Business Entrepreneurship

Creating new businesses, executing big ideas and anticipating market needs.

The Career Field

An entrepreneur is an individual who creates a new business, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards. The process of setting up a business is known as entrepreneurship. The entrepreneur is commonly seen as an innovator, a source of new ideas, goods, services, and business/or procedures.

Entrepreneurs play a key role in any economy, using the skills and initiative necessary to anticipate needs and bringing good new ideas to market. Entrepreneurship that proves to be successful in taking on the risks of creating a startup is rewarded with profits, fame, and continued growth opportunities. Entrepreneurship that fails results in losses and less prevalence in the markets for those involved.

Employment of Business Entrepreneurs and related occupations are projects to grow 10 percent from 2020-2030.

The Program

The Business Entrepreneurship program will prepare students for careers and further education and training in the world of business. Students will learn concepts and techniques for planning entrepreneurial ventures, using design thinking and business model development. Students will learn about financial statements, marketing principles, sales and customer service, and basic economic principles for successful operation. Students will balance individual skills with group development skills including collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, perseverance, information literacy, technology skills, and digital literacy. They will develop awareness of motivating and supporting others including an awareness of diversity, ethical business practices and social responsibility. Students will pursue certification as Microsoft specialist in Word and Excel. This is a 4-year full-day New York State Education Career and Technical Education endorsed program.

In this program, you will

• Recognize that entrepreneurs possess unique characteristics and evaluate the degree to which they possess or can develop those characteristics.
• Understand and implement design thinking and business model development.
• Apply economic concepts when making decisions for an entrepreneurial enterprise.
• Utilize financial concepts and tools in making data-based decisions.
• Analyze how forms of business ownership, government regulations, global trends and ethics impact entrepreneurial ventures.
• Demonstrate use of marketing principles and recognize importance for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Implement a business plan and evaluate their failures leading to success.
• Obtain relationships and mentorships with predominant leaders in the field.
• Accrue on-campus and concurrent higher education enrollment credits.

Career Opportunities

• Entrepreneur
• Intrapreneur
• Chief executive officer
• General managers
• Business and development manager
• Operations managers
• Management analysis
• Public organization manager
• Manufacturing manager
• Purchasing manager
• Small business owner