2021-2022 Catalog

ENT-340 Crowdfunding the Venture

As nascent entrepreneurs how can you start or, grow your business when you are undercapitalized, while at the same time building brand awareness?, One potential source of capital that allows for, additional value creation (i.e., building a, customer base and brand ambassadors) is, crowdfunding. This course will examine, factors, that lead to crowdfunding success during the, creation (e.g., the idea, the pitch, the, prototype, etc.) and maintenance (e.g., social, presence) of a crowdfunding campaign as well as, the execution of any promised deliverable., Focusing on an experiential process this course, will guide student teams though the creation and, execution of their own live crowdfunding campaign.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENT-101 and ENT-309, Junior standing or higher, and instructor, permission.