Introduction
New ventures are a vital element of the modern business environment. This course attempts an analysis of innovative entrepreneurship and provides the techniques, models and skills necessary for the successful creation of a new business. Taking a holistic view of the new business creation process, the course also offers students the opportunity to synthesize knowledge and skills from a wide range of operational business sectors.
Contents
The Entrepreneurial Mind: Crafting a Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy
The Entrepreneurial Process
Opportunity Recognition
Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurship
Clean Commerce and Sustainable Enterprise Movements Are an Opportunity Sea Change
The Business Plan
The Entrepreneurial Leader and the Team
Resource Requirements
Obtaining Venture and Growth Capital
Franchising
Entrepreneurial Finance
Obtaining Debt Capital
The Deal: Valuation, Structure, and Negotiation
Teachingmethod
Each unit is composed by two lectures. Each lecture covers the relevant theoretical background and practical dimensions.
Each lecture is supplemented with the corresponding PowerPoint presentation, business case studies, assignment to students.
Basic textbooks
Spinelli Stephen, Jr., Adams Robert: New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century. 10th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2016.
Learning objectives:
After attending this course, the student will be able to:
1. Analyze the key issues associated with creating a startup business.
2. Analyze milestones and related challenges for the development of a start-up business.
3. Draw up a business plan.
4. Demonstrate effective teamwork and presentation skills.
Along with the analysis of concepts and methods, students will be supported to build skills for the implementation of relevant tools through case studies.
Grading:
Specific details on grading can be found on the course’ s website
The courses of the Computer Science Department are designated with the letters "CS" followed by three decimal digits. The first digit denotes the year of study during which students are expected to enroll in the course; the second digit denotes the area of computer science to which the course belongs.
First Digit
Advised Year of Enrollment
1,2,3,4
First, Second, Third and Fourth year
5,6
Graduate courses
7,8,9
Specialized topics
Second Digit
Computer Science Area
0
Introductory - General
1
Background (Mathematics, Physics)
2
Hardware Systems
3
Networks and Telecommunication
4,5
Software Systems
6
Information Systems
7
Computer Vision and Robotics
8
Algorithms and Theory of Computation
9
Special Projects
The following pages contain tables (one for each course category) summarizing courses offered by the undergraduate studies program of the Computer Science Department at the University of Crete. Courses with code-names beginning with "MATH" or "PHYS" are taught by the Mathematics Department and Physics Department respectively at the University of Crete.