Do you know this institution?
● Its graduates have 30,200 active companies
worldwide.
● Over 4.6 million people owe their jobs to a
company founded by a grad of this
institution.
● Its companies make $1.9 trillion each year.
● The revenue of these companies would be at
least the 10th-largest economy in the world.
● [Link] 2015 report
BUT
● Geeks
● Thetas
● Techies
● Nerds
REALITY
• In 2016-17 more than 60 Entrepreneurship
courses were offered excluding boot camps
[Link]
Some Company Names
● McDonnell Douglas
● 3COM
● Bose
● Genentech
● Harmonix
MIT Entrepreneurs
Who are entrepreneurs ?
● Use Knowledge
● Create Value
● Generate Wealth
● Serve Society
Entrepreneurship
2 credit hours
Maajid Maqbool
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Where, When, How to find me
• Office: Room A216, First Floor, Faculty Block
• Email: [Link]@[Link]
• Office Hours: Thursdays 2-3 pm.
• For appointment during non-office hours,
please send me an email to get an appointment
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Entrepreneurship TA
• Name: To Be Determined
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Course Description
• This course will introduce you to the concepts
of entrepreneurship so that you have the
necessary skill set to explore entrepreneurial
opportunities in order to create value, generate
wealth and serve society.
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Course Outcomes
After completing this course, you should be able to:
• Explain the nature of entrepreneurship
• Analyze the environment and develop an
entrepreneurial perspective by recognizing
entrepreneurial opportunities
• Know the components of a business model canvas and
a business plan
• Identify the sources of capital for a business venture
• Set up a business organization
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Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will:
1. Recognize the entrepreneurial potential within themselves and others in their
environment
2. Apply idea generation techniques to better create and shape ideas into
opportunities
3. Appreciate the role of entrepreneurship within society, at the level of an
organization and their own personal life
4. Grasp the fundamental importance of key values in explaining entrepreneurial
success
5. Identify the many ways in which entrepreneurship manifests itself, including
start-up context, corporate context, social context, and others
6. Develop an appreciation of opportunity, how to recognize it, and how to
evaluate it
7. Appraise the nature of creative new business concepts that can be turned into
sustainable business ventures
Textbook
• Entrepreneurship: Strategies and Resources by
Marc J. Dollinger, Third or Fourth Edition
(Pearson Education)
• Entrepreneurship- Successfully Launching New
Ventures 5th Edition (Bruce R. Barringer; R.
Duane Ireland)
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Reference Books
• Entrepreneuring Pakistan. Azhar Rizvi, 1st
Edition (Azhar Rizvi)
• Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill. eBook
distributor: [Link]
• The Lean Start Up, Eric Ries
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Grading (Tentative)
• 30% 2 OHTs
• 40-50% Final Exam
• 10-20% Project/Assignments
• 10% Quizzes
• Class Participation (if deemed necessary)
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Suggested Grading Criteria
• This course is practical in nature and orientation unlike other core and
specialized courses that are theory laden, with a substantial component of
technical and conceptual knowledge
• To ensure that the learning outcomes are truly realized and met, it is
imperative that the grading scheme be aligned with the nature and spirit
of the course
a. Mid Semester Exam / Sessionals 15-20%
b. End Semester Exam 20-30%
c. Quizzes 05-10%
d. Business Plan / Project / $ Challenge/ 0-40%
Experiential exercises/ Case Analysis
Entrepreneur Interviews etc.
Plagiarism
• Collaboration and group work is encouraged
but each student is required to submit his/her
own contribution.
• Your writings must be your own thoughts.
• Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated
and will be referred to the Dean for appropriate
actions.
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Quiz/Assignment Policy
• Quizzes will be announced/unannounced.
• Late submission of assignments will either not
be entertained or will result in the deduction of
marks.
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Project/Class Assignment
• Group Work
• Presentations will be required
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Tentative Weekly Schedule
Week Topic
1 Introduction to Course and Entrepreneurship
2 Interviewing Techniques/Related Quiz
3 A Framework for Entrepreneurship (Chapter 1 )
4 Resources and Capabilities (Chapter 2)/Value Proposition
5 Entrepreneurship Environment/Opportunity Analysis (Chapter 3)
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OHT-1
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Tentative Weekly Schedule
Week Topic
Entrepreneurial Strategies (Chapter 4)
7/8
Business Model Canvas
9 Business Plan Components (Chapter 5)
10 Geurrilla Marketing
11 Industry Guest
12 OHT-2
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Tentative Weekly Schedule
Week Topic
13 Venture Financing (Chapter 7)
14 Securing Investors (Chapter 8)
15 Business Organizations (Chapter 9)
16 Intellectual Property/Presentations
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Enduring Organizations
Final Exams
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During Class… Don’t
