Entrepreneurial Studies

Requirements

Minimum 12.00 credits total of elective courses with minimum of 3.00 credits of Required
Courses, minimum 3.00 credits from the list of ENTR Courses, and remaining credits, if applicable,
from the list of other Electives.

Required Courses

Minimum 3.00 credits from Required Courses:

• ENTR 6605 3.00 ENTREPRENEURSHIP & NEW FIRM CREATION

  Explores various dimensions of the creation of new ventures, including family enterprises. It is concerned with content and process questions as well as with formulation and implementation issues that relate to conceptualizing, developing and managing successful new ventures. The course examines the nature of entrepreneurs and what they do. It identifies the nature of opportunities and considers how new venture ideas can successfully be screened. The course provides the opportunity to develop a cohesive and affective business plan for a start-up venture.
  Prerequisites: All 5100-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses.

• ENTR 6910 3.00 VENTURE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE EQUITY
  This course is primarily geared to students interested in working in venture capital or other private equity organizations at some point in their careers. It is also valuable for those who intend to work alongside venture capitalists as managers of firms being financed by such investors and for students interested in applying aspects of private equity investing to established organizations. The course is divided into 4 modules focusing on the venture capital cycle including fundraising, investing, and exiting. In the final module the course explores new frontiers in venture capital including corporate venturing. Throughout the course we touch on career issues with respect to private equity. Prerequisite: all 5000-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses.

Elective Courses

Minimum 3.00 credits fromthe following ENTR courses:

• ENTR 6400 3.00 FIELD STUDY: INNOVATING WITH ENTREPRENEURS, UNLOCKING NEW VENTURE POTENTIAL

  Provides students with firsthand experience of the opportunities and challenges growing organizations face. Student groups are paired with an entrepreneurial firm to research an opportunity or project for the firm. Students’ firsthand experience will be supported by four scheduled classes emphasizing consulting, market research and presentation skills.

  Prerequisites: All 5000-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses. Those admitted must supply the instructor with a current résumé so that the instructor can effectively assign students to projects.

• ENTR 6500 3.00 STARTUP LAB: THE TOGETHER MISSION

  This course offers a hands-on Work Integrated Learning opportunity for MBA students to learn startup and venture capital strategies, software/hardware product design and planning and mentor/mentee relationship frameworks. Students then apply those learnings by advising 20 + top Indian Student Startups through the Schulich ‘Together Program’ (in partnership with Startup India and the Government of India).1. Part I: Seven Class Sessions; 2. Part II: Work Integrated Learning Program with Startup India.

• ENTR 6605 3.00 ENTREPRENEURSHIP & NEW FIRM CREATION

  Explores various dimensions of the creation of new ventures, including family enterprises. It is concerned with content and process questions as well as with formulation and implementation issues that relate to conceptualizing, developing and managing successful new ventures. The course examines the nature of entrepreneurs and what they do. It identifies the nature of opportunities and considers how new venture ideas can successfully be screened. The course provides the opportunity to develop a cohesive and affective business plan for a start-up venture.
  Prerequisites: All 5100-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses.

• ENTR 6905 3.00 INTELLIGENT INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM DESIGN

  Intelligent Innovation Ecosystem Design is a two-week intensive course that unlocks the strategies behind creating a thriving Tech & Innovation Ecosystem — leveraging the incredible story of Toronto’s rapid rise to global prominence.

  In 2021, Toronto was ranked as North America’s fastest growing tech market, with 80,000 tech jobs created. This development followed Toronto winning the 3-year bid to host Collision Conference, North America’s largest tech conference with 33,000 attendees, in 2019.

  In the last decade, Toronto has moved from a local presence into an international one: an ecosystem that nurtures and powers up high-growth startups, scaleups and unicorns (1B or higher valuations).

  What sparks and drives this next-generation innovation ecosystem?

  In this hands-on course taught by Guest Lecturers from the most influential ecosystem design minds in Toronto, students will learn the frameworks and strategies behind sparking, scaling, and sustaining Tech & Innovation. This course focuses on real-life application, following the startup journey from early-stage to exit across several verticals (e.g. fintech), and examining the crucial role played by ecosystem design.

  Furthermore, this MBA offering is enhanced by site visits to strategic locations, experiential learning opportunities, and facetime with leading innovators. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and practical application, in order for students to supercharge their careers and infuse key learnings into their local tech ecosystems.

• ENTR 6910 3.00 VENTURE CAPITAL AND PRIVATE EQUITY
  This course is primarily geared to students interested in working in venture capital or other private equity organizations at some point in their careers. It is also valuable for those who intend to work alongside venture capitalists as managers of firms being financed by such investors and for students interested in applying aspects of private equity investing to established organizations. The course is divided into 4 modules focusing on the venture capital cycle including fundraising, investing, and exiting. In the final module the course explores new frontiers in venture capital including corporate venturing. Throughout the course we touch on career issues with respect to private equity. Prerequisite: all 5000-series Required Foundations of Management Core Courses.
• ENTR 6960 6.00 VENTURE MENTORSHIP MATCH

  This experiential learning course offers the opportunity for MBA/IMBA students to accelerate their understanding of entrepreneurship and earn credit for gaining relevant work experience – under the direct on-site mentorship and guidance of a handpicked Innovation Sector
  Founder or Venture Investment Leader.

Additional Electives

Remaining credits, if applicable, from the following elective courses:

• MGMT 6800 3.00 INNOVATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

  Managing innovation, technology and design is key to success. This cross-functional course provides students with understanding and hands-on "innovation lab" experience applying the latest thinking in technology and design to innovation strategies. Suitable for all students, the course emphasizes the balancing of 21st century management skills of creativity, rigor and intuition in the end-to-end management of customer experience.

• MGMT 6810 3.00 CREATIVITY & INNOVATION: TECHNIQUES FOR A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD

  Creativity and innovation are essential leadership skills in the ever-changing environment. This applied-learning course arms MBA graduates with the right mix of creativity-enhancing tools and techniques to explore innovation in contemporary business contexts. These techniques include lenses of human understanding, creativity, visual thinking and holistic visioning. Bridging a necessary gap, the outcomes are applied to practical business issues.

  Prerequisite: All 5100 3.0 series courses.

• MKTG 6440 3.00 NEW PRODUCTS
  This course is designed to answer the question "What do I need to know and do in order to develop a successful new product or service?" It will provide you with a firm understanding of the steps you need to follow in order to bring a new product or service successfully from an idea to a product that is ready to launch.
• SUST 6152 3.00 SCALING CLIMATE INNOVATIONS

  This course explores how new technologies and practices intended to tackle climate change can be adopted and scaled. Primarily a project based-course course focused on learning how to map out existing socio-technical systems and landscapes, identify barriers to adoption and formulate a strategy for overcoming barriers. It is an experiential education opportunity in partnership with the MaRS Discovery District.

• SUST 6350 3.00 ORCHESTRATING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES

  The purpose of this course is to ensure students develop the skills necessary to successfully design and implement sustainability initiatives in collaboration with key stakeholders. Students will learn to source credible information from a diverse range of stakeholders with commensurate/competing perspectives, and to effectively communicate and engage with various stakeholders to mobilize systemic change.

  Admission to this course requires the successful completion of SUST 5200 as a prerequisite, or special approval of the instructor.

MECH 6503 3.00  DISRUPTIVE & EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS*

*This course is offered by the Lassonde School of Engineering.

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