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A bit off-topic, but what would be an ideal way to teach entrepreneurship at colleges and universities ? Perhaps a common, cross-discipline, elective course wo
by zeemonkee 16y ago
A bit off-topic, but what would be an ideal way to teach entrepreneurship at colleges and universities ?
Perhaps a common, cross-discipline, elective course would be the way forward. It could cover the nuts and bolts (basic marketing, company law, financing, etc) as well as practical "brainstorming" sessions and projects to complete (think of the Apprentice, but tailored to a more educational environment). Bring in local entrepreneurs to give lectures and Q&A sessions.
Cross-discipline would mean you don't just get the business students, but engineering/comp-sci, humanities, and so on. Students from different backgrounds will be able to contribute different viewpoints and ideas - you might even get some real-world startups coming out of it.
Heck, make it a night school class for those of us long since passed college age.
- stefanobernardi 16y agoI'd say: give students two months and a legal entity, and they pass the class only if they make $10.000 in profit (legally and with all due restrictions given by their area of study).
- paolomaffei 16y agoI'd love a course like that. But I don't see many people completing it...
- davidw 16y agoUltimately though, you can read and study and talk until you are blue in the face, and until you actually try your hand at it, you won't have many of those lessons sink in.
- jesperbergmann 16y agoI think I particularly think the importnat part is making it cross-disciplinary. As somebody who has studied business I would have liked much more interaction with engineering/humanities discipline etc. If universities trust each others quality, cross-registering for courses shouldn't be difficult to execute.