Social entrepreneurship and business ownership—particularly among black and women-owned businesses—can be a crucial way to develop community wealth, for both business owners and the people they employ.  By examining current business ecosystems, this course will explore the systemic barriers that hinder black and women-owned businesses’ efforts to ideate, start and sustain a business. We will explore how the concept of social enterprises through partnerships with public-, private-, and social-sector stakeholders can develop a supportive economic environment for black and women-owned businesses.

This is a course that explores the principles of sports economics through the lens of Women’s Sports to understand the impact that changing dynamics in society, technology, and media can have on business models. We will start by looking at the historical economics and growth of women’s sports landscape and then dissect what has happened over the last couple of years – Women’s World Cup, Women’s March Madness, etc. – to identify what has driven the change in tide and where do we think it will go. Additionally, the format of the course would be designed to reflect being in modern day business environments – digesting shifting information, developing a point-of-view, and communicating a recommendation