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*<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa4-8b4e-9cd7-c0bccea8b2ae"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email: dalyps@jmu.edu</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa4-8b4e-9cd7-c0bccea8b2ae"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The entrepreneurship minor is designed to introduce students from any discipline to the knowledge, skills and mindset necessary for successful new venture creation. The minor is</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium;">open to students in any major except management, which offers a track in innovation and entrepreneurship. Students who successfully complete the entrepreneurship minor will develop the knowledge base and skills needed for new venture creation and management. They will be able to: Understand entrepreneurship as a possible career path, its role in economic growth and opportunity, and its associated social benefits; recognize/identify entrepreneurial opportunities that fit the individual student includes self-analysis in the context of possible entrepreneurial activities and demonstration of the ability to identify and analyze the attractiveness of potential markets. Develop a business model and create a business plan. This includes completing a clear and concise written plan that serves as a blueprint for creation of the proposed venture. Apply relevant financial and business principles to assess the need for start-up capital, conduct break even analysis, and identify cash flow needed for future growth. Identify and evaluate various sources of funding. Articulate an effective pitch to gain support from investors, suppliers, customers, or potential employees. Interact and collaborate with various stakeholders to develop and evaluate ideas, and grow those ideas to fruition.</span></span>

*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4-VA is a collaborative partnership between four Virginia universities. Its mission is to promote inter-university collaborations that leverage the strengths of each partner university in order to accomplish much more than any individual university could achieve alone. A large focus of 4-VA is in training professors and other faculty to implement innovative instructional technologies into their courses. &nbsp;Additionally, 4-VA encourages and funds multiple interdisciplinary courses that deal with innovation in the medical and engineering fields.</span></span>

*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">The JMU Society of Entrepreneurs brings James Madison University entrepreneurially minded students together. In the organization we educate each other and the JMU community on topics of interest, support each other with new ventures, and reach out to entrepreneurs in the community to help them and learn from them. The society also hosts speakers and events to educate the JMU community about different topics based around entrepreneurship. The club was launched in 2011 and became a recognized organization by JMU in spring of 2012.&nbsp; To be a part of regularly scheduled meetings, students must apply, be interviewed and accepted into the organization. After going through a process to learn the fundamentals of startups, they will become an official member of the society.</span></span></span></span>

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*<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Recruit-A-Duke is James Madison University’s online career services management system&nbsp;that provides JMU students&nbsp;access to internships, full-time jobs, career fairs, workshops,&nbsp;information sessions, and more.</span></span></span>

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