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UMiami offers an entrepreneurship major. I feel like it's very targeted towards a small business owner for a local establishment ie- restaurant owner, services

UMiami offers an entrepreneurship major. I feel like it's very targeted towards a small business owner for a local establishment ie- restaurant owner, services provider,etc. That's nice and all, but it's pretty limiting. I don't think you could teach guys like us how to do what we do in a classroom. I will say, it might be useful to have some type of crash course that focused on some of the more mundane things you'll need: term sheet negotiations, basic accounting, legal docs stuff, interviewing skills, some public speaking (for conferences/demos),etc. There's certainly a large world of entrepreneurship out there beyond the tech sector, but I bet there's some type of common ground that can be found.

electromagnetic 17y ago
I personally don't believe you'll ever teach entrepreneurship how people here at HN are interpreting it. We expect to take nothing but our time and hopefully one day sell it for millions. Hackers are no different than writers (which I am), musicians and artists. We start with nothing, and produce something worth far more than the sum of its parts. If you want an entrepreneurship course to tell if you have the material of a true entrepreneur then here's my suggestion: Find a way to throw 100g of shit at a fan (that is running) and have it not splatter. Here's the grading breakdown; 1) If you get the shit through without it splattering or being cut, you've got the makings of a billionaire. 2) If you get the shit through with slicing, but no splattering, you've got the makings of a millionaire. 3) If the shit hits the fan and splatters, you might as well get a day job and hope you make 6-figures.
- jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
  Create a fan with a hole in the center so you can throw the shit through it. The fan rotates around it- the center is just bigger and hollow rather than something fancy. The fan might be bigger, but the shit won't splatter.
- ericb 17y ago
  Freezing it first should get me to the millionaire level at least. If only startups were so easy.

electromagnetic 17y ago

I personally don't believe you'll ever teach entrepreneurship how people here at HN are interpreting it. We expect to take nothing but our time and hopefully one day sell it for millions. Hackers are no different than writers (which I am), musicians and artists. We start with nothing, and produce something worth far more than the sum of its parts. If you want an entrepreneurship course to tell if you have the material of a true entrepreneur then here's my suggestion: Find a way to throw 100g of shit at a fan (that is running) and have it not splatter. Here's the grading breakdown; 1) If you get the shit through without it splattering or being cut, you've got the makings of a billionaire. 2) If you get the shit through with slicing, but no splattering, you've got the makings of a millionaire. 3) If the shit hits the fan and splatters, you might as well get a day job and hope you make 6-figures.

jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
Create a fan with a hole in the center so you can throw the shit through it. The fan rotates around it- the center is just bigger and hollow rather than something fancy. The fan might be bigger, but the shit won't splatter.
ericb 17y ago
Freezing it first should get me to the millionaire level at least. If only startups were so easy.