Entrepreneurship Education has evolved to the point that it is not about ‘can we teach individuals and students to be entrepreneurial at least in spirit’, but ‘where, how, and when do impart the knowledge’? The dilemma for entrepreneurship educators is too much a good thing. The field is still arguing among themselves regarding who is an entrepreneur, and what is entrepreneurship. Can one say that a steadily growing small business is no different from a high tech firm struggling to grow?
As more and more individuals decide to focus their career on creating the next “Google” rather than striving for the corner office, educators must firmly take hold of the steering wheel and drive the next generation of entrepreneurs to greater heights while ensuring that humanity does not suffer. (Read more…)