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Nuts and Bolts of New Ventures

Massachusetts Institute of Technology via MIT OpenCourseWare

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For 36 years, Nuts and Bolts of New Ventures has been taught during the January Independent Activities Period (IAP) at MIT. It is designed to foster an understanding of how to start a new venture (for-profit and social/development). The course details the process from an idea's inception to the development of a successful new venture to deliver products and services enabled by the idea. Explores customer identification, the business/economic models, financial projections, legal and operational issues, and financing alternatives and sources. All sessions are taught by people who have actually launched or have been involved in successful ventures.

Syllabus

Winning SBIR Contracts
Session 1, Part 1: Introduction: Most Startups Fail; How to Improve Your Odds
Session 1, Part 2: Market Identification and Sales: Finding Your Customer
Session 2, Part 2: How Are You Going to Make Money?—The Business/Venture Model
Session 3, Part 1: Legal Issues
Session 3, Part 2: Organizational and People Issues
Session 4, Part 1: Presenting Your Venture
Session 4, Part 2: Negotiation Skills
Session 5, Part 2: Financial Projections
Session 6, Part 1: Why Do You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?
Session 6, Part 2: Common Startup Mistakes

Taught by

Joseph Hadzima

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