Agriculture Economics & Enterprise - Animal sciences 2020 - 2021

Course Summary:
The course empowers you to plan your business and then raise it to reality by external funding.
You are offered knowledge and practical tools for establishing an agricultural enterprise business, followed by a chance to create or participate in a group project to plan, brand and present it to external funding investors and programs. The course supplies students with topnotch current market solutions, strategies and case studies, and assists with the awareness and allocations of entrepreneurial business corporations and Capital Fund raising instruments.

Syllabus:
• Economic Thinking. Business Plan Structure. Production/ Service Models.
• Creating a Vision. The Law of Diffusion of Innovation. Branding.
• Business Environment & Management Models. CEO & Team Responsibilities.
• Forecasting and Calculating Income Estimations.
• Funding: Investors, Funds, Government Support Programs, Strategic Partners.
• Open-Office Excel introduction. Time Management (with computers).
• Marketing & Sales Strategy. Productions & Investment Costs (with computers).
• Financing Equations and interest functions (with computers).
• Personal sales and presentation skills. Investment negotiations.
• Group Projects Presentations for investors and Capital Funds.
The Course includes Business Games, Active Board Meetings & Peer Assessment Presentations