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Can We Teach Entrepreneurship?
The document discusses the importance and feasibility of teaching entrepreneurship, highlighting its role in job creation and economic growth. It critiques current entrepreneurship education practices, examining who teaches, what is taught, and how students learn, while advocating for a focus on soft skills and practical experience. The author emphasizes the need to inspire an entrepreneurial mindset rather than strictly produce entrepreneurs, proposing a reevaluation of success metrics and support for local entrepreneurs.
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Can We Teach Entrepreneurship?
- 1. Emad Saif Center forEntrepreneurship Qatar University CAN WE ENTREPRENEURSHIP? TEACH #GEWQATAR @QUCFE
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- 6. ENTREPRENEURSHIP TREND 23 Million Businessesin USA 40 Million Jobs in the past 30 years 49% Increase since 1982 www.topcollegeonline.org
- 7. ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES In the past40 years … 104 600 5,000+ Universities that have entrepreneur courses in 1975 Schools that have entrepreneur courses in 1986 Courses in entrepreneurship offered at 2,600 schools by 2013 www.topcollegeonline.org
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- 9. identifying meaningful problemsand executing on novel solutions ENTREPRENEURSHIP NOT solely on the creation of new businesses
- 10. Can we teacha person to become an entrepreneur? ENTREPRENEUR EDUCATION person Entrepreneur
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- 14. Entrepreneurs are bornnot made
- 15. Entrepreneurship can’t betaught in classrooms like other subjects
- 16. Academics are notfit to teach Entrepreneurship
- 17. Entrepreneurs don’t neededucation … look at Zuckerberg, Jobs and Gates!
- 18. Where are thesuccess stories?WHERE ARE THE SUCCESS STORIES?
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- 20. QUALITY OF ENTREP-EDUCATION WHO isteaching WHAT is being taught HOW it is being taught WHO is learning it ENTREPRENEURSHIP ECOSYSTEM
- 21. WHO is teaching • Doentrepreneurship educators have entrepreneurial experience? • Can they teach and inspire? • Are they relatable to local aspiring entrepreneurs? • Are they actively involved in the entrepreneurship ecosystem?
- 22. Management Professor Industry Expert Guest Entrepreneur ? Entrepreneurial Experience Work Experience Teaching Experience Charisma & influence Active Network WHO CANTEACH ENTREPRENUERSHIP? + + + + ENTREPRENUERSHIP EDUCATOR
- 23. WHAT is being taught •What information are we teaching our students? (i.e. business concepts & theory) • What skills are we teaching our students? (i.e. writing a business plan, negotiate, pitch ideas) • What can’t we teach our students? (i.e. be creative, take risk, have a vison)
- 24. TEACHABLE Negotiation Business Planning Pitching Market Research Writea business plan NOT TEACHABLE Passion Creativity Taking Risk Perseverance Vision Not implementable by everyone
- 25. Divergent Thinking (Using Imagination) ConvergentThinking (Using logic) Lateral Thinking (Using both) IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA IDEA ANSWERQUESTION FACT FACT FACT FACT FACT FACT DEVELOP LATERAL THINKING INSTEAD OF TRADITIONAL THINKING
- 26. SHIFT FOCUS TO SOFTSKILLS INSTEAD OF JUST TECHNICAL BUSINESS SKILLS
- 27. HOW it is beingtaught • Are we applying best practices & using latest entrepreneurship tools? • Are we emphasizing practice or theory? • Are we localizing our teaching approach or just copying others? • Are we evaluating our performance and improving our approach?
- 28. “ What wehave to learn to do, we learn by doing ” - Aristotle
- 29. BABSON COLLEGE ranked 1st in Entrepreneurship Beganoffering its Entrepreneurship program in 1967
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- 31. TEACHING USING QUILTS& PUZZLES
- 32. SUCCESS STORIES UNIQUE ECOSYSTEMS •Berkeley offers incubator support to startups • MIT allows independent activity periods for hands-on experience across campus • Cornell combines courses across disciplines containing entrepreneurship content to create degree • Harvard offers MBAs
- 33. SHIFT FOCUS TO MORE INTERACTIVITY& LESS THEORY
- 34. WHO is learning it •Who are interested in learning entrepreneurship? (students, entrepreneurs, employees, educators …etc. • What are their demographics? • What are their skills? Any previous startup experience? • What are their motivations & goals?
- 35. “ It’s notwhether we can teach entrepreneurship, of course we can do that. It’s who you can teach it to ” Steve Blank Silicon Valley serial-entrepreneur
- 36. 11.5 million Entrepreneurs in USA Average Age: 40 95% Bachelor'sdegree 47% Advanced degree THE ENTREPRENEURIAL DEMOGRAPHICS www.topcollegeonline.org
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- 39. NOT strictly toproduce entrepreneurs OUR GOAL as entrepreneurship educators Inspire people to learn about entrepreneurship & their role in it
- 40. Can we teacha person to become an entrepreneur? ENTREPRENEUR EDUCATION person Entrepreneur think entrepreneurially? Entrepreneurial person
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- 42. THE WAY FORWARD 1.DEVELOP OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION • Who is teaching it? • What is being taught? • How it’s being taught? • Who is learning it? • How to build the ecosystem? 2. MEASURE SUCCESS DIFFERENTLY • Entrepreneurial Mindset not just number of startups 3. HIGHLIGHT & SUPPORT LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS 4. SET REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP • Building a successful entrepreneurial ecosystem takes time
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- 44. STILL LEARNING HOWWE ENTREPRENEURSHIP? TEACH
- 45. Emad Saif Center forEntrepreneurship Qatar University @esaif | www.emadsaif.com THANK YOU! #GEWQATAR @QUCFE