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Ask HN: Should colleges offer startup courses?
As the title says, should they? The way I view it, it would be a hybrid of a business type course with some sort of computer science integration mixed in.
What are your thoughts?
What other courses should colleges teach to be applied to those wanting to begin a startup?
- dethstar 13y agoI'm pretty sure it's already happening, here's an example: https://www.coursera.org/course/startup https://www.coursera.org/course/startup
- lbr 13y agoAttempts at startup courses are being made at schools across the country. Like example above. I think the more interesting question is are they worthwhile? In other words, can you actually learn startup skills in a classroom? Or do you need to be running a startup to get them?
- eugeneross 13y agoExactly what I was wondering. "What's better for this field of study? A classroom environment, or getting your hands dirty and diving into it yourself?"
- eugeneross 13y agoThis is a great resource. Only if they had more classes available. Oh well.
- davidsmith8900 13y ago- Yes. They should.
- caw 13y agoSome of them do. I took one at Georgia Tech. I can't remember the course name, but it's listed as a CS class. It's taught by Merrick Furst. The coursework involves basically going through the business model canvas, how to rapidly prototype, how to collect good feedback and other startup related topics. Somewhat more oriented towards "startups" versus "entrepreneurship", because that's Merrick's focus (see Flashpoint@Georgia Tech)
- eugeneross 13y agoThat's great! How long have they offered a course like this?
- caw 13y agoAt least 2010. I think before that.
- rainmaking 13y agoI took a startup course at our University once. The professor, an academic startup expert, shuffled up to the blackboard, slouched, pulled his shoulders together, looked at his toes and said with a whiny voice: "Our research says, to fund a startup, you have to have a lot of passion"