Consistent with Marquette’s mission of concern for the whole person, course seeks to help each student begin to create a venture that enables a fulfilling life. Students individually craft business models for new ventures (for-profit or non-for-profit) that meet underserved needs. Students also learn to communicate their venture concepts to potential resources providers.

SNC/UNC grade assessment.

SNC/UNC grade assessment. Not available to students enrolled in the College of Business Administration.

This course focuses on starting and developing a new business. Topics include evaluating opportunities and testing the feasibility of creative ideas, selecting and dealing with partners; alternative methods of financing, developing the initial competitive strategy, structuring and managing the business through the early survival months, and sources of outside help. Students will prepare a business plan that can be used to launch a new initiative.

Aims to connect students, community business leaders and entrepreneurs in economically diverse, often challenged neighborhoods. Students help to identify business organizations that need assistance and implement sustainable business solutions for these client companies. Students use their business knowledge to get hands-on experience with Milwaukee urban businesses and gain an understanding of the unique cultural and economic conditions of the businesses found in the specific target zone or neighborhood. An example of such an organization is Near West Side Partners, an organization that serves several neighborhoods adjacent to the Marquette campus.

Students conduct a consulting project for an entrepreneur and provide its findings and recommendations, orally and in writing, to the client. Students develop skills in project management, advisory and consulting services, and primary research. Students also learn applied business knowledge to the project.

Focuses on the identification of entrepreneurial challenges in the context of great social challenges - environmental sustainability in a global context. Develops insight into opportunities for simultaneous economic and environmental sustainability (i.e. entrepreneurial sustainability) in the context of daunting global challenges, with particular reference to other countries. The challenges are not only those of the other country context itself, but also those that arise for ventures that cross national borders and provide environmental solutions. As a rule the other country covered is the People’s Republic of China.

Focuses on the financial aspects of entrepreneurship, from the first decision as to whether or not to undertake an activity, to projecting financial needs, reviewing the trade-offs between alternative financing choices, to harvesting. Topics include but are not limited to: bootstrapping, the role of angel investors, private placements, venture capital, banking options, commercial financing, public offers (IPOs, PIPES), factoring, franchising and joint ventures.

Topics may vary. Specific topics are designated in the Schedule of Classes.

S/U grade assessment.

S/U grade assessment.

S/U grade assessment. Not available to students enrolled in the College of Business Administration

S/U grade assessment. Not available to students enrolled in the College of Business Administration.

Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Entrepreneurship.

Topics may vary. Specific topics are designated in the Schedule of Classes.

Topics vary.

Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Entrepreneurship.