Entrepreneurial Lab: School of Management Studies
Entrepreneurial Lab: School of Management Studies
B18BE3040
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Program: BBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Course Title: ENTREPRENEURIAL LAB
Course Code: B18BE3040
Course Type: HC
Course Presenter: PROF. ABHISHEK DUTTAGUPTA
Course Mentor: PROF. ABHISHEK DUTTAGUPTA
Semester & Section: III BBA E
Academic Year: 2020-21
Course Pre-requisites: N/A
L T P: [2] [ 0] [ 2]
Pedagogy: ICT & E-CONTENT
Course Objectives:
1. To familiarize students with the issues and challenges facing
entrepreneurs in emerging markets.
2. To provide students with an intensive internship experience
working in a start-up.
3. To familiarize students with the power of informal networks
and the importance of leveraging with start-ups at REVA NEST
-related and other networks while working
Course Outcomes:
1. Be able to provide work on challenges and problems being faced by
start-ups
2. Demonstrate strategic and problem solving competencies
3. Work on issues related to early stage venture financing, IPR and
competitive situations
Syllabus:
Course Progra
m
Unit Topics Outcom
es Outco
mes
Components of a successful strategic plan (Market Opportunity, Customer Definition, Competitive
I 1,2,3 1, 3
Analysis). Product & business model definition
II Early-stage venture financing, fundraising. Financial Statements, Cash Flow Projection, Valuation 1,2,3 4
III Intellectual property. Investor Expectations & Communications. Delivering an Investor Pitch 1,2,3 6
IV Competition. Marketing and Sales. 1,2,3 5
Program outcomes:
1. Set up new ventures and/or strengthen family business; formulate human resources
policies for the organization
2. Recruit, train and monitor human resources of an organization
3. Manage operations of an organization
4. Plan and manage finances
5. Plan and execute marketing and sales activity
6. Perform project management activity
7. lead a team to ensure that projects are completed satisfactorily, on time, and within
budget
8. conform to cultural, environmental, sustainability and ethical issues
9. communicate across teams verbally, visually and by writing
10. choose an appropriate online educational programmes for further learning,
participate in seminars and conferences
Reference Books:
1. Vasanth Desai, Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Development and Management, Himalayan Publishing House, New
Delhi 2016
2. Entrepreneurship : Theory and Practice Raj Shankar, Mc Graw Hill Education, Noida, UP, 2015
3. Kathleen and R. Allen New Venture Creation, Cengage Learning, New Delhi, 2015
E-Resources:
1. www.entrepreneur.com
2. https://eaiindia.com/
3. https://www.genglobal.org/
4. https://www.eonetwork.org/
5. http://blog.ecell-iitkgp.org/category/e-resources/
Assignment:
1. Analyse any two famous (much hyped) start-ups that
failed.
2. Devise a business plan for a start-up of your choice.
“Plan for what is difficult while it is easy, do what is great while
it is small.”
– Sun Tzu
BUSINESS PLAN
• Mini Plan
• Working Plan
• Presentation Plan
• Electronic Plan
PREPARATION OF BUSINESS PLAN
• Preliminary • Drawing Functional
Investigation Plans
• CORE PRODUCT
• ACTUAL PRODUCT
• AUGMENTED PRODUCT
CLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCT
• CONSUMER PRODUCTS
• PRODUCT ITEM
• PRODUCT LINE
• PRODUCT MIX
PRODUCT POSITIONING (& REPOSITIONING)
• EXISTING PRODUCTS
• NEW PRODUCTS
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
• CONTINUOUS INNOVATION
• DISCONTINUOUS INNOVATION
WHY PRODUCTS FAIL
• Poor timing
• No access to market
BUSINESS MODEL
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
BUSINESS TO CONSUMER
CONSUMER TO CONSUMER
BUSINESS TO GOVERNMENT
CONSUMER TO BUSINESS
BUSINESS MODEL - COMPONENTS
VALUE PROPOSITION
MARKET SEGMENT
VALLUE CHAIN
COMPETITIVE STRATEGY