Learn how to start your venture by enrolling in Indiana University’s advanced venture creation course BUS–W409: Practicum in Entrepreneurship. This course is specifically designed for students with the passion to create new entrepreneurial ventures. Nicknamed the “spine sweat experience,” this course provides a unique challenge for selected students to prepare and present a business plan with a risk vs. reward aspect. Students who take the course are given the unique opportunity to present a business plan and pitch to a panel of distinguished alumni including angel investors and venture capitalists.
Entrepreneurship Course in America
INC Magazine
Entrepreneurship Experience in USA
Bloomberg Businessweek
The spine sweat experience is the most realistic and engaging entrepreneurship course offered at Kelley. It requires you to look beyond a syllabus and determine what is actually critical to bring to a real panel of investors. I recommend this course to all serious aspiring entrepreneurs.
Michael WayneSpine Sweat Graduate
The “spine sweat experience” was created by Dr. Don Kuratko (“Dr. K”) to increase real-world entrepreneurial experiences for Kelley students. Over the years, Dr. K assembled a group of distinguished alumni (venture capitalists, angel investors, and business moguls) who serve as evaluators for the final pitch. The course was nicknamed the “spine sweat experience” because the real-world risk/reward aspects of the course will literally make your spine sweat.
Practicum in Entrepreneurship (W 409) is Indiana University’s advanced venture creation and development course. Students develop and launch their companies by going through a 15-week customized venture acceleration course. The program provides a unique challenge to develop a business plan and present a final pitch to real angel investors and venture capitalists who come to campus from across the country to serve as a panel of judges for the final course deliverable.
Students in this course have gone on to launch high-growth companies, raise millions of dollars in angel and venture capital, win national awards, appear on Shark Tank, and exit their firms via IPO and/or acquisition. Even students that did not start their ventures remark that the course was an incredibly valuable, practical experience that they used to jump-start their corporate careers.
To learn more about the course, click here for more details or to submit your application.
