Why study Entrepreneurship Management?
What’s it really like to major in ENTREPRENEURSHIP at Boise State? In this student spotlight, Lainey shares her experience at the College of Business and Economics—what she’s learned, what she plans to do with her degree as well as who she thinks this degree would be ideal for.
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Text Transcript: Should you major in Entrepreneurship
Lainey: I love how interactive this program is. You get to pitch ideas, you get to create new things, and you get to collaborate with people who actually want to create things with you as well.
[Text on screen: Tell us about Entrepreneurship.]
Lainey: Entrepreneurship at Boyisee State is learning how to build and grow your business from the ground up. It’s not necessarily just studying business, but we get to create products, we get to test ideas, and we get to learn how to solve real world problems.
A lot of people think entrepreneurship is just for people who want to start a company. In reality, entrepreneurship is a lot more resourceful than that. It teaches you how to be resourceful, how to interact with others, how to lead, and how to think outside the box. You don’t need to know exactly what you want to do. You can build that along the way.
Most people who graduate with an entrepreneurship degree end up in any leadership position because this major really teaches you how to be a leader.
I currently work as a personal trainer and after I graduate I would like to start my own fitness related company. This major has definitely given me the skills and confidence to do so after I graduate.
What you’ll learn
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Courses cover what you’ll need to know to create your own business:
- Idea validation and business planning
- Venture creation and operational launch
- Capital acquisition and targeted marketing
What jobs can you get with an entrepreneurship degree?
- Create your own job and be your own boss
- Set your own income goals
- As an employee, work as an intrapreneur to develop new products and services within a company.
An idea and $15 changed his life
Although Eric Torres-Garcia was an international business major, his entrepreneurship classes helped him launch Cocoa Bombs. And, he turned to entrepreneurship professor Kent Neupert for help when he had 1,000 orders for Cocoa Bombs having only ever made just one. Neupert guided Eric to getting an attorney, filing for a trademark and registering the company. Read Eric’s amazing story and watch “Eric Torres-Garcia: From Boise State Student to Chocolatier.
“I owe Dr. Neupert a lot, and Boise State…. None of this would have been possible had I not been at Boise State.”
Eric Torres-Garcia
Opportunities beyond the classroom
Program Requirements and Options
Entrepreneurship Management BBA
Through key courses like Entrepreneurial Skills, New Venture Creation, Managing an Emerging Business, you’ll learn what you need to build and grow a business.
International Business BBA Requirements
Idaho Launch Funding
The Entrepreneurship Management BBA program qualifies for Idaho LAUNCH. Idaho LAUNCH by Next Steps Idaho, is an education and training grant program that provides Idaho students a one-time scholarship for 80% of the tuition and fees for select in-demand career programs – up to a maximum amount of $8,000.