NBA 5380

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NBA 5380
The Business Idea Factory

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

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

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1.5 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 12217 NBA 5380   LEC 001

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    • Mar 12 - May 6, 2025

    • Nickitas, N

      Treat, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Master of Business Administration (MBA) students, graduate students, seniors, and juniors ** S/U or Letter Grade Only - NO AUDITS ALLOWED ** Deadline for Changing Grade Option: April 9th
    Add/Drop dates: 9:00 am, March 12, 2025 - 11:59 pm, March 19, 2025. Students will be assessed a $100 late fee and be required to obtain faculty permission to add/drop after March 19, 2025. If you drop after April 9, 2025, you will also receive a "W" on your transcript in addition to the late fees.

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