Business Foundations
MP4 | Video: 720p | Duration: 2:25:36 | English | Subtitles: VTT | 867.8 MB

Learn the foundational concepts underlying all businesses, small to large. ASU professor Eddie Davila covers all the basics, explaining concepts such as business goals, stakeholders, profits, and various types of businesses. He then outlines what you need to think about if you were to start your own business, such as determining what your product or service will be, making and delivering your product or service, and funding your business.

He also reviews the basics of the people side of business: managing employees and developing customer relationships. Last, he covers the financial and information management aspects of business and provides a basic explanation of economics, so that you can understand the relationship of your business to the bigger picture.

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Topics include:
Understanding business goals, stakeholders, and resourcesDeveloping a product or serviceSelling a product or serviceRaising capitalManaging employeesManaging customer dataUnderstanding financesManaging resourcesUnderstanding economics