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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Please see the e-mail below from Dr. Franz Lohrke regarding ENTR 555 being taught this summer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Subject: Summer MBA course in Entrepreneurship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you are looking for a summer MBA elective to take, I would like to let you know about ENTR 555: Entrepreneurship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This course serves as an introduction to the opportunities and challenges of creating and managing an entrepreneurial company or managing new businesses in a corporate environment, so it should be a useful
class for you, even if you don’t plan to start your own business. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We focus a lot on issue arising in the entrepreneurial process of recognizing, evaluating, and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities, whether those occur in a new business, a small business, a family business,
a large company, or a nonprofit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Some details:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The major deliverable is either a business plan for a business idea or a consulting project for a small company. Both have proven to be useful learning experiences for students in the past.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Some who have written business plans have competed and won cash in our annual New Venture Challenge (including the $7,500 first prize).
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Those who have done consulting projects (which I often helped them find) added a really nice line to their résumé right before graduating.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The course meets two nights a week (MW) during June. The business plan/consulting assignment is due in parts throughout the summer. The first deliverable (industry analysis) will be due the third
or fourth week of June. The second, third, and final deliverable will be due during July or early August.
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The last night of class will be June 28<sup>th</sup>. All deliverables after that point will be submitted via Moodle, and all communication will be via email or cell phone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The course counts as an elective for either the Entrepreneurship or Marketing concentrations in the MBA program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please let me know if you have any questions about this class.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.3pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.3pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><br>
Franz Lohrke<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.3pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002649">Franz T. Lohrke</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.2pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002649">Brock Family Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship<br>
Brock School of Business<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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