Education and Teaching

Education and Teaching articles seek to improve entrepreneurial education through sharing new teaching methods, exercises, simulations, course structures, etc. The article should focus on communicating best practices in the classroom. Its emphasis is on providing new skills, knowledge and insights to educators at all levels (K-12, Community College, Undergraduate and Graduate)

Length: <4,000 words

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Helping Next-Gens Envision Their Family Firm’s Future Success

A comprehensive and convincing vision is crucial in helping family businesses be successful over generations. However, many lectures and course exercises that prepare future leaders merely ask Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Friedrich Kammerlander

How Educators Can Recognize and Support Entrepreneurial Personas

Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes. Acknowledging this statement is essential, as university-based entrepreneurship often focuses primarily on what I'll call "unicorn entrepreneurship" Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Chuck Sacco

Growing Pains: Helping a Family Office to Evolve

This case study invites students to identify the underlying issues, stakes, and potential pathways forward for a troubled family office. Students also explore problems surrounding the evolution of Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Torsten Pieper and Claudia Binz Astrachan

From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The New Age of Entrepreneurial Education

Entrepreneurship teachers can't afford to be bystanders in today's technology-driven world.  If we are bystanders, our students follow suit. If they are bystanders, we have not fulfilled our Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Doan Winkel

Why Don't You Educate Your Owners?

We yet have to meet a business family that does not want their family members to be competent and engaged owners and stewards. Everyone agrees that having owners who understand finance and strategy, Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Ruth Orenstrat

SNL Humor Can Illustrate [Un]Viable Business Models

The pizza eating skit from SNL has become a way to introduce students to the concept of business models and the business model canvas in a humorous and memorable way. In a very funny 2014 skit from Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Danielle Ailts Campeau and Michelle Somes-Booher

Pitching and Evaluating a Venture: The Case of TeamGenius

How can entrepreneurs build a case for external investment, and how do investors evaluate the ventures pitched to them? This case offers some answers to these questions. It’s likely to be of Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Jay Ebben and Alec Johnson

Bisociation Teaching Exercise Spurs Business Model Innovation 

This teaching exercise focuses on generating novel combinations of existing business models, products/services and markets. Diverse paths lead to entrepreneurial opportunities and innovative business Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Dante Di Gregorio , Joel Ryman and Jennifer Kuan

What a Viral Music Video Can Teach us About Collaborating

During COVID, thousands of musicians and others from around the world collaborated remotely on a music video, providing a great case study on how to work with people from many disciplines and Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Douglas Orzolek , AnnMarie Thomas , Clare Howard , Taylor Casey , Luke Tozour and Damian Kulash

 ‘Entrepreneurial Deal Analysis’ Course Energizes Students

The Entrepreneurial Deal Analysis course works well for students pursuing careers in real estate, business development, consulting, banking, and other fields. This spring, the Schulze School of Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Jay Ebben and Jack Dempsey