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Entrepreneurship Education Must Start Before College

While technology continues to replace human endeavor, society hasn’t yet discerned how to address its impact on future workforce economic well-being. Until recently the impact has primarily been on Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Roy Carriker

Why Do Students Need to Learn and Experience Entrepreneurship?

Students need to be prepared for a world that has an unprecedented and every accelerating rate of change. University entrepreneurship curricular and co-curricular programs provide a great environment Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Ken Harrington

How Wash U Teaches Students to Think Like Entrepreneurs

How can schools create an environment that offers a continuum of learning and experiences in entrepreneurship, and develop students into entrepreneurs with lifelong skills that can be tapped when Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ken Harrington

How a Fictional Bourbon Family Can Teach Family Business Management

This flexible classroom exercise lets students shape a fictional bourbon family business while applying family business concepts throughout the semester. Many of us may remember the “Choose Your Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy

This badge is awarded for articles reaching 500000 views. Why Collaboration Works Best in Family Business Conflict

Research suggests collaborative conflict management can strengthen family relationships while also producing better solutions and stronger business performance. Conflict is inevitable in family-run Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson

How Entrepreneurship Professors Can Inspire Future Entrepreneurs

Heidi Neck explains why entrepreneurship educators should understand why they teach, build on proven methods and keep experimenting to inspire students. Babson Professor Heidi Neck, the 2016 Schulze Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Heidi Neck

Why Entrepreneurship Education Should Focus on Empowerment and Transformation

As programs grow, they risk losing the entrepreneurial spirit they teach. Schools must keep experimenting, adapting and focusing on student empowerment and transformation. As more students seek to Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Michael Morris

Why Professors Should Use More Group Work in Their Classes

Group work can deepen learning, improve grades, build critical thinking and social skills, and help students become more independent learners. Group work has been implemented successfully for years Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Howard E. Aldrich

What Are the Advantages and Challenges of Working in a Family Business

Students discover how family firms can offer unique learning, career, business development and community opportunities along with significant challenges. The purpose of this exercise is to help Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson

A TV Pitch Exercise for Teaching Family Business Management

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