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Entrepreneurship Program Entrepreneurship Program

Teaching the Small Business/Entrepreneurship

Course

USASBE Annual ConferenceJanuary 8, 2009

The TeamThe Team Mary Abrahams

David Allen

Kendall Artz

Les Palich

Bill Petty

Marlene Reed

Entrepreneurship Program

Contact Info

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Agenda8:15 Introduction/Baylor Program Overview (Kendall)8:30 – 9:15 Creativity and Opportunity Recognition (Marlene)9:15 – 10:00 Finance I (Bill)10:00 – 10:15 Break10:15 – 11:15 Finance II (Bill)11:15 – 12:00 Business Plan (David & Kendall)12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH1:00 – 2:00 Ethics in Small Business (Marlene)2:00 – 2:30 Using Videos in the Classroom (Les)2:30 – 3:00 Taking it to the next level (Kendall)3:00 Innovative Teaching Ideas (Audience Contribution)

Electronic Access to Materials

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Program Overview• Established in 1977

• Located in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship: Hankamer School of Business

• Baylor – oldest University in Texas, located in Waco, Texas

• Largest Baptist University in the world

• 14,000 university students, 3200 in the School of Business


Program Organization

Baylor Entrepreneurship ProgramKendall Artz – Director

Les Palich – Assoc. Director

John Baugh Centerfor Entrepreneurship

Director: David Allen

Ent. Living & Learning Center

Director: Mary Abrahams

Center for International Technology Ent.

Director: Greg Leman

Franchising Center

(In Process)

Curriculum/International Programs

Les Palich

ResearchPh.D. faculty

Programming/Fundraising


By the numbers (students)• 160 current entrepreneurship majors (juniors and seniors)

• 1100+ entrepreneurship major alumni

• 1000+ students/year take at least one entrepreneurship course

• $170,000 in annual scholarships for entrepreneurship majors

• 30 entrepreneurship courses offered– 20 undergraduate – 10 graduate


By the numbers (faculty/staff)• 9 tenured or tenure-track entrepreneurship faculty

• 1 entrepreneurship clinical professor

• 2 staff program directors

• 2 entrepreneurship adjunct professors

• 9 endowed entrepreneurship chairs or professorships

• entrepreneurship faculty fellows (engineering and theatre arts)

• funded entrepreneur-in-residence program


Entrepreneurship Faculty/Staff

• Kendall Artz (Ph.D. – Purdue)

• Ray Bagby (Ph.D. – South Carolina

• Steve Bradley (Ph.D. – Indiana)

• Jamie Collins (Ph.D. – Texas A&M)

• Kevin Johnson (Ph.D. – Indiana)

• Les Palich (Ph.D. – Arizona State)

• Bill Petty (Ph.D. – Texas)

• Jim Roberts (Ph.D. – Nebraska)

• Bill Worthington (Ph.D. – Texas A&M)

• Unfilled faculty position

• Mary Abrahams – Director: Living and Learning Center

• Walter Bradley - Professor of Mechanical Engineering

• Cynthia Fry - Assoc. Dean in Computer Science

• Greg Leman - Director: Center for Technology

Entrepreneurship

• Sherry Ward – Lecturer in Theatre Arts

• Marlene Reed - Adjunct Professor

• Elizabeth Vaughn – Administrative Assistant

John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship• J. David Allen – Director

• Assistant Director – Currently vacant

• Malinda Green – Administrative . Assistant


Entrepreneurship study abroad programs• European Entrepreneurship Experience

– 5 week summer experience covering 6 countries in Europe

• Technology Entrepreneurship in China– 5 week summer program in Shanghai focusing on technology– Includes students from USST, Thunderbird, American University

• Entrepreneurship in the Dominican Republic– 3 week summer program focusing on entrepreneurship and economic

development

• Social Entrepreneurship in Africa– 5 week summer program, includes 3 weeks in Rwanda, Kenya, or Ghana.


Student Programs and Organizations• On-campus student business incubator

• Venture Associates Group

• Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization

• Students in Free Enterprise

• Entrepreneurship Student Advisory Board

• Various alumni mentoring programs


Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Curriculum

15 hour undergraduate major with 5 available concentrations

- International entrepreneurship

- Social entrepreneurship

- Technology entrepreneurship

- Corporate entrepreneurship

- Family Business


Entrepreneurship Curriculum

MAJOR REQUIREMENTSAll from Any one fromENT 3320 ENT 4320Entrepreneurial Process Managing the Family Business

ENT 4310 ENT 4330Entrepreneurial Finance Corporate Entrepreneurship: Initiating and Sustaining Innovation ENT 4325 ENT 4353Entrepreneurial Business Plan Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Any one from ENT 4398 ENT 4340 Special Studies for Technology Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship

ENT 4395 ENT 4360Internship in Entrepreneurship Franchising: Franchisee and Franchisor Perspectives

ENT 4350 ENT 4380International Entrepreneurship Social Entrepreneurship: Microfinance and Economic Development in Africa

ENT 4351Entrepreneurship in the EU ENT 4352 Technology Entrepreneurship in China 15 sem. hrs.


Entrepreneurship Offerings for Non-business students

• Entrepreneurship Minor (18 hrs) for non business students

• Entrepreneurship Certificate program (9 hrs) for engineering students

• Freshman-level “Entrepreneurship and Creative Leadership” course

• Junior-level “Starting and Managing a Business” course


Other features

• Home of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice - Ray Bagby (ed.)

• #1 ranked entrepreneurship textbook “Small Business Management: Launching and Growing Entrepreneurial Ventures” 15ed. (Longenecker, Petty, and Palich)

• 20th year of awarding the Texas Family Business of the Year Award

• 250 new venture concept evaluations conducted annually (for practicing entrepreneurs nationwide)


Bill Petty

2007– Designated “Master Teacher” at Baylor University

2008 National Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year (Acton Foundation)


Taking it to the next level

• European Entrepreneurship Experience (E3)– 5 week summer experience covering 6 countries in Europe – Les Palich

• Technology Entrepreneurship in China (I5)– 5 week summer program in Shanghai focusing on technology– Includes students from USST, Thunderbird, American University – Greg Leman

• Entrepreneurship in the Dominican Republic– summer program focusing on entrepreneurship and economic development

• Les Palich, Marlene Reed and David Allen

• Social Entrepreneurship in Africa– 5 week program, includes 3 weeks in Rwanda, Kenya, or Ghana – Kendall Artz


Taking it to the next level

• Angel Network– angels evaluate Baylor-related deals for investment– Students engage in due diligence– Baylor entrepreneurship participates in profits

• Entrepreneurship Living and Learning Center– Director- Mary Abrahams

• Franchising Specialization– Offering first course Spring 2009

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