Is NEFE for me?

Working in small teams individuals will learn the process of business developing from product analysis, to bringing an idea to market. Over the years the NEFE course has inspired many individuals to pursue careers in the entrepreneurial sector, and for others provide an extremely useful view of industry today.

During the course you will explore links between entrepreneurship and engineering; such as problem solving, planning, system analysis, can-do attitude!

- Making it happen - through sales, marketing, planning, staffing, implementation, financing, and growth. Detailed Plans and execution
- Survival (and success) through cash flow management
- Explore the human issues in any new enterprise
- Alignment of interests between providers of value (founders and staff, VC's) and the providers of capital (Angels, VC's, Corporation)
- Transformations of enterprises along growth path

Approach

- Weekly lectures including discussions of international case studies
- Exercises to develop and present modules of new plans
- Extensive class interactions capped with presentation by each (group) student of new enterprise plan

Visiting lecturers

- New companies founders
- Venture Capital and business Angels
- Corporation Executives