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Teachers have discovered that the entrepreneurial process is powerful in engaging their students and, most importantly, getting them excited about their education. EDITOR’S NOTE: Doris Korda spent Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Catherine Buday
A wide range of movies, TV shows, TED Talks, magazines and case studies can help students connect family business theory with real-world situations. The demand for family business education is Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar
The University of Minnesota’s MIN-Corps program shows how customer discovery, mentoring and commercialization training can help STEM innovators become entrepreneurs. The University of Minnesota Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Carla Pavone
Informal people practices can create favoritism, confusion and conflict. Formal HR rules help family firms treat employees fairly and improve performance. Hiring, training, appraising and Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Roland Kidwell
Farmingdale State College used an Innovation Challenge to help busy commuting students meet across disciplines, collaborate and develop business ideas. Entrepreneurship and innovation contribute to Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Jing Betty Feng
The Marginal Income Model helps new independent workers estimate startup costs, cash needs, pricing, breakeven and how long their money may last. Today people can no longer count on a steady paycheck Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Roy Carriker
Strong family business boards use competency-based selection, outside directors, diverse skills and limited family representation to improve governance. It's important that current or future members Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Whitney Peake
Collaborative exercises, presentations, role-playing and peer feedback help students practice the communication and problem-solving skills employers actually expect. Editor's Note: Click to download Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: James C Wetherbe
Many people may become self-employed not by choice, but by necessity. Higher education should prepare them with entrepreneurial skills and mindset. The ranks of "unintended entrepreneurs" are Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Roy Carriker
Students apply concepts such as market segmentation, end-user profiles, value propositions and pricing by building and selling their own t-shirt products. Many entrepreneurship professors want to Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Jon Eckhardt