Welcome to MGT 3783
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Jeff StambaughDillard College of Business/Rm 257A
[email protected]://faculty.mwsu.edu/business/jeff.stambaugh
My BHAG* for This Course*Big Hairy Audacious Goal
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■ You will consider this your most enjoyable course upon graduation, and five years from now you will consider it to have been your most valuable undergraduate course
Introductions
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■ A little about me■ PhD from Texas Tech in
strategy/entrepreneurship■ BSAE from USAF Academy, ■ night-school masters, 1 yr Harvard fellowship■ 24 years of flying jets and management positions
■ A little about you (my assumptions)■ You’re busy■ You’re interested in business■ You’re excited about your future
Quick Look
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■ Five years from now do you see yourself owning / operating a business?
■ Ten years?
Brief Introductions
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■ Name■ Major■ Expected Graduation■ What do you want to do upon graduation■ One “fun fact” about you
And then fill out the information sheet (and the questions)
What is Entrepreneurship?
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■ Uncertainty■ Adjustments■ It depends■ It’s everything!
Why Study Entrepreneurship?
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■ You have always wanted to be an entrepreneur■ Skills are useful across the board … especially for
the future■ You may end up as an entrepreneur even though
you didn’t expect to■ Jeff Hawkins: Inventor of the PalmPilot (started
Handspring) clip
What You Will Learn
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■ What is an entrepreneurial opportunity and how can you generate one
■ How to evaluate feasibility of an opportunity■ How to plan and establish a new venture■ How to resource that new venture
■ Communication skills paramount!
Syllabus Review
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■ Course web page and WebCT is vital■ Communications—make sure I can email you■ Course overview
■ Lots of hands-on stuff!Lots of hands-on stuff!■ Big Ideas:
■ Idea Generation■ Feasibility■ Planning■ Finances
Culminating Point
■ Business plan project with a real world venture■ The entrepreneur will evaluate your plan
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One Last Point
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■ “Why are you here?”■ So, why are you here?
My BHAG* for This Course*Big Hairy Audacious Goal
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■ You will consider this your most enjoyable course upon graduation, and five years from now you will consider it to have been your most valuable undergraduate course
What is Entrepreneurship?
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From Katz & Green 2e
Types of ENT Ventures
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From Katz & Green 2e
Distinctiveness
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From Katz & Green 2e
What is Success
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■ Yourself■ Family■ Firm (Investors)■ Community
Innovation = New Combination
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■ New product or good■ New method of production■ New market■ New materials■ Overall industry reorganization
Creative Destruction: Out with the old and in with the new!
What do you get when you combine?
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Skateboard Snow-covered Hills
You Get
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What do you get when you combine?
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Business Jets Time-Share Concept
You Get
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What do you get when you combine?
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Flea Market Internet
You Get
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New Combos = Value
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■ Think “Customer Value,” not features!■ How did each of these new combinations create
value for the customer■ More radical = more convincing (legitimacy)
E’s Speak on Innovation
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■ Alison Gerlach (Serial Ent) clip
■ Arcadia Kim (EA COO / Game Designer) clip
E Firm Success
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■ The Story of Eclipse clip
Firm Success is ƒ ( Quality of Opportunity + Quality of Execution) Firm Success is ƒ ( Quality of Opportunity + Quality of Execution)
Class Takeaways
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■ Many different types of Ent businesses■ Different characteristics / needs
■ New combinations at heart of innovation■ Success = Idea + Execution