Entrepreneurship

Real-World Design Thinking and Startup Operations

ETSU’s minor in Entrepreneurship brings a practitioner focus to entrepreneurial opportunities and activities. This new program includes real-world coursework in design thinking and startup operations. The program also focuses on emerging business models, financing and funding and rapid prototyping of ideas.

This program empowers students with a passion for startups, by allowing them to develop and incubate their own idea from concept to pitch deck. This new program includes real-world coursework in design thinking and startup operations. Along with coursework, students can also work on projects alongside community innovators - across both for-profit and non-profit enterprises.

Designed For Any Major
No Required Prerequisites
No Required Experience

If you have any questions about the minor or would like to schedule a one-on-one in-person/zoom meeting to discuss the Entrepreneurship minor, please contact Sonu Mirchandani.

Arshene Baigvand, iBUCS Winner and Creator of Pick Up and Play

Why ETSU Entrepreneurship

Real World Experience. The Entrepreneurship Minor is designed to help students not only incubate their ideas in preparation for customer engagement and venture funding but also to develop an entrepreneurial mindset, critical for employment in fast-growing companies and industries.

iBUCS Student Venture Competition. iBUCS, a “Shark Tank” style student venture competition gives students the opportunity to win seed money for their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. The competition is open to students across the university encouraging a cross-disciplinary learning approach.

Cutting Edge Curriculum. The relevant and practical core entrepreneurship classes are available both online and face-to-face. Each student takes three foundation courses and four electives. Students choose from a number of elective courses to tailor individualized programs for their specific interests, startup ideas, and goals.

Living-Learning Community. The Innovations Living-Learning Community in Governors Hall brings students with different majors but who share a passion for innovation together to learn, brainstorm, and hang out together in this enriching and pragmatic program. There are a limited number of spots.

Student Entrepreneur Club. The mission of the Entrepreneurs' Club is to provide a forum of interaction between student entrepreneurs, faculty, startup founders/CEOs, angel/venture capital investors and other professionals.

Entrepreneurship-In-Residence Program. This program will expose selected candidates to startup investment decisions such as startup concepts and company assessments, investor due diligence, firm operations, and other items related to investment thesis support.

Meet The Team

Bill McTier

David Nelson
Raj Savoor
Craig Turner, Ph.D
Sarah Frankel
Dr. Dana Harrison
Sonu Mirchandani

Program Requirements

The Entrepreneurship minor requires each student to take three foundation courses and four electives. Courses offerings include:

Foundation Courses

ENTP 1955: Entrepreneurship/Innovation Mindset
MGMT 4617: Small Business Management/Strategy
ENTP 3005: Entrepreneurship Experiential Lab

Elective Courses

Advisor approved electives must be chosen in consultation with the Entrepreneurship Minor curriculum coordinator. Electives include existing courses such as:

ENTP 3000 - Entrepreneurship Finance and Funding
ENTP 3009 - CRM Business Solutions for Start-ups
ENTP 3010 - Business Models for Start-up Innovation
ENTP 3012 - Social Enterprise & Sustainability Entrepreneurship
ENTP 3016 - Product Concept Development and Presentation
ENTP 3020 - Protecting Intellectual Property
ENTC 4357 - CIM Applications
ENTP 4550 - Special Topics in Innovation/Entrepreneurship