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SREENARAYANAGURU OPEN UNIVERSITY
B.A. SANSKRIT LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

GENERIC ELECTIVE (BUSINESS MANAGEMENT)
B21BB01GE
Entrepreneurship and Startups
CREDITS: 2

Course Objectives:
● To provide an understanding of entrepreneurship and startups,

● To understand the scope of an entrepreneur, key areas of development, financial support of

organisations, etc.
● To impart knowledge on how to start new ventures.

Course Outcomes

● Encourage students to see entrepreneurship as a desirable and practical career option and to
develop the necessary skills and motivation.

● Enables the student to learn about project design, evaluation, financing and implementation.

● Motivate students to self-employ.

Course Outline

Block 1: Entrepreneurship
Block 2: Startups

Block 1: Entrepreneurship :

Entrepreneur - Meaning - Definitions- -Types of entrepreneurs - Qualities of an entrepreneur-

Role of entrepreneurs in the economic development - Women Entrepreneurs – Recent

developments- Problems & Remedies, Entrepreneurship – Meaning – Definition -
Entrepreneurial Development Programmes (EDP) -Project report-format-Preparation –appraisal

of the project report.

Block 2: Startups

Meaning – Definition – Startup India Initiative – Journey of Evolution - Startup Portal and
Startup India Hub - Startup Ecosystem- Unicorns Startups- Startup Recognition – Gem

Workshops-Startup Management- Incubators - Startup Finance-Licensing- Exemptions for
Startups- Kerala Startup Mission- Process of registering a Startup in Kerala – Basic Start-Up

Problems and Remedies.

References
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