Subject: Earn the ENTIRE Minor in Technology Entrepreneurship online this
summer! Take 1 class or take them all!

Description:
We are offering students the ability to complete the entire Minor in
Technology Entrepreneurship online this summer. Each course will last 3 weeks
and will be 100% asynchronous and online. As each individual course is 3
credits, students can expect the courses to have the same level of work as
our 3 credit offerings during the fall and spring terms.

ENES140, ENES460, ENES462, ENES463, ENES464. All Online. 3 week terms.
www.mtech.umd.edu/educate/minor

ENES140 Discovering New Ventures
ONLINE - June 22, 2015 - July 10, 2015
Students explore dynamic company startup topics by working in teams to design
a new venture. This multi-disciplinary course helps students to learn the
basic business, strategy, and leadership skills needed to launch new
ventures. Topics include learning how to assess the feasibility of a startup
venture, as well as how to apply best practices for planning, launching, and
managing new companies. Students discuss a wide range of issues of importance
and concern to entrepreneurs and learn to recognize opportunities, assess the
skills and talents of successful entrepreneurs, and learn models that help
them navigate uncertainty. (3 credits) General Education: Distributive
Studies - Scholarship in Practice

ENES460 Fundamentals of Technology Start-Up Ventures
ONLINE – August 3 – 21, 2015
Fundamental aspects of creating, organizing, funding, managing, and growing a
technology startup venture. This multidisciplinary course will draw on
management, business, legal, financial, as well as technical, concepts.
Students form teams and develop a business plan for a technology company,
based on each team's own business idea and then present the plan to a panel
of outside experts. (3 credits)

ENES462 Marketing High-Technology Products and Innovations
ONLINE – July 13 – 31, 2015
Examines the opportunities and challenges of marketing high-technology
products in turbulent environments requiring rapid decision making with
incomplete information. Explores how innovations are introduced at frequent
intervals, research-and-development spending is vital, and there are high
mortality rates for both products and businesses. (3 credits)

ENES463 Strategies for Managing Innovation
ONLINE – June 1 – 19, 2015
Emphasizes how the technology entrepreneur can use strategic management of
innovation and technology to enhance firm performance. Examines the process
of technological change, the ways that firms come up with innovations, the
strategies that firms use to benefit from innovation, and the process of
formulating technology strategy. Provides frameworks for analyzing key
aspects of these industries and teaches students how to apply these
frameworks. (3 credits)

ENES464 International Entrepreneurship and Innovation
ONLINE - June 22, 2015 - July 10, 2015
Focuses on the need for every entrepreneur and innovator to understand the
global market in today's hypercompetitive world, and to appreciate how to
compete effectively in domestic markets by managing international
competitors, suppliers, and influences. Explore how the distinction between
foreign and domestic markets is becoming less pronounced. Develop skills to
identify and manage opportunities on a global basis. (3 credits)


Contact Person: Vincent Bellitti
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Website URL: http://www.mtech.umd.edu/educate/minor