Course provides students an opportunity to focus on animal industry relative to specific operational concepts: small business start-up, creating a business plan, enterprise development including opportunity analysis and marketing of ideas, branding and advertising, employee hiring and management, payroll management, inventory management and industry-specific software review for maintaining and analyzing financial statements. Course involves lecture and field study allowing students to examine similar animal business operations in order to enhance practical understanding of topics covered. Prereq: AAS 546.