This classroom exercise simulates the tension between "disrupters," or entrepreneurs seeking to upend an industry, and defenders who try to outsmart them in established companies.
The skills we taught can also be indispensable to students pursuing real estate, business development, raising capital, consulting, banking, and other areas.
Traditional classroom lecture/discussion formats, followed by quizzes and exams, don’t prepare graduates for explaining their innovation to real-world skeptics.
A University of Arkansas program aims to show both business and arts students how to think more boldly and deviate from the norm.
Design Thinking helps entrepreneurs understand their potential customers' real wants and needs – at a deep, often emotional level. Here's how to teach it.
Many schools want entrepreneurship classes that are “cross-campus” and “experiential.” This class at University of Minnesota does both.
This card game for undergraduates and graduate students challenges their mental models and sets the stage for a fruitful discussion about entrepreneurial thinking.
The University of St. Thomas has developed a tool that helps entrepreneurs facing difficult ethical questions. You can access it from here.
This exercise helps students delve into the mind of an inventor, and understand how ideas can become entrepreneurial ventures.
Students gain exposure to the inner-workings of a business, while entrepreneurs receive a fresh perspective, academic insight and assistance.
Gaining insight into Afghan society is helping engineering students understand customer behavior and think like entrepreneurs.
Supported by the Richard M Schulze Family Foundation
