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)
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Students create and pitch a fictional family business TV series to apply lessons on succession, conflict, sibling rivalry, governance and family dynamics. The purpose of this class project is to help Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Babson’s FME course gives every first-year student hands-on experience starting, running and closing a real business while learning core management skills. Babson College’s flagship undergraduate Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Yasuhiro (Yasu) Yamakawa
This classroom exercise helps students test startup assumptions quickly using surveys, interviews and A/B testing, then use the evidence to refine their ideas. Many entrepreneurship classes focus on Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Ethan Mollick
The Star-Power simulation helps students experience inequality, power and marginalization while building empathy for people affected by social problems. Ashoka Founder Bill Drayton said, “No one Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Brett Smith
Jim Martin and the Sharks disagreed over where Copa Di Vino created the most value, raising key questions about IP, control, valuation and investor relationships. Shark Tank is a popular resource for Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Lou Marino
Students create unconventional but workable marketing ideas for real companies while learning how innovation can reshape products, pricing, promotion and distribution. Sleepovers at mattress stores, Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Michael Morris
Analysis of more than 26,000 students suggests that team participation and mentorship can substantially improve engagement and completion in online learning. This resource is meant to help educators Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Charles Eesley
Students use just $10 each plus resources they already control to identify an opportunity, build a business model and launch a real venture. This exercise is a semester-long project that gives Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Lou Marino and Craig Armstrong
Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure helps students see how entrepreneurs confront risk, manage teams, conserve resources and persevere when plans collapse. A short documentary film, "Shackleston's Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Yasuhiro (Yasu) Yamakawa
Students use coins and simple betting rules to see how social structures can create winners and losers even when everyone starts with equal resources and ability. EDITOR'S NOTE: Click here to play an Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Howard E. Aldrich