Teaching Entrepreneurship

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The first book I remember reading about starting a new tech venture was High-Tech Ventures: The Guide for Entrepreneurial Success. It is a book that was written about entrepreneurial ventures in the mid to late 1980s. Surprisingly much of the advice and particularly the venture economics remains valid. However, much of the manufacturing and marketing advice doesn’t apply 18 years later. The good news is that there are a ton of online resources that are available to round out the education for entrepreneurs.

It’s great to see that Velocity, SIFE and Impact are making it easier for students to learn about entrepreneurship as a career path. Maybe I need to put some effort into adding content to StartupSchool.ca to make a valuable resource for entrepreneurs and students.

MIT Open Course Ware
MaRS
- Entrepreneurship 101
Stanford University
Carnegie Mellon University
- Entrepreneurship and Business Planning

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20 responses to “Teaching Entrepreneurship”

August 28, 2009

Raymond Luk

Anything we can do to encourage students to learn about entrepreneurship is a plus, even though “book learning” is probably not the best way to go about it. The Standford resources tend to be the best because they’re developed by people who build companies for a living. You may not be aware but http://www.leadtowin.ca (though only in Ottawa right now) is actually an Open Source educational initiative. All of the course materials are free, in both sense of the word. It might be worth talking to Tony Bailetti about using their platform for a broader Startup School.

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1. August 28, 2009
  
  davidcrow
  
  Ray,
  
  I’m sure the MIT and CMU folks will love that opinion 😉
  
  Agreed.
  
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2. August 28, 2009
  
  davidcrow
  
  This started in my head as what is the PersonalMBA for would be entrepreneurs http://personalmba.com/.
  
  The High-Tech Ventures book was my introduction to the business of early-stage technology product development. While many of the lessons are still valid, there are other resources.
  
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August 28, 2009

Raymond Luk

Anything we can do to encourage students to learn about entrepreneurship is a plus, even though “book learning” is probably not the best way to go about it. The Standford resources tend to be the best because they're developed by people who build companies for a living. You may not be aware but http://www.leadtowin.ca (though only in Ottawa right now) is actually an Open Source educational initiative. All of the course materials are free, in both sense of the word. It might be worth talking to Tony Bailetti about using their platform for a broader Startup School.

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August 28, 2009

davidcrow

Ray,

I'm sure the MIT and CMU folks will love that opinion 😉

Agreed.

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August 28, 2009

davidcrow

This started in my head as what is the PersonalMBA for would be entrepreneurs http://personalmba.com/.

The High-Tech Ventures book was my introduction to the business of early-stage technology product development. While many of the lessons are still valid, there are other resources.

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August 29, 2009

bsharwood

Worth noting here that the top entrepreneurship school for a masters program is Babson College in Boston. Small school, but great program (and my alma mater). It’s also home of the Arthur Blank Centre for Entrepreneurship Research and The Lewis Institute for Social Entrepreneurship.

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1. September 1, 2009
  
  davidcrow
  
  Babson was always an extremely well regarded MBA program focused around entrepreneurship. http://www3.babson.edu/eship/
  
  I’ve never been able to find any materials from Babson. Which when talking about where to go as an entrepreneur for educational materials (different than going their for an MBA) puts it way behind Stanford, MIT and CMU in the mindshare department.
  
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August 29, 2009

bsharwood

Worth noting here that the top entrepreneurship school for a masters program is Babson College in Boston. Small school, but great program (and my alma mater). It's also home of the Arthur Blank Centre for Entrepreneurship Research and The Lewis Institute for Social Entrepreneurship.

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September 1, 2009

davidcrow

Babson was always an extremely well regarded MBA program focused around entrepreneurship. http://www3.babson.edu/eship/

I've never been able to find any materials from Babson. Which when talking about where to go as an entrepreneur for educational materials (different than going their for an MBA) puts it way behind Stanford, MIT and CMU in the mindshare department.

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September 1, 2009

bsharwood

I’d actually agree with you there. They have an extensive research library and case studies and are one of the key schools behind the GEM report, but, ya, their marketing has something to be desired!

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September 1, 2009

bsharwood

I'd actually agree with you there. They have an extensive research library and case studies and are one of the key schools behind the GEM report, but, ya, their marketing has something to be desired!

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September 2, 2009

Peter Lai

When and where are these courses?
Do I have to pay or is it free?

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1. September 11, 2009
  
  davidcrow
  
  Most of these are courses that are available online. You can access/download the lectures and materials.
  
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September 2, 2009

Peter Lai

When and where are these courses?
Do I have to pay or is it free?

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September 3, 2009

geekversity

@Raymond Luk,

agreed. There’s some things you can’t learn in books (just as there’s some things you have to learn by failing). More power to those that provide their students with experience and expertise, especially if they’re an Open Source initiative.

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September 3, 2009

geekversity

@Raymond Luk,

agreed. There's some things you can't learn in books (just as there's some things you have to learn by failing). More power to those that provide their students with experience and expertise, especially if they're an Open Source initiative.

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September 11, 2009

davidcrow

Most of these are courses that are available online. You can access/download the lectures and materials.

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September 16, 2009

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September 16, 2009

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