Teaching Methods

Does Academic Tenure Undermine Entrepreneurship Education?

Entrepreneurship rewards adaptability, risk-taking and accountability. This commentary asks whether lifetime job security sends professors and students the opposite message. Successful entrepreneurs Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James C Wetherbe

How Student Consulting Projects Can Transform Entrepreneurship Education

Student teams help real entrepreneurs solve business problems while gaining hands-on experience in research, marketing, strategy and client management. How many professors can say that students talk Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Laura Beohner and Kimberly Karter

How Entrepreneurs Can Help Solve the Worlds Biggest Problems

Entrepreneurs can apply creativity, urgency and execution to challenges such as poverty, hunger, disease and clean water while building organizations that create lasting impact. Entrepreneurs are not Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Tina Cornely

A Lemonade Stand Project That Teaches Students How to Start a Business

Students launch real ventures, earn revenue and learn from peers in this experiential entrepreneurship course built around a simple constraint: the spirit of a lemonade stand. The very first course Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Jay Ebben and Alec Johnson

A Trading Card Exercise That Teaches Students Entrepreneurial Thinking

This classroom activity uses an open trading market to challenge students’ assumptions, expose restrictive mental models and help them practice the flexible thinking entrepreneurs need. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Dan Holland