2024-2025 Catalog

ENT-329 Protecting Value (Entrepreneurship III)

How does protection of intellectual property, and human, physical, and financial capital add value to the new or existing organization? Entrepreneurs will learn appropriate legal protections related to people and property associated with the firm. Major topics covered will include 1)legal protection (patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, business organizations, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, employment agreements, stock/ownership restrictions), 2)human resources(creating and managing teams, hiring, firing, organizational structure, employment/independent contractor issues, and compensation strategies), and 3)growing business value(merger, acquisition, and other expansion techniques).

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Student has satisfied all of the following Student has completed or is in process of completing 54 Credits And Student has satisfied all of the following Student has completed any of the following course(s) ENT 201 - Creating Value (ENT 1), ENT 280 - Opportunity Recognition & Disc, ENT 309 - Creating Value (ENT I)