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SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ONLINE
​This semester-long course is designed to provide the skills needed to effectively organize, develop, create, and manage your own business, while exposing you to the challenges, problems, and issues faced by entrepreneurs. Throughout this course, you will be given the chance to see what kinds of opportunities exist for small business entrepreneurs and become aware of the necessary skills for running a business. You will become familiar with the traits and characteristics that are found in successful entrepreneurs, and you will see how research, planning, operations, and regulations can affect small businesses. You will learn how to develop plans for having effective business management and marketing strategies.
​Small Business Entrepreneurship will teach you basic principles of entrepreneurship and business ethics. You'll look at the major steps relevant to starting a new business. These steps include financing, marketing, and managing. Knowing how to analyze a business plan will help you develop one, while at the same time making it easier for you to understand the reasons businesses have to write one. Small Business Entrepreneurship is designed to give you an overview on running a business from start to finish.
UNIT 1 - OVERVIEW OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP
UNIT 2 - ECONOMICS
  1. Course Overview
  2. What Is Entrepreneurship?
  3. Entrepreneurial Traits
  4. Project: Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs 
  5. Education, Aptitudes, and Skills
  6. Goals
  7. Personal Interests
  8. Quiz 1: Basic Aspects of Entrepreneurship
  9. Alternate Quiz 1—Form A: Basic Aspects of Entrepreneurship
  10. Alternate Quiz 1—Form B: Basic Aspects of Entrepreneurship
  11. Ethics
  12. Project: Ethics 
  13. Legal Forms of Business Ownership
  14. Business Risks
  15. Sources of Assistance
  16. Roles of Government
  17. Quiz 2: Legal Environment of a Small Business
  18. Alternate Quiz 2—Form A: Legal Environment of a Small Business
  19. Alternate Quiz 2—Form B: Legal Environment of a Small Business
  20. Unit Project: Business Ventures – Part 1 
  21. Review
  22. Test
  23. Alternate Test—Form A
  24. Alternate Test—Form B
  25. Glossary and Credits
  1. What Is the Role and Importance of Small Business Entrepreneurship in the Economy?
  2. Project: How Entrepreneurs Improve the Economy 
  3. Supply and Demand
  4. Pricing and Production
  5. Project: Supply and Demand Graph 
  6. Equilibrium
  7. Quiz 1: Basic Economic Principles
  8. Alternate Quiz 1—Form A: Basic Economic Principles
  9. Alternate Quiz 1—Form B: Basic Economic Principles
  10. Scarcity
  11. Economic Measurement
  12. Economic Forecast
  13. Quiz 2: Scarcity and Forecasting
  14. Alternate Quiz 2—Form A: Scarcity and Forecasting
  15. Alternate Quiz 2—Form B: Scarcity and Forecasting
  16. Fixed and Variable Costs
  17. Opportunity Costs
  18. Project: Opportunity Costs 
  19. Profit Motive
  20. Quiz 3: Costs
  21. Alternate Quiz 3—Form A: Costs
  22. Alternate Quiz 3—Form B: Costs
  23. Unit Project: Business Ventures – Part 2
  24. Review
  25. Test
  26. Alternate Test—Form A
  27. Alternate Test—Form B
  28. Glossary and Credits
UNIT 3 - FINANCING
UNIT 4 - MARKETING
  1. Start-Up Costs
  2. Costs of Goods Sold
  3. Operating Expenses
  4. Gross Income, Net Income, and Break-Even Point
  5. Quiz 1: Principles of Financing
  6. Alternate Quiz 1—Form A: Principles of Financing
  7. Alternate Quiz 1—Form B: Principles of Financing
  8. Income Statement
  9. Project: Income Statement 
  10. Balance Sheet
  11. Project: Balance Sheet 
  12. Profitability and Projecting Cash Flow
  13. Quiz 2: Financial Records
  14. Alternate Quiz 2—Form A: Financial Records
  15. Alternate Quiz 2—Form B: Financial Records
  16. Sources of Financing
  17. Assess Collateral
  18. Project: Financing Sources 
  19. Interest Rate and Monthly Payments
  20. Quiz 3: Sources of Financing
  21. Alternate Quiz 3—Form A: Sources of Financing
  22. Alternate Quiz 3—Form B: Sources of Financing
  23. Unit Project: Business Ventures – Part 3 ​
  24. Test
  25. Alternate Test—Form A
  26. Alternate Test—Form B
  27. Glossary and Credits
  1. Analyze a Market's Customers
  2. Target Market
  3. Project: Target Market 
  4. Quiz 1: Target Markets
  5. Alternate Quiz 1—Form A: Target Markets
  6. Alternate Quiz 1—Form B: Target Markets
  7. Steps of Market Research
  8. Uses for Market Research
  9. Project: Current Event 
  10. Project: Assessing Competitors' Strengths and Weaknesses 
  11. Industry Characteristics
  12. Quiz 2: Market Research and Competition
  13. Alternate Quiz 2—Form A: Market Research and Competition
  14. Alternate Quiz 2—Form B: Market Research and Competition
  15. Marketing Terminology
  16. Marketing Functions
  17. 4P's and 7P's
  18. Project: Marketing Mix 
  19. Marketing Plan
  20. Quiz 3: Marketing Mix
  21. Alternate Quiz 3—Form A: Marketing Mix
  22. Alternate Quiz 3—Form B: Marketing Mix
  23. Unit Project: Business Ventures – Part 4 
  24. Review
  25. Test
  26. Alternate Test—Form A
  27. Alternate Test—Form B
  28. Glossary and Credits
UNIT 5 - MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS PLANS
UNIT 6 - COURSE REVIEW AND EXAM
  1. Functions of Management
  2. Project: Leadership Styles
  3. Organization Structure
  4. Project: Organizational Chart 
  5. Regulations to Protect Employees
  6. Quiz 1: Management
  7. Alternate Quiz 1—Form A: Management
  8. Alternate Quiz 1—Form B: Management
  9. Business Plan
  10. Project: Business Plan
  11. Project: Business Plan Sources 
  12. Project: Analyze a Business Plan – Part 1 
  13. Project: Analyze a Business Plan – Part 2
  14. Project: Analyze a Business Plan – Part 3 
  15. Project: Analyze a Business Plan – Part 4 
  16. Quiz 2: Business Plan
  17. Alternate Quiz 2—Form A: Business Plan
  18. Alternate Quiz 2—Form B: Business Plan
  19. Review
  20. Test
  21. Alternate Test—Form A
  22. Alternate Test—Form B
  23. Glossary and Credits
  1. Review
  2. Exam
  3. Alternate Exam—Form A
  4. Alternate Exam—Form B