The Nascent Entrepreneur Series
The Nascent Entrepreneur Series, developed at the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Illinois helps students in developing a venture plan for our WUN International Enterprise Competition. Please feel free to watch our online lecture series, and download the accompanying business plan template.
Writing an Effective Business Plan:
Curriculum Developed By: Kimberly Sugden
Whether tackling a global challenge, starting a new for-profit venture, or, being an intrapraneur within a larger organization, success is aided by planning. Effective business planning is essential to creating a vision and strategy to reach your organizational goals. This active learning workshop helps you to capture your mission, target consumers, financial plan, operational/management structure and translate it into a concrete business plan to interest investors, contribute to a venture plan competition, or align all employees to your company mission.
- Watch the multimedia video presentation - open in Internet Explorer
- Download the Business Plan Template
New Venture Modeling:
Curriculum Developed By: Kimberly Sugden
Have you identified a business plan that will turn your entrepreneurial idea into a successful endeavor? Have you found a target niche that will make you profitable? Now all you need are models to help you decide what ventures will lead to long-term growth and success for your entrepreneurial idea.
- Watch the multimedia video presentation - open in Internet Explorer
Financing the Venture:
Curriculum Developed By: Kimberly Sugden
Learn what financial tools are critical to include in a business plan, what alternatives your business has for funding your product/service offering, and what investors are looking for in a new company that adds value to their portfolio.
- Watch the multimedia video presentation - open in Internet Explorer
Guerrilla Marketing:
Curriculum Developed By: Kimberly Sugden
Target your consumer niche and market to them before your competitors do! It's a media jungle out there, consumers are bombarded with too many messages, so make your advertising count, and do so economically. From small business owners to marketing students, come learn techniques for building brand awareness, pricing products, and effectively promoting without breaking your budget.
- Watch the multimedia video presentation- open in Internet Explorer
Making the Presentation:
Curriculum Developed By: Kimberly Sugden
Polish your overall business plan presentation to showcase your company to investors, judges, employees and peers. Learn how aspects of your business plan should flow into the presentation and how to capture the attention and concisely convey the value of your company in your venture presentation.
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Watch the multimedia video presentation - open in Internet Explorer