Entrepreneur Leadership Seminar

PST 640 Entrepreneur Leadership Seminar (3 credits) provides deaf professionals an overview of the skills and tools needed to start-up a successful business. Topics include product development, market analysis, organization and management, leadership, promotion and advertising, legal aspects, and financial analysis and planning. Through team assignments, small group discussions and role plays, participants will learn from each other and form bonds that last well beyond the seminar. Participants will have the opportunity to meet deaf professionals who have successfully started their own ventures, and will enjoy the benefits of Gallaudet’s location in the heart of the nation’s capital. The culminating product of the seminar is the first draft of a viable business plan.

• Knowledge and skills to start up a successful business
• A business plan that fits your business interest
• Opportunities for building professional network
• Certificate of completion