This course is designed to help Smith School students obtain a real life learning experience where they
will have the opportunity simultaneously to:
- Use the knowledge gained in their undergraduate studies
- Experience entrepreneurship and small business operations first hand
- Affect the lives of people in an international community
Expectations for Students:
- Students will use their marketing skills and creativity to raise funds to support entrepreneurs in Nicaragua.
- Students will act as consultants researching business problems/issues identified by the entrepreneurs, and develop recommendations for ways to solve them.
- Depending on the business situations the students may help with developing business plans, budgets and other documents as needed.
- Students will gain real-life understanding of microfinance; what works and what doesn’t, and what benefits microloans can bring to entrepreneurs in a developing nation.
- Students will recognize the opportunities and challenges inherent in cross-cultural experiences and in doing business in Nicaragua.
