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STEM Students and Faculty Can Gain Entrepreneurial Thinking and Skills

The University of Minnesota I-Corps program has helped STEM students, staff, and faculty to build an entrepreneurial mindset. The University of Minnesota MIN-Corps is one of about 100 sites of the Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Carla Pavone

Let's Get Professional: Family Firms Need HRM Practices

Hiring, training, appraising and compensating the right people in the right way is a crucial element to the success of any organization. It is commonly assumed that many growing family firms are not Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Roland Kidwell

Innovation Challenge Engages Students at a Commuter School

Farmingdale State College took its cue from EIX's e-Fest to introduce its own Innovation Challenge, which taught non-business students to collaborate and innovate. Entrepreneurship and innovation Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Jing Betty Feng

How New Solo Entrepreneurs Can Think Through Their Finances

Today people can no longer count on a steady paycheck in a predictable amount from an employer. We're seeing ever-growing numbers of “unintended entrepreneurs” -- once-employed people forced to Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Roy Carriker

Choosing a Board of Directors for a Family Business

It's important that current or future members of a family business understand best practices for assembling a Board of Directors (BOD). That's why we explore this in depth as part of a basic family Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Whitney Peake

Collaborative Action Exercises Engage Students More Fully Than Lectures and Exams

Traditional classroom lecture/discussion formats, followed by quizzes and exams, don’t prepare graduates for explaining their innovation to real-world skeptics. Editor's Note: Click to download Jim Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: James C Wetherbe

Educating the Unintended Entrepreneur

The ranks of "unintended entrepreneurs" are growing, but neither the public nor the universities are fully aware of this yet. These unintended entrepreneurs will come from both the existing workforce Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Roy Carriker

T-Shirt Project Teaches Customer Discovery to Future Entrepreneurs

Many entrepreneurship professors want to provide students with applied learning experiences. Yet, implementing an applied project in a large, introductory entrepreneurship course can be a challenge. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Jon Eckhardt

Design Thinking Makes Great Ideas Viable

Design Thinking helps entrepreneurs understand their potential customers' real wants and needs – at a deep, often emotional level. Entrepreneurs often start their business with a "good" idea they Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Brian Janz

Business Exercise Starts with $5 in Seed Money

Given just $5 in seed money, student teams learn to form partnerships and leverage networks...and how constraints can actually make them more creative. Effectual reasoning, a form of expert Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Brent Goldfarb , David Kirsch and Dave Kressler