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Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course General Introduction Information

Course Code: ENT111
Course Name: Entrepreneurship
Course Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
3
Language of instruction: EN
Course Requirement:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Necessary
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr.Öğr.Üyesi MUHAMMED MUHSİN LİYAKAT
Course Lecturer(s): Muhammad Mohsen Liaqat
Course Assistants:

Course Purpose and Content

Course Objectives: 1. To explain concepts of entrepreneurship and building start-ups
2. To analyse the various aspects, scope and challenges of an entrepreneurial venture
3. To explain types of entrepreneurs and the process of entrepreneurial project development
4. To master the business model canvas for new venture development
Course Content:
1. Introduction
2. What is entrepreneurship?
3. The entrepreneurial mindset
4. Ashoka Turkey
5. Sustainable development goals

1. Economy and entrepreneurship
2. Characteristics of entrepreneurs
3. Types of entrepreneurs
4. Legal Structures for Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs)
5. Entrepreneurial Process / Startups
ASSIGNMENT 1
i. Formation of teams
ii. Find their company from Ashoka Turkey
iii. Submit why your team chose this company. 1 page
iv. Your chosen company working on which Sustainable Development Goal? 1 page
v. Submission Date: Week 03 Lecture

1. Are you an entrepreneur?
2. What’s the big idea?
3. Invention, innovation and enterprise
4. Learning about ideas



1. Finding problems and seeing opportunities
2. Social problems
3. Social value
4. Social impact
5. Social business model canvas
ASSIGNMENT 2
i. Start filling the canvas

1. Social business model canvas

2. Value proposition
3. Latent social value
4. Latent social impact

MATERIAL
i. The conference paper and the book chapter

1. Unlocking the Wealth in Rural Markets by Mamta Kapur, Sanjay Dawar, and Vineet R. Ahuja Harvard Business Review (From the Magazine, June 2014)



1. Unlocking the Wealth in Rural Markets in Turkey
2. Ashoka Turkey

IN-CLASS GRADED DISCUSSION
i. Discussion

GRADED PRESENTATION
i. Presentations of canvas work in the Week 09.

WEEK 9
FINANCING YOUR BUSINESS
1. Find the appropriate way to finance you company
2. Self-funding
3. Crowdfunding
4. Small loan
5. Raising venture capital from investors
WEEK 10
LETTER TO A FIRST-TIME FOUNDER
1. From Tom Eisenmann’s book Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success
WEEK 11
BOUNCING BACK
1. Book Chapter 11 from Tom Eisenmann’s book Why Startups Fail: A New Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Success
WEEK 12
GRADED PRESENTATIONS AND EDITING CANVAS


WEEK 13
GRADED PRESENTATIONS AND EDITING CANVAS

WEEK 14
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN 14 WEEKS. LET’S CELEBERATE

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Entrepreneurship, the ability to learn the qualities of the entrepreneur, how important entrepreneurship is for business and economy, with examples in the historical process.
2) Understanding the rising trend of entrepreneurship
3) Being able to perceive and apply entrepreneurship examples correctly
4) Oluşabilecek problemleri bilimsel yöntemlerle inceleyip etkin çözüm önerileri getirebilme
5) Being able to know what the supports of entrepreneurship from the public and private sectors are.
6) Using successful entrepreneurship experiences as a source of motivation
7) To be able to understand how to be creative and innovative in order to catch and evaluate opportunities for Business Ideas
8) To be able to make suggestions by evaluating the obstacles and incentives for the development of entrepreneurship.
9) To be able to analyze entrepreneurship and determine its processes, to be able to define the relationships between processes
10) Decomposes the business characteristics of entrepreneurship, establishes relationships between queues and jobs.

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
2) Reasons to increase the trend of entrepreneurship. Reading this source: KAYGIN, GÜVEN(2015), s.18-26.
3) The features of creative, innovative entrepreneurs and the process of innovating. Reading this source: KAYGIN, GÜVEN,(2015),S. 65-74.
4) Entrepreneurs' innovation resources, entrepreneurship ecosystem, unicorns and decacorns. Reading this source: KAYGIN, GÜVEN (2015), s.74-82
5) Internal entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship. Reading this source: KAYGIN, GÜVEN (2015), S.87-118.
6) Analyzing Ottoman Foundations(Waqfs) in the Context of Economic and Social Enterpreneurship Reading this source: Şensoy, F. “Ekonomik ve Sosyal Girişimcilik Bağlamlarında Osmanlı Dönemi Vakıflarını Çözümlemek”.5th International EMI Entrepreneurship & Social Sciences Congress. 29-30 June 2020. Online Congress.
7) Angel Investors and Venture Capital Reading this source: U, G.(2020). Risk Sermayesi ve Melek Sermaye Finansman Yönteminin Girişimciliğin Finansmanı Açısından Değerlendirilmesi. İşletme Bilimi Dergisi (JOBS), 2020; 8(1): 1-33. DOI: 10.22139/jobs.685201; KURNAZ, BEDÜK (2017) “Türkiye’de ve Dünyada Melek Yatırımcılık”.
8) Risk capital, institutional structure and legal infrastructure in Turkey and the world. Reading these sources: Uçar, G. (2020) “Risk Sermayesi ve Melek Sermaye Finansman Yönteminin Girişimciliğin Finansmanı Açısından Değerlendirilmesi”. İşletme Bilimi Dergisi (JOBS), 8(1): 1-33. https://www.dunya.com/girisimcilik
9) The definition, scope, features, support of the entrepreneurship ecosystem. TEB entrepreneurial support, movies to inspire entreprenurs, example of Nike Reading these sources: Göktaş, P. Ve Özcan, A. “Bankacılık Sektöründeki Desteklerin Girişimcilik Ekosisteminde Karşılaştırılması” Artuklu Kaime Uluslararası İktisadi ve İdari Araştırmalar Dergisi Y.2018, C1, S1, s 16-30. https://www.teblegirisim.com/girisimler
10) Institutions that supporting entrepreneurship in Turkey: Ministry of Science Industry and Technology, Kosgeb, Tübitak, Credit Guarantee Fund, Books suggestions to support entrepreneurship Reading these sources: KAYGIN, GÜVEN (2015), S.: 243-253 kaynağının okunması. https://www.sanayi.gov.tr/destek-vetesvikler/diger https://girisimsavascisi.org/girisimciligi-destekleyen-kisisel-gelisimkitap- onerileri/
11) An example of entrepreneurship from XVII.Century: Llyod Insurance, an example of entrepreneurship from XXI. Century: 500 İstanbul, Business idea and methods in business idea development. Business plan, benefits of business plan to entrepreneur and investor. Reading this source: KAYGIN, GÜVEN (2015), s.49-57.
12) Business plan and sections in entrepreneurship. The example of entrepreneurship is Magnum and neuromarketing technique. Reading these sources: KAYGIN, GÜVEN (2015), s.57-63. Girişimcilik örneği Magnum ve nöropazarlama tekniği. https://www.markafikirleri.com/magnumhazzi-ciddiye-alanlara/
13) The importance of social capital and social networks for entrepreneurship. Examples of entrepreneurs: Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi Reading these sources: KAYGIN, GÜVEN (2015), S.337-352 Yaz D.A. ve Şen, İ. “Aromasıyla Dünyayı Kuşatan Marka: Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi ve Mahdumları 1871-2019”. Muhasebe ve Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2020/Ocak, (18) s. 5-33.
14) Women's entrepreneurship, Microfinance Reading these sources: Soyak. M. «Kadın Girişimciliği ve Mikrofinans: Türkiye Deneyimi» Muğla Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi (İLKE) Bahar 2010 Sayı 24. S. 129-144; Erten, R. (2019) Bir Yoksullukla Mücadele Aracı Olan Mikrokredinin Kadın Girişimciler Açısından Önemi Manisa İli Örneği (Basılmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi); Demir, E. &Çoban, M.S.& Yılmaz, A.B. “Türkiye’de Kadın Girişimciliği: Kadın Girişimciliğinin Özellikleri, Sorunları ve Türkiye’deki Durumu Hakkında Bir Değerlendirme” Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, Sayı:38 – Sayfa : 303-324

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Entrepreneurship (Rice University)
Available at https://openstax.org/details/books/entrepreneurship
2. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit by Lee A. Swanson
Available at http://solr.bccampus.ca:8001/bcc/file/8e676f38-cdc5-4f8c-8093-65591c2ac935/1/Entrepreneurship-and-Innovation-Toolkit- 1568142286.pdf
References: Not available at this time.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Medium 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) To acquire current theoretical knowledge in the field of English language, literature and culture, and the ability to apply them.
2) To have up-to-date knowledge of the terminology, basic concepts, literary genres and movements of English Literature.
3) To have knowledge of the historical, social, cultural, economic and political background necessary to examine different literary genres of English Literature.
4) To have the ability to analyze the English language in terms of sound, form, syntax and semantics.
5) To gain critical, creative and analytical thinking skills.
6) To have sufficient knowledge of a second European language and to be able to use that language effectively in daily life.
7) To apply the knowledge they have learned in their field to contribute to their own society, culture and literature.
8) To acquire the skills of literature review, interdisciplinary reading, analysis and interpretation required for academic research.
9) To have the knowledge and skills to use information technologies and research methods effectively in literature and other fields of social/human sciences.
10) To prepare for business life by gaining a sense of responsibility through individual studies and group projects.
11) To gain awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning.
12) To be able to effectively use the four basic skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Anlatım
Course

Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Criteria

Yazılı Sınav (Açık uçlu sorular, çoktan seçmeli, doğru yanlış, eşleştirme, boşluk doldurma, sıralama)

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 0
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 2 28
Study Hours Out of Class 14 4 56
Midterms 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Total Workload 86