Week

Date

Venture Challenge Assignments

1

Jan. 19

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Development

2

Jan. 26

Economic Growth and the Technology Entrepreneur (Graff)

3

Feb. 2

Opportunity Evaluation and Product Planning (Marchese)

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4

Feb. 9

Competitive Strategy (Turley)

venture02.doc

5

Feb. 16

Innovation Strategies (Turley)

6

Feb. 23

Indentifying Customer Needs (Marchese)

7

Mar, 2

The Business Plan (Turley)

8

Mar. 9

Product Specifications (Marchese)

9

Mar. 16

Spring Break

10

Mar. 23

Types of Ventures (Graff)

11

Mar. 30

Legal Formation and Intellectual Property (Graff)

12

Apr. 6

Sources of Capital (Graff)

13

Apr. 13

The Marketing and Sales Plan (Marchese)

14

Apr. 20

Envirofit Case Study (Hudnut)

15

Apr. 27

The New Enterprise Organization (Turley)

16

May 4

Profit and Harvest; Financial Plan Graff)