Entrepreneurial ventures need to overcome various challenges to startup and grow. In this course, students acquire the skills and mindsets for that.
This course is designed as specialized courses that requires all the knowledge you learned in the former classes. Throughout the course, students virtually experience growth processes (including pitfalls) of entrepreneurial ventures.
Who is this course designed for? This course is delivered for the students who have the following career aspirations; – Want to start his / her own business – Want to become a management member of an entrepreneurial venture. – Want to become ‘intrapreneur’ who start a new venture in existing organization.
Section A THEME: Entrepreneurial Thinking and Behavior
CASE: ・MyDrug (A) ・MyDrug (B) (to be distributed in class)
Section B THEME: Dilemmas When Founding
CASE: ・MyDrug (C) (to be distributed in class) ・MyDrug (D) (to be distributed in class)
Section A THEME: The Evaluation of an Entrepreneurial Business Opportunity
CASE: QuickMedx Inc.
Section B THEME: Strategic options for entrepreneurial managers
Section A THEME: Analyzing the Competitive Environment of Entrepreneurial Ventures
CASE: CaSy and Taskaji (A)
Section B THEME: Competitive strategies of entrepreneurial ventures
CASE: CaSy and Taskaji (B) (to be distributed in class)
Section A THEME: Challenges During the Growth Stage of a Venture
CASE: CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot?
Section B THEME: Key Points for Resolving Early-Stage Challenges of Venture Growth
Section A THEME: Designing and Gaining Free Acceptance of Management Systems
CASE: Uzabase (A)
Section B THEME: Management Systems for Expanding Organizations
CASE: Uzabase (B)
Section A THEME: Strategic Decisions as an Entrepreneur
CASE: ・Shintaro Yamada: An Entrepreneur (A) ・Shintaro Yamada: An Entrepreneur (B)
Section B THEME: Entrepreneurial Aspirations and Long-term Goals
CASE: ・Shintaro Yamada: An Entrepreneur (C) ・Shintaro Yamada: An Entrepreneur (D)
