ENT-333 Real Estate for Entrepreneurs
Real Estate for Entrepreneurs is a course to expose budding and seasoned entrepreneurs to a broad range of important considerations as they start their business and move through proof of concept to capital accumulation to more mature stages of growth. Topics of study include site control and real estate selection for office, retail, manufacturing, inventory and storage, franchise uses requires some understanding of what is fair market value, lease negotiations, tenant fit up considerations among other things. What types of "space" is best for you when considering "co-working" options, such as space near capital sources and other ecosystems that can feed your business growth. When should you "own" real estate and when you should lease? The class will use both case studies and current business situations as a way to expose the students to the vocabulary of real estate and the practical approaches to these and other matters confronting entrepreneurs.