ADET 2650 Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is much more than starting a new venture. Entrepreneurial thinking is the force that drives global innovation, social change, and economic growth. This course provides a framework for students to apply an entrepreneurial mindset to creating business and social value, analyzing market opportunities, developing new products and services, growth planning, and exploring career paths. Course topics include entrepreneurial values and ethics, the stages of creating a new business from defining the mission and market opportunity, to competitive analysis, developing business and revenue models, customer acquisition strategies, team building, financing, and launch planning. Students will analyze startup case studies in multiple industry sectors, hear guest presentations by successful entrepreneurs and venture investors, and learn to build, evaluate, and improve startup business plans.
Course overview
- Department
- Advancing Studies
- School
- ADV
- Credits
- 4
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Periodically
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.56 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.60 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 7
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Lawrence Gennari | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 7–9 hrs/week | 3 of 5 |
| Fall 2025 | Mary Cronin | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 7–9 hrs/week | 10 of 18 |
| Summer 2025 | Mary Cronin | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 7–9 hrs/week | 11 of 18 |
| Fall 2024 | Lawrence Gennari | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 2 of 2 |
| Fall 2024 | Mary Cronin | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 1–3 hrs/week | 12 of 21 |
| Summer 2024 | Mary Cronin | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 7–9 hrs/week | 10 of 22 |
| Fall 2023 | Mary Cronin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 of 22 |
| Summer 2023 | Martha Whalen | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 of 13 |
| Summer 2023 | Mary Cronin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 of 13 |
| Spring 2023 | Mary Cronin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 of 19 |