Ecopreneurship Foundations

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Climate change has placed all of us and our planet at existential risk. We are in the midst of a multi-decade, multi-trillion dollar economic transition to address current global climate and sustainability challenges. Entrepreneurs must innovate business models, leverage new tools, and explore new resources to meet these social and environmental challenges. This course is designed to prepare students for career success in launching sustainability-focused ventures. Whether founding a startup, launching an investment fund, spearheading sustainability initiatives within a corporation, or starting a non-profit, you will need to develop your ecopreneurial skills. Students will gain unique perspectives delivered by real-world practitioners. The class offers practical knowledge and insights through vignettes - mini case studies - and readings by highlighting key challenges and difficult decisions faced by sustainability leaders and entrepreneurs. This highly interactive course will anchor around debate, discussion, role-played dialogue, and postmortem analysis. The course is particularly well suited for students looking to understand the unique challenges and opportunities in ecopreneurship.