About the lecturer: Ms. Carrie J. McIndoe has been in the field of entrepreneurship, strategic business planning and financing for emerging growth companies for over 20 years, having created Business Plan Bootcamp for entrepreneurs and funding diverse companies including Boston Duck Tours, Boston Market and Blockbuster Video. She is acknowledged as a change agent, mentor, and educator. Ms. McIndoe's recent pioneering work in student entrepreneurship education and teacher training workshops has impacted nearly half a million youth, many from at-risk communities. Considered a passionate advocate for programs serving youth and teachers of entrepreneurship and early stage companies.
About the class: Class will be taught in three ways:
Experiential Learning: Students actually get to come up with their own idea, identify the opportunity and choose their own team members to work with on a group project that leads ultimately to actually opening and running a ‘business-for-a-day! Students present their outcomes and share their learning experience in front of the class at the end of the semester.
Activities: Students learn from detailed lectures and from guest speakers. Students go on excursions and meet entrepreneurs in the process of running their own companies.
Textbook and Case Studies: Students will be guided through the use of the textbook to write tan Executive Summary after preparing a business plan.
Course work includes readings from the textbook Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures, reading Case Studies, actively participating in classroom discussion and doing group work activities.