOS-1 | EOS-1: Entrepreneurship | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in Area 1: Entrepreneurship |
| NXNPO0001 | NXNPO: Nexus in Nonprofit Organizations | This course is approved for the Nonprofit Organizations Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 25 | Available: 3 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: SOCIAL STARTUP SUCESS Author: Janus, Kathleen Kell Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books/Hachette Books Group |
Required | 17.00 |
| Title: ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A Very Brief Introduction Author: Westfield & Wright, Paul & Mike Copyright: 2013 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: doughnut economics Author: raworth, kate Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781603587969 Publisher: chelsea green publishing, white river junction, vermont |
Recommended | 18.00 |
| Title: THE SIX NEW RULES OF BUSINESS: Creating Real Value in a Changing World Author: Samuelson, Judy Copyright: 2021 Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Berrett-Koehler |
Recommended | 20.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |