Entrepreneurship 101: Fail to plan, plan to fail

Last week’s Entrepreneurship 101 lecture saw Kerri Golden speak about the need to not only plan how to spend money in your business, but how to make money.

Question of the Week
As scientists and engineers we are used to planning projects, but how many of us have ever had the training to do the financial planning for a project, let alone a business? Do you think that part of the formal training for a graduate scientist/engineer should include project planning and budgeting?

Downloads and Resources

• Class information
• Webcast
• Ent101 Facebook Group
• Presentation: “If you fail to plan, will your plan fail?” (PDF)

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