NBA 5380

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NBA 5380
The Business Idea Factory

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Do you want to become an entrepreneur, but you don't yet have that brilliant idea? This class will help you come up with new ideas and evaluate which ones are the most worth pursuing to ensure you invest your time and energies on ideas that have the most promise. The first section of the course will be about places and processes that you can use to find inspiration to come up with a large number of potential business ideas. We will then walk through a systematic process to evaluate, validate, and quantify the best ideas for each team. This process will be assisted by experienced entrepreneurs as guest speakers who will share the inspirations for their businesses, the methods they used to select those ideas as worthy of pursuit, as well as insights into their careers.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP, 2023FA

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1.5 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 10641 NBA 5380   LEC 001

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    • Oct 15 - Dec 5, 2025

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Johnson Master of Business Administration (MBA), graduate students, seniors, and juniors. ** S/U or Letter Grade Only - NO AUDITS ALLOWED ** Deadline for changing grade option: November 12, 2025.
    Add/Drop Dates: 9:00 am, August 18, 2025 - 11:59 pm, September 8, 2025 with an additional add/drop period 8:00 am, October 15, 2025 - 11:59 pm, October 22, 2025. Students will be required to obtain faculty permission to add/drop after October 22, 2025. If you drop after November 12, 2025, a "W" will be posted on your transcript.

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