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Entrepreneurship Across The Curriculum | The World Is Flat | Career Corner | General Business Topics | Industry-Specific Issues | Invention To Venture (I2V) Series | Life As An Entrepreneur | Personal Business Decisions | Startup Business Planning | Special Topics | Companion Clips |

Entrepreneurship Across The Curriculum

Advertising and Graphic Design (1 clips)
Art (5 clips)
Computer Science and Technology

Technology Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship (20 clips)

Education (5 clips)
Engineering - General

Engineers As Entrepreneurs (32 clips)

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business? (24 clips)

Environmental Studies (3 clips)
Fine Arts

Fine Arts Entrepreneurs (20 clips)

History (1 clips)
Journalism and Creative Writing (2 clips)
Life Sciences (6 clips)

Scientists As Entrepreneurs (18 clips)

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business? (24 clips)

Music (1 clips)
Psychology (2 clips)
Textiles and Apparel Design

Designers As Entrepreneurs (52 clips)

Theatre (6 clips)

The World Is Flat

International Topics

Brazil (244 clips)
China (46 clips)
Globalization (14 clips)
India (25 clips)
International Topics - General (51 clips)

Career Corner

Education -Thoughts on Value of Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Education

Balancing Academic Life and A Startup (27 clips)
Continuing Education (5 clips)
Experience Can Be The Best Teacher (7 clips)
Making the Grade - Is A High GPA Important? (14 clips)
Pros and Cons of Getting A MBA (64 clips)
Skills To Take Away From the Undergraduate Experience (56 clips)
Thoughts on Pursuing a Law Degree (17 clips)

How Can I Look At The Want Ads When I Don't Know What I Want?

Choosing a Career (41 clips)
Choosing a First Work Experience (42 clips)
Entrepreneur Path Versus Corporate Path (22 clips)
Internships Can Open Your Eyes (27 clips)
Listening To Your Inner Voice (6 clips)
So You Want A Career In Investment Banking? (38 clips)
So You Want To Be A Consultant? (38 clips)

Thoughts on Consulting (56 clips)

So You Want To Be A Lawyer? (12 clips)
So You Want To Be A Young Entrepreneur? (48 clips)
So You Want To Be In Marketing? (18 clips)
So You Want To Work In An Accounting Firm? (9 clips)

Landing a Job

Best Foot Forward - Writing a Strong Resume (14 clips)
Creative Job Search Strategies (21 clips)
Dress For Success (23 clips)
I Love New York? - Choosing To Live In NYC (5 clips)
Internships Can Open Your Eyes (27 clips)
Interviewing Strategies (48 clips)
Making the Grade - Is A High GPA Important? (14 clips)
Mind Your Manners - Surviving Business Meals (38 clips)

Managing Your Career

Advice For Your First Job (11 clips)
Coaching Advice For Your Career (32 clips)
Entrepreneur Path Versus Corporate Path (22 clips)
Internships Can Open Your Eyes (27 clips)
Mentors - Entrepreneurs Discuss Role of Mentors (55 clips)
Networking - Building and Using a Network of People

Examples of Networking In Action (11 clips)
How To Develop A Network (31 clips)
Importance of Networking (31 clips)
Maintaining Your Network (8 clips)

Toot Your Own Horn Without Blowing It (23 clips)
Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business? (24 clips)
Women In Business - Special Considerations

Acting Like A Man Doesn't Really Work (7 clips)
Barriers - Are They Still There? (14 clips)
Be Ready For the Workplace - Stories of Stereotyping (8 clips)
Can You Have It All? : Balancing Work Life with Family (22 clips)
Strategic Career Advice for Women (21 clips)
What Skills /Behaviors Can Help You in the Workplace? (14 clips)

General Business Topics

Accounting, Economics and Finance

Breakeven (6 clips)
Cash Flow - Show Me The Money!!!

Cash Flow Is More Important Than Your Mother (31 clips)
Real-life Examples of Cash Flow Challenges (32 clips)

EBITDA (3 clips)
Economic Concepts (17 clips)
Executive Compensation (6 clips)
Fixed Costs (7 clips)
Fund Management (19 clips)
Goodwill (4 clips)
How To Bridge The GAAP And Understand Accounting (31 clips)
Interpreting The Crystal Ball - Projections and Forecasts (9 clips)
IPO (Initial Public Offering) (38 clips)
Joint Ventures (9 clips)
Overhead (13 clips)
Payroll - Challenges of Cutting The Checks (8 clips)
Sarbanes-Oxley - Pros and Cons of SOX Rules (13 clips)
Taxes (12 clips)
Variable Costs (7 clips)

Intellectual Property

Copyrights (15 clips)
Licensing, Ownership and Infringement (38 clips)
Patents (61 clips)
Secrecy and Safeguarding (19 clips)
Tradenames, Trademarks and Brandnames (24 clips)

International Topics

Brazil (244 clips)
China (46 clips)
Globalization (14 clips)
India (25 clips)
International Topics - General (51 clips)

Legal Corporate Structures

Board of Advisors (16 clips)
Board of Directors (14 clips)
Legal Structuring and Formation - Minimizing Liability and Taxes (19 clips)
Non-Profits and Charitable Organizations (50 clips)

Marketing

Advertising

Ad Campaigns and Strategies (24 clips)
Advertising Investment and Return (8 clips)
Internet Marketing and Advertising (15 clips)
Logos - When One Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words (22 clips)
Press, Publicity and Promotion (23 clips)

Branding

Logos - When One Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words (22 clips)
Managing A Brand (18 clips)
Real-world Brand Examples (35 clips)
What Is A Brand And Why Is It So Important? (21 clips)

Customer Interaction

Customer Service and Relationship Management (24 clips)
Finding and Understanding Your Target Customers (42 clips)
Importance of Customer Feedback (13 clips)

Sales

Challenges and Surprises in Selling (13 clips)
Importance of Developing Sales Experience (15 clips)
Pricing Strategies (26 clips)
Sales Strategies (31 clips)

Trade Shows (12 clips)
Marketing Strategies

Affinity Marketing (4 clips)
Direct Marketing (4 clips)
Focus Groups (11 clips)
Guerilla Marketing (2 clips)
Internet Marketing and Advertising (15 clips)
Market Research (20 clips)
Marketing Plans (8 clips)
Packaging (26 clips)
Real-world Marketing Strategies (32 clips)
Shelf Space and Slotting (15 clips)
Surveys (23 clips)
Target Markets (16 clips)
What Is Marketing? (4 clips)

Operations

Distribution (2 clips)

Shelf Space and Slotting (15 clips)

Franchising (7 clips)
Product Development

Innovation and New Product Development (10 clips)
Product Development Processes and Considerations (23 clips)
Product Liability (7 clips)
Product Mix (6 clips)
Real World Examples of New Product Development (11 clips)
The Customer Is Always Right When It Comes To New Product Development (10 clips)

Product Liability (7 clips)

People Issues (HR/OB)

Challenges of Being a Leader (11 clips)
Followership (4 clips)
Leadership - General (26 clips)
Leading a Team (15 clips)
Managing versus Leading (7 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Are Compassionate (4 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Are Self-Aware (6 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Care About The Team (17 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Communicate Well (6 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Courage and Take Risks (3 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Strength of Character (8 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Vision and Passion (18 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders See Mistakes As Learning Opportunities (4 clips)
Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Work Hard and Get Their Hands Dirty (5 clips)

Management and Leadership Differences: Men vs. Women (15 clips)
Managing People

Challenges of Being a Manager (34 clips)
Hiring Employees (35 clips)
Human Resources Issues (24 clips)
Investing in and Growing Employees (20 clips)
Managing versus Leading (7 clips)
Motivating and Retaining Employees (33 clips)

Negotiating

Hard Skills Needed For Effective Negotiating (18 clips)
Negotiating - Win-Win Versus Win-Lose (11 clips)
Negotiation - Does Gender Play A Role? (6 clips)
Soft Skills Needed For Effective Negotiating (25 clips)

Teamwork

Leading a Team (15 clips)
No Man Is An Island - Arguments For A Team Approach (14 clips)
Team Building Strategies (26 clips)

Time Management (25 clips)

Strategy

Brainstorming (13 clips)
Porter's Five Forces Model (2 clips)
Strategic Partnerships and Strategic Alliances (8 clips)
Strategy and Strategic Thinking (13 clips)
SWOT Analysis (4 clips)

Technology

Virtual Worlds (7 clips)

Industry-Specific Issues

Design Industry

Designers As Entrepreneurs (52 clips)
Fine Arts Entrepreneurs (20 clips)
Retail - Working In Retail Fashion (17 clips)

Engineering

Engineers As Entrepreneurs (32 clips)

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business? (24 clips)

Entertainment Industry

Face The Music - Challenges in the Music and Entertainment Industries (14 clips)

Hospitality Industry

Food For Thought - When Food Products Jump From Test Kitchen To Retail (27 clips)
Hospitality Industry Trends and Issues (12 clips)
Maitre D'emons - Challenges of Being a Restaurant Entrepreneur (12 clips)

Science and Technology

Scientists As Entrepreneurs (18 clips)

Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business? (24 clips)

Technology Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship (20 clips)

Case Studies

TerraCycle: Turning Poop To Profit (6 clips)
Wal-Mart: Box Store Bully or Gentle Giant? (22 clips)
Women In Business - Special Considerations

Acting Like A Man Doesn't Really Work (7 clips)
Barriers - Are They Still There? (14 clips)
Be Ready For the Workplace - Stories of Stereotyping (8 clips)
Can You Have It All? : Balancing Work Life with Family (22 clips)
Strategic Career Advice for Women (21 clips)
What Skills /Behaviors Can Help You in the Workplace? (14 clips)

Life Science Ventures

Biotechnology and Pharma From 30,000 Feet (24 clips)
I Should Have Taken Accounting - Building a Startup Despite a Science Background (16 clips)
Invention to Venture - Making the Transition From Academia To Business (20 clips)
The Ivory Tower of Doom - Navigating the University Tech Transfer Process (36 clips)

Invention To Venture (I2V) Series

Cornell University Hosted I2V Series

March 9, 2007

David Rickerby - Intellectual Property and Licensing (15 clips)
Mark Wilson - Broken Rules of Commercialization (15 clips)
Theresa Mazzullo - Finding The Money (19 clips)

Harvard University Hosted I2V Series

April 4, 2006

Bryan Pearce - Beyond Borders: Ernst & Young Life Science Report (9 clips)
Dana Callow - Validating Your Idea (19 clips)
Janice Bourque - Financing and Capital Structure (6 clips)
John Santini - The Entrepreneurs' Perspective (20 clips)
Kevin Jarrell - The Entrepreneurs' Perspective (13 clips)
Laurie Halloran - Trends In Life Sciences (17 clips)
Paul McManus - Building The Venture Team (11 clips)
Richard Ramko - Beyond Borders: Ernst & Young Life Science Report (11 clips)
Saurabh Saha - Trends in Life Sciences (11 clips)
Susan Ward - Building The Venture Team (6 clips)

June 2, 2005

Session 1 - Ernst & Young Life Science Report (20 clips)
Session 2 - New Opportunities (18 clips)
Session 3 - University Perspectives in Technology Licensing (9 clips)
Session 4 - Entrepreneurs' Perspective (9 clips)
Session 5 - Building the Venture Team (18 clips)
Session 6 - Planning the Capital Structure (12 clips)
Session 7 - Financing Life Sciences (8 clips)

University of Vermont Hosted I2V Series

April 21, 2006

David Potter - Bringing Vermont Life Science Companies To Market (4 clips)
Helen Lockhart - Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing (11 clips)
John Abele - What Is Technology Entrepreneurship Anyway? (7 clips)
Larry Meier - Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing (10 clips)

Life As An Entrepreneur

Challenges of Being an Entrepreneur (2 clips)

Being Jack-of-all-Trades and Then Having To Delegate (16 clips)
Enormous Amount of Sweat Equity Needed (7 clips)
Handling People Issues and Being Ultimately Responsible For the Business (9 clips)
Handling Risk, Worries and Setbacks (9 clips)
Loneliness and Isolation (3 clips)
Perpetual Pursuit of Funding and Developing Credibility (9 clips)

Defining An Entrepreneur

Defining Entrepreneur As Being Your Own Boss (13 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Creative, Adaptable and Flexible (18 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Creator, Builder and Visionary (33 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As One Who Takes Ownership and Control (15 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Opportunity Finder (12 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Passionate and Determined (38 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Risk Taker (37 clips)
Defining Entrepreneur As Set of Skills - Not A Career (6 clips)
Entrepreneurs - Are They Born or Made? (14 clips)
Intrapreneur - Defined (5 clips)
Social Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneur - Definition (18 clips)
Transferring Social Values To A Business Model (34 clips)

Personality Traits

Success - defined (21 clips)
Successful Entrepreneurs and Businesspeople Have...

Ability to Take Risks (9 clips)
Communication Skills (16 clips)
Flexibility and Ability to Make Decisions (8 clips)
Integrity and Credibility (7 clips)
Intellectual Curiosity (5 clips)
Listening Skills (12 clips)
Passion and Vision (19 clips)
Plans and Goals (2 clips)
Preparation (10 clips)
Sense of Humor (6 clips)
Strong People Skills (5 clips)
Tenacity and Strong Work Ethics (16 clips)

Rewards Of Being an Entrepreneur

Rewards of Entrepreneurship (33 clips)
Serial Entrepreneurs and Serial Entrepreneurship (4 clips)

Young Entrepreneurs

Balancing Academic Life and A Startup (27 clips)
Young Entrepreneurs - advice for young professionals (32 clips)

Personal Business Decisions

Balance - Finding Balance Between Professional and Personal Life

Choosing Balance Over Money or Power (10 clips)
Listening To Your Inner Voice (6 clips)
Marry The Right Person (6 clips)
Strategies For Achieving A Balance (55 clips)
Thoughts on Stay-At-Home Parents (15 clips)
When Equilibrium Is Hard To Achieve (20 clips)
Work and Family (36 clips)
Work and Relationships (15 clips)
Work-Life Balance Wake Up Calls (9 clips)
Working Moms - Thoughts on Juggling Career and Family (22 clips)

Education -Thoughts on Value of Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Education

Balancing Academic Life and A Startup (27 clips)
Continuing Education (5 clips)
Experience Can Be The Best Teacher (7 clips)
Making the Grade - Is A High GPA Important? (14 clips)
Pros and Cons of Getting A MBA (64 clips)
Skills To Take Away From the Undergraduate Experience (56 clips)
Thoughts on Pursuing a Law Degree (17 clips)

Failure

Failure - It's Not The End of The World (22 clips)
Learning and Recovering From Mistakes (46 clips)
Oops! Real-life Examples of Bad Business Decisions (23 clips)
Shoot Your Dogs Early - When To Cut Your Losses And Walk Away (3 clips)

Health Issues

Health Issues - Balancing health, stress and work demands (30 clips)

Parents

Parental Influence (50 clips)

Startup Business Planning

Business Plans

Business Planning Is About The Process And Not The Plan (18 clips)
Business Plans - Waste of Time or Sound Investment? (55 clips)
Business Plans - What makes a strong one? (2 clips)

Strong B-Plans Are Clear, Clean, Concise and Critiqued (13 clips)
Strong B-Plans Aren't As Important As The People Behind Them (13 clips)
Strong B-Plans Get The Value Proposition Right (26 clips)
Strong B-Plans Have Realistic Financials That Tie Together (12 clips)
Strong B-Plans Have Solid Research and Industry Understanding (16 clips)
Strong B-Plans Tell An Inspiring Story (5 clips)

SWOT Analysis (4 clips)

Components of the Business Plan

Business Plan Components - General (19 clips)
Business Plan Components - Executive Summary (9 clips)
Business Plan Components - Competitive Advantage (35 clips)
Business Plan Components - Market Research and Analysis (24 clips)
Business Plan Components - Management Teams (19 clips)
Business Plan Components - Plan of Operations (6 clips)
Business Plan Components - Financials (13 clips)
Business Plan Components - Mission Statements (12 clips)

Creativity

Creativity and the Creative Process (26 clips)

Execution

Execution - Moving a Business Plan From Idea to Reality (25 clips)

Funding - Aspects Related to Business Planning

Challenges Encountered During The Funding Process (18 clips)
Deciding on Debt - Choosing Debt As A Method for Funding (5 clips)
Evaluate Your Options - Sources of Capital For Funding (49 clips)
Funding A Startup With Bubblegum and Baling Wire (25 clips)
Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)

Incubators (28 clips)
IPO (Initial Public Offering) (38 clips)
Pitching the Plan

Elevator Pitch (8 clips)
Making the Pitch - Advice From Both Sides of the Table (37 clips)
Pitching to Investors - Sample Pitches (31 clips)

Private Equity (8 clips)
Term Sheets (7 clips)