Resources for Entrepreneurship

Jack M. Wilson Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Massachusetts Lowell  [LINK]

Authored or compiled by Jack M. Wilson, PhD,  President Emeritus, The University of Massachusetts System 
Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation

"Entrepreneurship in Academe;"  A talk given to the UMass Lowell Conference on Entrepreneurship on 23 October 2024

  [Glossary of Useful Terms]            Courses: Global Entrepreneurship        Technological Entrepreneurship         Starting a New Venture       Principles of Entrepreneurship

Topics  

Changing the World: Entrepreneurship 
     -How Innovation and Entrepreneurial Behavior
       Changes the World            - Jack M. Wilson

      Chapters:

  1. Meet the Entrepreneurs
  2. Why Entrepreneurship Matters
  3. ILinc-Tech. Entrepreneurship
  4. Recognizing Opportunities to Change the World
  5. Social Entrepreneurship
  6. Business Models -How to Organize Your Idea
  7. The Lean Launchpad and Business Model Canvas
  8. Organizing Planning and Pitching your Venture
  9. Finding the Financing for Your Venture
  10. Building Your Team
  11. Needs, Pains, and Solutions
  12. Developing Your Product or Service
  13. Intellectual Property
  14. Marketing -How to Connect to Your Customer
  15. Entrepreneurship and Innovation are Global

      Slides:

  1. Meet the Entrepreneurs- Who are they and what motivates them.

  2. Why Entrepreneurship Matters [Video 1]

  3. ILinc-Tech. Entrepreneurship

  4. Opportunity Recognition [Video 2]

  5. Social Entrepreneurship

  6. Introduction to Business Models [Video 3]

  7. Lean Launchpad - Business Model Canvas [Video 4]

  8. Causal Business Planning [Video 5]

  9. Financing and Funding the Venture [Video 9]

  10. Teams [Video 6]

  11.  Needs-Pains-Solutions

  12. New Product Development  [Video 7]

  13. Intellectual Property

  14. Marketing  [Video 8]  

  15. Entrepreneurship is Global

Cases

  1. Altaeros Energy
  2. Alibaba-Jack Ma
  3. Apple Computer -The Supply Chain
  4. Baidu
  5. Cloud.com
  6. Champ-HarrisMacNeill-MacNeillEngineering
  7. CRISPR -Patent War MIT vs Univ. of California
  8. DailyWorth and Amanda Steinberg
  9. Dell Computer
  10. "Desh" Gururaj Deshpande
  11. D-Light
  12. EcoSchool-Africa
  13. FTX - Crypto Scam
  14. Google
  15. Groupon
  16. GroupIII-International-Pulichino-Tong
  17. ILinc-LearnLinc Story   and ILinc LearnLinc Slides
  18. James West-Inventor-Physicist-Entrepreneur
  19. Kazoo
  20. Konarka
  21. Kickstarter
  22. Mass Green High Performance Computing Center
  23. Mercado Libre
  24. Microsoft-Bill Gates
  25. Moore's Law, Metcalfe'sLaw, and Gilder's Law
  26. Muhammad Yunas - Grameen
  27. Napster
  28. NetFlix
  29. Panera Bread
  30. Privo Technologies
  31. Richard Branson-Virgin
  32. Solar electric-Harish Hande
  33. Scriptpad
  34. Segway
  35. Smuckers Uncrustables
  36. Snap Inc. -Snapchat
  37. Stacy's Pita Chips
  38. Steve Jobs -An Entrepreneur's Story
  39. Tata-Nano-Creating an auto for a specific market.
  40. Tommy John Underwear
  41. Theranos-ElizabethHolmes
  42. TravelMyth-Greece
  43. Uber
  44. Virgin -Richard Branson
  45. WhatsApp
  46. Zipcar

 

     Some useful business acronyms:

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