Content Tagged: "entrepreneurship"

Coming up with an idea and developing an initial product are only the first challenges a startup faces; getting that product into the market and getti

This course reviews the strategic issues that an entrepreneur faces while starting a new venture or business, and highlights the questions about market acceptance that must be answered during every stage of the entrepreneurial process.

This course explores the leadership and management issues entrepreneurs face as they create and establish successful new ventures. It reviews the key managerial roles of planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling and their application in entrepreneurial settings. Further, the course addresses self-management for the entrepreneur--how an entrepreneur can manage his or her own time and maintain a proper work-life balance.

Having an entrepreneurial spirit and a good idea is a great foundation to starting your own business. But you may need a bit more to succeed. This course explores the different aspects of entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurs create and establish successful new ventures. It reviews issues and activities involved in starting a new business, including the decisions that must be made before an enterprise can be launched and established.

This course will introduce you to the importance of statistics in the business world. Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, and analyzing data in order to make more effective decisions. Understanding statistical techniques can help any manager responsible for marketing, management, accounting, sales, or other business functions.

When starting a new venture, understanding the relevant laws can make or break your success. This course covers the basics of business law for an entrepreneur. It reviews legal structures for a new venture, intellectual property, employment law, contracts, government regulation, and personal and real property.

This course provides an introduction to key topics in accounting and finance for those involved in new ventures. It reviews financial accounting basics, including GAAP Principles and financial statements, and also covers key issues in finance, broadly defined as any financial or monetary activity that involves a company.

Oil and gas developments are capital intensive with potentially long lead times to bring oil/gas to market (approvals, financing, drilling, facilities

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In this SPE Live, we discuss the challenges faced by startups and innovative entrepreneurs in the oil and gas industry, as well as funding options ava

Building an entrepreneurial venture is a challenge underestimated by most founders. During periods of stability within a given industry, founders face

Hear stories of oilfield professionals who followed their passions and have successfully established themselves as entrepreneurs in various fields. Th

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Join us for this SPE Live round table discussion with two young professional entrepreneurs as they discuss their success paths and obstacles.

While we realize the importance and urgency of riding technology or global macro trends to displace incumbent, 9 out of 10 startups fail. The primary reason being the failure to achieve a product-market fit. In this talk Shirish Nadkarni discusses the importance of conducting customer discovery in a highly disciplined manner to really understand customer pain points and testing value propositions through online advertising.