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Online Course for Entrepreneurs
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Business New Haven
12/11/2000
By: BNH
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WATERBURY - Teikyo Post University will offer an eight-week online course, “Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Innovation.” Beginning January 8, the course is being taught by Patricia Sanders, former dean of the School of Business at Siena College in Albany, N.Y. Sanders points out that “Entrepreneurs are not daunted by failure; they learn from it.” She plans to focus on exploring and creating new venture ideas.
Students will study characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, helping them to discover what makes a person a successful entrepreneur. Students will also learn how to identify and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities by regularly posting new business ideas to an electronic bulletin board for peer evaluation.
Sanders plans to emphasize creativity and innovation in new venture-creation, focusing on the stage before the business plan is in place. “The purpose of the course is to get students excited enough to focus on a thought process to develop and evaluate new business ideas,” she says. Students will explore online resources such as Entreworld Inc. magazine online and Web sites specializing in information on “bootstraps” - businesses started with less than $1,000.
An entrepreneur herself, Sanders established a small business support center in the Ukraine in 1994, together with the support of the Eurasia Foundation and a group of business people and business faculty. “I learned an important lesson early that all entrepreneurs have to learn: Employees aren't always reliable and the business owner is still responsible for delivery of the product or service,” she says. But Sanders believes that “When you can tap the creative spirit of people, it is amazing what they can come up with.” For more information on the course, contact 203-596-8590.
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