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Business Plan 101 | 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 |

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  Business Plan 101

   (76 clips)
• Introductory Concepts (12 clips)
• Defining the term entrepreneur (6 clips)
• Entrepreneurs are their own boss (1 clips)
• Being an entrepreneur consumes your life (1 clips)
• Entrepreneurs wear many hats (1 clips)
• Being an entrepreneur takes confidence (1 clips)
• Entrepreneurs tolerate risk (1 clips)
• Entrepreneurs have to be passionate (1 clips)
• Are entrepreneurs born or made?  (2 clips)
• Entrepreners are born (1 clips)
• Entrepreneurs are made (1 clips)
• Motivation for business planning (4 clips)
• Business planning is important as a roadmap (1 clips)
• Business planning matters as a process (1 clips)
• Business plans are a work in progress (1 clips)
• Business plans keep you focused (1 clips)
• Business Ideas (5 clips)
• Generating a business idea (2 clips)
• Getting a good idea is not a linear process (1 clips)
• Good ideas have a value proposition (1 clips)
• Selecting the right idea (3 clips)
• It's not really about the idea, but about execution (1 clips)
• You have to be a champion of the idea (2 clips)
• Business Plan - Overview (18 clips)
• Business plan formats (5 clips)
• Sometimes a plan is super simple (1 clips)
• Sometimes a plan can be a sort of dashboard (1 clips)
• Sometimes the plan is in a powerpoint format (1 clips)
• One way or another you need to do the thinking (1 clips)
• It is great to be able to write all versions - stay malleable (1 clips)
• Investors as the audience (5 clips)
• Investors have short attention spans (1 clips)
• Investors get irritated if the plan is not easy to read (1 clips)
• Investors review plans with a series of checkpoints in mind (1 clips)
• Investors look for a strong team (1 clips)
• Investors want to know payoff and that you understand potential problems (1 clips)
• Bankers as the audience (3 clips)
• Bankers like thorough projections (1 clips)
• Bankers care about management (1 clips)
• Plans are important to shape entrepreneur's thinking (1 clips)
• Common mistakes (3 clips)
• Plans that don't quickly engage the reader fail (1 clips)
• Spelling/grammar mistakes hurt your credibility (1 clips)
• You plan is your ambassador (1 clips)
• After the ink is dry (2 clips)
• Business plans are dynamic - keep revising (1 clips)
• Even thought plan will change, it is invaluable to go through the process (1 clips)
• Anatomy of a Business Plan (25 clips)
• Executive Summary (2 clips)
• Executive summaries need to be ONE page (1 clips)
• Executive summaries have to be well-written (1 clips)
• Mission and Vision (3 clips)
• Mission statement helps you get on the same page (1 clips)
• You have to know your business' "reason for being" (1 clips)
• Mission helps serve as a litmus test in making decisions (1 clips)
• Management Team (3 clips)
• Management is the number one concern of investors (1 clips)
• Highlighting accomplishments of team is essential (1 clips)
• A strong Advisory Board strengthens a plan (1 clips)
• Risk Assessment (1 clips)
• The plan needs to address all types of risk (1 clips)
• Business Description (2 clips)
• Plan needs a clear description of the business (1 clips)
• Must be able to describe the core opportunity (1 clips)
• Product Description (1 clips)
• Product description needs to be crystal clear (1 clips)
• Market Analysis (6 clips)
• Market size has to be quantified and investor will vet those numbers (1 clips)
• Detailed market research helps your credibility (1 clips)
• Value proposition has to be quantified (1 clips)
• Your competitive advantage has to be sustainable (1 clips)
• Customer testimonials can be powerful (1 clips)
• Show you know how many customers are there who will actually buy (1 clips)
• Business strategy (2 clips)
• Your strategy has to be linked to the market validation (1 clips)
• Business strategies evolve, but have a core (1 clips)
• Plan of Operations (1 clips)
• Operational realities are a base for the financial projections (1 clips)
• Financial projections (4 clips)
• Financials have to be built from the bottom up (1 clips)
• Make sure salary estimates are accurate (1 clips)
• Investors want to know your unit costs are accurate (1 clips)
• Line items help show you understand your costs structure (1 clips)
• Pitching the Plan (15 clips)
• Preparation for pitches (6 clips)
• Practice and preparation are crucial (1 clips)
• Know your audience by listening carefully to pitch on target (1 clips)
• Be prepared for interruptions in first few minutes (1 clips)
• Dress well, but be yourself (1 clips)
• Don't read your powerpoints -- it is a show! (1 clips)
• When you fail, use it to refine your pitch (1 clips)
• Content (4 clips)
• Clearly state the compelling benefits at the very beginning (1 clips)
• Anticipate the objection (1 clips)
• Be fluid with the material (1 clips)
• Keep it short (1 clips)
• Credibility (2 clips)
• They are betting on you, so be credible (1 clips)
• Be consistent to build credibility (1 clips)
• Handling questions (3 clips)
• Ask for clarification if you don't understand the question (1 clips)
• Don't answer a question if you don't know (1 clips)
• Don't take things personally or get emotional (1 clips)
• Business Plan Competitions (1 clips)
• Motivation (0 clips)
• Competitions help you even if you don't win
• Preparing for the competition forces you through planning process
• Preparation (0 clips)
• Knowing the judges help you pitch
• Pitch to the objectives of the competition
• Pay attention to tiny details of submission rules
• Business Plan Judges (0 clips)
• The judges look at so many plans the executive summary is crucial
• If judges are technologists you must prepare for science-based questions
• Experienced judges look for reasonableness
• Winner anecdotes (0 clips)
• Listening to previous winners provides good clues
• Be able to show your technology position is protected
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  The World Is Flat

   (437 clips)
• International Topics (437 clips)
• Africa (13 clips)
• Brazil (244 clips)
• China (71 clips)
• Globalization (14 clips)
• India (31 clips)
• International Topics - General (64 clips)
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  Career Corner

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• Education -Thoughts on Value of Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Education (213 clips)
• Balancing Academic Life and A Startup (30 clips)
• Continuing Education (5 clips)
• Experience Can Be The Best Teacher (11 clips)
• Making the Grade - Is A High GPA Important? (17 clips)
• Pros and Cons of Getting A MBA (71 clips)
• Skills To Take Away From the Undergraduate Experience (62 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? (358 clips)
• Choosing a Career (41 clips)
• Choosing a First Work Experience (41 clips)
• Entrepreneur Path Versus Corporate Path (23 clips)
• Internships Can Open Your Eyes (29 clips)
• Listening To Your Inner Voice (8 clips)
• So You Want A Career In Banking or Finance? (42 clips)
• So You Want A Career In Human Resources? (2 clips)
• So You Want A Career In The Entertainment Industry? (11 clips)
• So You Want To Be A Consultant? (47 clips)
• Thoughts on Consulting
• So You Want To Be A Lawyer? (12 clips)
• So You Want To Be A Young Entrepreneur? (59 clips)
• So You Want To Be In Marketing? (19 clips)
• So You Want To Work At A Small Company? (4 clips)
• So You Want To Work In A Not-For-Profit Environment? (11 clips)
• So You Want To Work In An Accounting Firm? (9 clips)
• Landing a Job (231 clips)
• Best Foot Forward - Writing a Strong Resume (16 clips)
• Creative Job Search Strategies (30 clips)
• Dress For Success (25 clips)
• I Love New York? - Choosing To Live In NYC (5 clips)
• Internships Can Open Your Eyes (29 clips)
• Interviewing Strategies (71 clips)
• Making the Grade - Is A High GPA Important? (17 clips)
• Mind Your Manners - Surviving Business Meals (38 clips)
• Managing Your Career (354 clips)
• Advice For Your First Job (15 clips)
• Coaching Advice For Your Career (62 clips)
• Entrepreneur Path Versus Corporate Path (23 clips)
• Internships Can Open Your Eyes (29 clips)
• Mentors - Entrepreneurs Discuss Role of Mentors (66 clips)
• Networking - Building and Using a Network of People (2 clips)
• Examples of Networking In Action
• How To Develop A Network
• Importance of Networking
• Maintaining Your Network
• Toot Your Own Horn Without Blowing It (25 clips)
• Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business? (27 clips)
• Women In Business - Special Considerations (105 clips)
• Acting Like A Man Doesn't Really Work (8 clips)
• Barriers - Are They Still There? (16 clips)
• Be Ready For the Workplace - Stories of Stereotyping (10 clips)
• Can You Have It All? : Balancing Work Life with Family (25 clips)
• Strategic Career Advice for Women (27 clips)
• What Skills /Behaviors Can Help You in the Workplace? (19 clips)
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  General Business Topics

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• Accounting, Economics and Finance (305 clips)
• Boycott Theory (15 clips)
• Breakeven (6 clips)
• Cash Flow - Show Me The Money!!! (77 clips)
• Cash Flow Is More Important Than Your Mother (38 clips)
• Real-life Examples of Cash Flow Challenges (39 clips)
• EBITDA (3 clips)
• Economic Concepts (17 clips)
• Economic Crisis (12 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 (10 clips)
• IPO (Initial Public Offering) (38 clips)
• Joint Ventures (9 clips)
• Overhead (13 clips)
• Payroll - Challenges of Cutting The Checks (7 clips)
• Sarbanes-Oxley - Pros and Cons of SOX Rules (13 clips)
• Taxes (11 clips)
• Variable Costs (7 clips)
• Intellectual Property (155 clips)
• Copyrights (14 clips)
• Licensing, Ownership and Infringement (38 clips)
• Patents (62 clips)
• Secrecy and Safeguarding (18 clips)
• Tradenames, Trademarks and Brandnames (23 clips)
• International Topics (437 clips)
• Africa (13 clips)
• Brazil (244 clips)
• China (71 clips)
• Globalization (14 clips)
• India (31 clips)
• International Topics - General (64 clips)
• Legal Corporate Structures (102 clips)
• Board of Advisors (17 clips)
• Board of Directors (15 clips)
• Legal Structuring and Formation - Minimizing Liability and Taxes (19 clips)
• Non-Profits and Charitable Organizations (51 clips)
• Marketing (481 clips)
• Advertising (95 clips)
• 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 (26 clips)
• Branding (2 clips)
• Logos - When One Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words
• Managing A Brand
• Real-world Brand Examples
• What Is A Brand And Why Is It So Important?
• Customer Interaction (90 clips)
• Customer Service and Relationship Management (30 clips)
• Finding and Understanding Your Target Customers (45 clips)
• Importance of Customer Feedback (15 clips)
• Merchandising (5 clips)
• Sales (88 clips)
• Challenges and Surprises in Selling (13 clips)
• Importance of Developing Sales Experience (15 clips)
• Pricing Strategies (26 clips)
• Sales Strategies (34 clips)
• Trade Shows (13 clips)
• Marketing Strategies (188 clips)
• Affinity Marketing (4 clips)
• Direct Marketing (4 clips)
• Focus Groups (11 clips)
• Guerilla Marketing (3 clips)
• Internet Marketing and Advertising (15 clips)
• Market Research (20 clips)
• Marketing Plans (8 clips)
• Packaging (26 clips)
• Real-world Marketing Strategies (34 clips)
• Shelf Space and Slotting (15 clips)
• Surveys (23 clips)
• Target Markets (18 clips)
• What Is Marketing? (7 clips)
• Operations (87 clips)
• Distribution (2 clips)
• Shelf Space and Slotting
• Franchising (10 clips)
• Product Development (68 clips)
• Innovation and New Product Development (11 clips)
• Product Development Processes and Considerations (24 clips)
• Product Liability (7 clips)
• Product Mix (6 clips)
• Real World Examples of New Product Development (10 clips)
• The Customer Is Always Right When It Comes To New Product Development (10 clips)
• Product Liability (7 clips)
• People Issues (HR/OB) (406 clips)
• Conflict Resolution (13 clips)
• Corporate Culture (27 clips)
• Leading People (171 clips)
• Challenges of Being a Leader (11 clips)
• Followership (5 clips)
• Leadership - General (40 clips)
• Leading a Team (15 clips)
• Managing versus Leading (9 clips)
• Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Are Compassionate (5 clips)
• Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Are Self-Aware (7 clips)
• Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Care About The Team (21 clips)
• Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Communicate Well (9 clips)
• Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Courage and Take Risks (3 clips)
• Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Strength of Character (14 clips)
• Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders Have Vision and Passion (20 clips)
• Strong Leadership Qualities - Leaders See Mistakes As Learning Opportunities (7 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 (1 clips)
• Challenges of Being a Manager
• Firing Employees
• Hiring Employees
• Human Resources Issues
• Investing in and Growing Employees
• Managing versus Leading
• Motivating and Retaining Employees
• Negotiating (68 clips)
• Hard Skills Needed For Effective Negotiating (19 clips)
• Negotiating - Win-Win Versus Win-Lose (11 clips)
• Negotiation - Does Gender Play A Role? (7 clips)
• Soft Skills Needed For Effective Negotiating (31 clips)
• Teamwork (86 clips)
• Get the Right People On The Bus - Importance of Building a Strong Team (28 clips)
• Leading a Team (15 clips)
• No Man Is An Island - Arguments For A Team Approach (14 clips)
• Team Building Strategies (29 clips)
• Time Management (25 clips)
• Strategy (66 clips)
• Brainstorming (14 clips)
• Creating Value (12 clips)
• Decision Making (12 clips)
• Porter's Five Forces Model (2 clips)
• Strategic Partnerships and Strategic Alliances (9 clips)
• Strategy and Strategic Thinking (13 clips)
• SWOT Analysis (4 clips)
• Technology (37 clips)
• Social Media and Social Networking (30 clips)
• Virtual Worlds (7 clips)
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  Industry-Specific Issues

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• Design Industry (144 clips)
• Designers As Entrepreneurs (51 clips)
• Entrepreneurship in the Arts (55 clips)
• Fine Arts Entrepreneurs (21 clips)
• Retail - Working In Retail Fashion (17 clips)
• Engineering (32 clips)
• Engineers As Entrepreneurs (32 clips)
• Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business?
• Entertainment Industry (69 clips)
• Entrepreneurship in the Arts (55 clips)
• Face The Music - Challenges in the Music and Entertainment Industries (14 clips)
• Entrepreneurship in the Arts (55 clips)
• Entrepreneurship in the Arts (55 clips)
• Hospitality Industry (52 clips)
• Food For Thought - When Food Products Jump From Test Kitchen To Retail (27 clips)
• Hospitality Industry Trends and Issues (13 clips)
• Maitre D'emons - Challenges of Being a Restaurant Entrepreneur (12 clips)
• Science and Technology (38 clips)
• Scientists As Entrepreneurs (18 clips)
• Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business?
• Technology Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship (20 clips)
• Case Studies (135 clips)
• TerraCycle: Turning Poop To Profit (6 clips)
• Wal-Mart: Box Store Bully or Gentle Giant? (24 clips)
• Women In Business - Special Considerations (105 clips)
• Acting Like A Man Doesn't Really Work (8 clips)
• Barriers - Are They Still There? (16 clips)
• Be Ready For the Workplace - Stories of Stereotyping (10 clips)
• Can You Have It All? : Balancing Work Life with Family (25 clips)
• Strategic Career Advice for Women (27 clips)
• What Skills /Behaviors Can Help You in the Workplace? (19 clips)
• Life Science Ventures (99 clips)
• Biotechnology and Pharma From 30,000 Feet (25 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 (38 clips)
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  Invention To Venture (I2V) Series

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• Cornell University Hosted I2V Series (49 clips)
• March 9, 2007 (49 clips)
• 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 (217 clips)
• April 4, 2006 (123 clips)
• 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 (94 clips)
• 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 (32 clips)
• April 21, 2006 (32 clips)
• 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)
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  Life As An Entrepreneur

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• Challenges of Being an Entrepreneur (14 clips)
• Being Jack-of-all-Trades and Then Having To Delegate (18 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 (10 clips)
• Loneliness and Isolation (3 clips)
• Perpetual Pursuit of Funding and Developing Credibility (9 clips)
• Defining An Entrepreneur (287 clips)
• Defining Entrepreneur As Being Your Own Boss (16 clips)
• Defining Entrepreneur As Creative, Adaptable and Flexible (21 clips)
• Defining Entrepreneur As Creator, Builder and Visionary (41 clips)
• Defining Entrepreneur As One Who Takes Ownership and Control (16 clips)
• Defining Entrepreneur As Opportunity Finder (14 clips)
• Defining Entrepreneur As Passionate and Determined (48 clips)
• Defining Entrepreneur As Risk Taker (43 clips)
• Defining Entrepreneur As Set of Skills - Not A Career (6 clips)
• Entrepreneurs - Are They Born or Made? (16 clips)
• Intrapreneur - Defined (7 clips)
• Social Entrepreneurship (59 clips)
• Social Entrepreneur - Definition (23 clips)
• Transferring Social Values To A Business Model (36 clips)
• Personality Traits (175 clips)
• Perseverance (11 clips)
• Success - defined (38 clips)
• Successful Entrepreneurs and Businesspeople Have... (126 clips)
• Ability to Take Risks (9 clips)
• Communication Skills (22 clips)
• Flexibility and Ability to Make Decisions (12 clips)
• Integrity and Credibility (7 clips)
• Intellectual Curiosity (5 clips)
• Listening Skills (12 clips)
• Passion and Vision (20 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 (2 clips)
• Rewards of Entrepreneurship (32 clips)
• Serial Entrepreneurs and Serial Entrepreneurship (4 clips)
• Young Entrepreneurs (62 clips)
• Balancing Academic Life and A Startup (30 clips)
• Young Entrepreneurs - advice for young professionals (32 clips)
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  Personal Business Decisions

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• Balance - Finding Balance Between Professional and Personal Life (218 clips)
• Choosing Balance Over Money or Power (10 clips)
• Listening To Your Inner Voice (8 clips)
• Marry The Right Person (7 clips)
• Strategies For Achieving A Balance (67 clips)
• Thoughts on Stay-At-Home Parents (15 clips)
• When Equilibrium Is Hard To Achieve (21 clips)
• Work and Family (42 clips)
• Work and Relationships (15 clips)
• Work-Life Balance Wake Up Calls (9 clips)
• Working Moms - Thoughts on Juggling Career and Family (24 clips)
• Education -Thoughts on Value of Undergraduate, Graduate and Continuing Education (213 clips)
• Balancing Academic Life and A Startup (30 clips)
• Continuing Education (5 clips)
• Experience Can Be The Best Teacher (11 clips)
• Making the Grade - Is A High GPA Important? (17 clips)
• Pros and Cons of Getting A MBA (71 clips)
• Skills To Take Away From the Undergraduate Experience (62 clips)
• Thoughts on Pursuing a Law Degree (17 clips)
• Failure (141 clips)
• Failure - It's Not The End of The World (25 clips)
• Learning and Recovering From Mistakes (67 clips)
• Oops! Real-life Examples of Bad Business Decisions (24 clips)
• Quotes On Failures and Mistakes (20 clips)
• Shoot Your Dogs Early - When To Cut Your Losses And Walk Away (5 clips)
• Health Issues (31 clips)
• Health Issues - Balancing health, stress and work demands (31 clips)
• Parents (1 clips)
• Parental Influence (52 clips)
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  Startup Business Planning

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• Business Plans (205 clips)
• Business Plan Competitions (16 clips)
• Business Planning Is About The Process And Not The Plan (20 clips)
• Business Plans - Waste of Time or Sound Investment? (61 clips)
• Business Plans - What makes a strong one? (90 clips)
• Strong B-Plans Are Clear, Clean, Concise and Critiqued (18 clips)
• Strong B-Plans Aren't As Important As The People Behind Them (15 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 (14 clips)
• Strong B-Plans Tell An Inspiring Story (5 clips)
• Quotes on Business Planning (14 clips)
• SWOT Analysis (4 clips)
• Components of the Business Plan (142 clips)
• Business Plan Components - General (19 clips)
• Business Plan Components - Executive Summary (11 clips)
• Business Plan Components - Competitive Advantage (34 clips)
• Business Plan Components - Market Research and Analysis (26 clips)
• Business Plan Components - Management Teams (19 clips)
• Business Plan Components - Plan of Operations (6 clips)
• Business Plan Components - Financials (14 clips)
• Business Plan Components - Mission Statements (13 clips)
• Creativity (27 clips)
• Creativity and the Creative Process (27 clips)
• Execution (3 clips)
• Execution - Moving a Business Plan From Idea to Reality (28 clips)
• Funding - Aspects Related to Business Planning (566 clips)
• Angel Investors (23 clips)
• Due Diligence (10 clips)
• Exit Strategies (48 clips)
• Funding - Getting Funding for a Startup (128 clips)
• Challenges Encountered During The Funding Process (20 clips)
• Deciding on Debt - Choosing Debt As A Method for Funding (6 clips)
• Evaluate Your Options - Sources of Capital For Funding (49 clips)
• Funding A Startup With Bubblegum and Baling Wire (29 clips)
• Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)
• Incubators (28 clips)
• IPO (Initial Public Offering) (38 clips)
• Pitching the Plan (94 clips)
• Elevator Pitch (8 clips)
• Making the Pitch - Advice From Both Sides of the Table (39 clips)
• Pitching to Investors - Sample Pitches (47 clips)
• Private Equity (8 clips)
• Term Sheets (7 clips)
• Valuation (35 clips)
• Venture Capital (147 clips)
• Are All Venture Capitalists Evil? (13 clips)
• General Information and Overview of VC Industry (30 clips)
• Thicken Your Skin and Know Your Numbers - Advice For Dealing With VCs (15 clips)
• Using Venture Capital As A Funding Source (24 clips)
• Venture Capital From The Entrepreneur Perspective (29 clips)
• Venture Capital From The VC Perspective (36 clips)
• Idea Generation (3 clips)
• Brainstorming (14 clips)
• Idea Generation and Filtering (37 clips)
• SWOT Analysis (4 clips)
• Innovation (2 clips)
• Barriers to Entry (10 clips)
• Thoughts on Innovation (51 clips)
• Intellectual Property (155 clips)
• Copyrights (14 clips)
• Licensing, Ownership and Infringement (38 clips)
• Patents (62 clips)
• Secrecy and Safeguarding (18 clips)
• Tradenames, Trademarks and Brandnames (23 clips)
• Legal Corporate Structures (102 clips)
• Board of Advisors (17 clips)
• Board of Directors (15 clips)
• Legal Structuring and Formation - Minimizing Liability and Taxes (19 clips)
• Non-Profits and Charitable Organizations (51 clips)
• Ownership (55 clips)
• All In The Family - Thoughts on Family Businesses (41 clips)
• Ownership - General Issues (14 clips)
• Partnerships (1 clips)
• Benefits of Having a Partnership (28 clips)
• Challenges and Pitfalls in Partnerships (20 clips)
• Friends and Family As Business Partners - Recipe For Success or Disaster? (27 clips)
• Joint Ventures (9 clips)
• Outlining Responsibilities, Equity and Dissolution (16 clips)
• Trust Me, I'm Your Partner! (9 clips)
• Risk (142 clips)
• Ability to Take Risks (9 clips)
• Ambiguity Tolerance (14 clips)
• Calculated Risks (12 clips)
• Defining Entrepreneur As Risk Taker (43 clips)
• Risk and the Agricultural Industry (12 clips)
• Risk Takers vs. Risk Averse (16 clips)
• Risk Taking Is Easier When You Have Less To Lose (12 clips)
• Taking The Leap - Embracing The Risk Of A Startup (24 clips)
• Startups (88 clips)
• Incubators (28 clips)
• Motivation To Build A Startup (36 clips)
• Taking The Leap - Embracing The Risk Of A Startup (24 clips)
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  Special Topics

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• Cornell (80 clips)
• Loud Her Praises Tell - Alumni Discuss How Cornell Prepared Them For Life (80 clips)
• Diversity Issues (53 clips)
• Diversity In The Workplace (53 clips)
• Ethical Issues (87 clips)
• But Can You Look Yourself In The Mirror? : The Importance of Integrity (28 clips)
• Examples of Ethical Issues and Challenges In The Workplace (46 clips)
• Reputation Is Your Foundation (13 clips)
• Gender Issues (129 clips)
• Dealing With Gender-Based Discrimination (35 clips)
• Do You Have To Act Like A Man To Get To The Boardroom? (13 clips)
• Management and Leadership Differences: Men vs. Women (15 clips)
• Old Boys Network - Thing of the Past or Still Going Strong? (11 clips)
• There's No Crying In Baseball: Women, Assertiveness, Self-Esteem and Negotiation (31 clips)
• Working Moms - Thoughts on Juggling Career and Family (24 clips)
• Generational Issues (8 clips)
• Generation Y (8 clips)
• Humor (17 clips)
• Humorous and Memorable Stories About The Journey (17 clips)
• Sense of Humor
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• Inspirational Clips (24 clips)
• Quotable (187 clips)
• Quotes For Women By Women (16 clips)
• Quotes on Business Planning (14 clips)
• Quotes on Cash and Funding (18 clips)
• Quotes on Entrepreneurship (20 clips)
• Quotes on Ethics (19 clips)
• Quotes On Failures and Mistakes (20 clips)
• Quotes on Leadership (22 clips)
• Quotes on Networking (14 clips)
• Quotes on Sales and Selling (19 clips)
• Quotes on Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship (13 clips)
• Quotes on Teamwork (12 clips)
• Spotlighted (104 clips)
• Spotlight on Bootstrapping (12 clips)
• Spotlight on Business Planning (11 clips)
• Spotlight on Defining Entrepreneurs (10 clips)
• Spotlight on Making The Pitch (11 clips)
• Spotlight on Negotiation (12 clips)
• Spotlight on Partnerships (10 clips)
• Spotlight on Sales (10 clips)
• Spotlight on Social Entrepreneurship (10 clips)
• Spotlight on Value Propositions (8 clips)
• Spotlight on Venture Capital (10 clips)
• Sustainability and Sustainable Entreprise (359 clips)
• Base of the Pyramid (BOP) (1 clips)
• Base of the Pyramid (BOP) - Definition
• BOP - Product/Technology Innovation
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• Corporate Social Responsibility (150 clips)
• Corporate Social Responsibility Definition (36 clips)
• Fair Trade (22 clips)
• Giving Back - At the Personal and Corporate Level (13 clips)
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• Profitability and Social Responsibility (22 clips)
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• Triple Bottom Line (15 clips)
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• Quotes on Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship (13 clips)
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• Sustainable Innovation - Definition (7 clips)
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• Textbook - Entrepreneurial Small Business by Jerome Katz and Richard Green (123 clips)
• Part 1: Entrepreneurs, Ideas, and Plans: The Basis of Small Business (51 clips)
• 1. Small Business: Its Opportunities and Rewards (6 clips)
• 2. Small Business Ethics: A Key To Long-Term Success (8 clips)
• 3. Small Business Entrepreneurs: Characteristics and Competencies (7 clips)
• 4. Small Business Ideas: Creativity, Opportunity and Feasibility (6 clips)
• 5. Small Business Entry: Paths To Part-Time Entrepreneurship (7 clips)
• 6. Small Business Entry: Paths To Full-Time Entrepreneruship (6 clips)
• 7. Small Business Strategies: Imitation with a Twist (6 clips)
• 8. Business Plans: Seeing Audiences and Your Business Clearly (5 clips)
• Part 2: Marketing in the Small Business (32 clips)
• 09. Small Business Marketing: Product and Pricing Strategies (14 clips)
• 10, Small Business Promotion: Capturing the Eyes of Your Market (7 clips)
• 11. Small Business Distribution and Location (6 clips)
• 12. Marketing Plans: Saying How You'll Get Sales (5 clips)
• Part 3: Cash, Accounting and Finance in the Small Business (20 clips)
• 13. Small Business Accounting: Protecting and Evaluating Performance (4 clips)
• 14. Cash: Lifeblood of the Business (4 clips)
• 15. Small Business Finance: Using Equity, Debt and gifts (4 clips)
• 16. Small Business Protection: Risk Management and Insurance (3 clips)
• 17. Assets: Inventory and Operations Management (5 clips)
• Part 4: Management and Organization in the Small Business (20 clips)
• 18. Legal Issues: Recognizing Your Small Business Needs (7 clips)
• 19. Human Resource Management: Small Business Considerations (7 clips)
• 20. Achieving Success in the Small Business (6 clips)
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  Entrepreneurship Across The Curriculum

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• Computer Science and Technology (20 clips)
• Technology Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship (20 clips)
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• Engineers As Entrepreneurs (32 clips)
• Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business?
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• Fine Arts Entrepreneurs (21 clips)
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• Scientists As Entrepreneurs (18 clips)
• Will An Engineering/Science Background Help Or Hurt In Business?
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• Designers As Entrepreneurs (51 clips)
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