The Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation concentration offered to candidates enrolled in the University of Kentucky MBA program will deliver on the following core objectives:
Candidates will have the option of taking all the entrepreneurship electives to complete the full concentration or can take any of the courses individually as an elective while enrolled in the UK MBA program.
The three elective courses that comprise this concentration are:
This Fall elective course is a graduate-level overview of entrepreneurship and new venture creation. Students will examine key issues associated with the discovery and development of entrepreneurial opportunities. Community experts will present their stories and emphasize challenges and strategies to drive their companies through the entrepreneurial process.
This elective course focuses on the fundraising process for high-growth technology start-ups. Students will learn about the market participants, vocabulary, processes and risks that are unique to the start-up funding ecosystem. Substantive discussions of term sheets, valuation, cap tables, investor universe, modeling and the fundraising process will be complimented with case studies and guest lectures by local investors and CEOs.
This elective course is a continuation of MBA 645, and will give a more in-depth overview of entrepreneurship and the business start-up process. Students will experience the start-up process from idea generation to company formation, investment and commercialization as a case study.
Learn from distinguished faculty that have all been successful entrepreneurs who have obtained the required industry knowledge in their respective careers and are bringing that expertise into the classroom.
