Building New Businesses in Established Organizations

The information below is based on the program offered in 2011, and does not reflect potential changes to faculty and course content for the 2012 course.

What You Can Expect

Improving Your Organization's Performance

A company's future depends on its ability to innovate today and generate supplemental revenue sources over the long term. Designed to provide new ways for deep-rooted organizations to drive growth through the organic development of new businesses, this program helps you achieve the important balance between existing lines of business and entrepreneurial initiatives. As a participant, you will benefit from practical strategies, fresh insights, and real-world advice that will help you identify opportunities and nurture a high-growth business while navigating—and leveraging—the infrastructure of an established organization.

Taking Your Skills to the Next Level

This program is designed to improve your ability to:

  • Help your company establish a range of revenue sources
  • Assess the challenges and risks associated with building a new business
  • Make sound investment and management decisions
  • Develop the necessary systems, structures, processes, and incentives to execute current business plans while driving innovation
  • Create the leadership skills necessary at all life-cycle stages of a new business
  • Help your new entrepreneurial business overcome the cultural, organizational, and political obstacles often presented by large organizations
  • Build support in the organization for your new business as it moves through various stages of growth

"The program is a must for executives who aspire to be entrepreneurs and expand their business. Now I understand how to build new scalable ventures that make economic, financial, and commercial sense. I would highly recommend this program—its relevant curriculum, expert faculty, and interactive studies—to any executive who would like to step out of the comfort zone and venture into new business."
Peter Tan [Senior Financial Services Director], Prudential Assurance Company (Pte.) Ltd., Singapore