Building successful entrepreneurial companies in developing countries calls for laying a professional groundwork from the start to make the best of scarce resources. Entrepreneurial assumptions need to be validated, low-cost expense structures confirmed, and business models clearly explained both to prospective customers and investors. Most important of all is assembling the right team of professionals who are motivated by the same social impact goals as the founder. While building a profitable enterprise is a primary objective, this goal must come with clear social impact that remains the prime motivator for starting the company in the first place. Frontier Market Scouts will learn best practices for starting new companies in resource scarce markets, from conception to first profit, lessons that are valuable from either an investor or an operating company perspective.

Schedule
9:00am-5:30pm on Thursday, Friday at MRSE B109 (Jan 16, 2014 to Jan 17, 2014)
9:00am-5:30pm on Thursday, Friday at MRSE B106 (Jan 16, 2014 to Jan 17, 2014)
Location
Morse B109
Instructors