Dear all,
The Financial Times offered me the opportunity to comment on the state of Entrepreneurship education, and here is what I wrote in 900 words or less: "Business schools are not serving entrepreneurs (...) They assume that learning how to build, tune and decorate a piano will automatically make you a good pianist. (...) That is the role of a business school: to act as a safe place, a sandbox where entrepreneurs can hone their skills and develop new ones, meet other entrepreneurs and investors, but especially, minimise the cost of their mistakes and decide if the exciting life of the entrepreneur is for them and their families."
As you will see, the argument is not subtle but it addresses a deep flaw in the way that some institutions (repeat: some) teach Entrepreneurship. Happy to engage in an Academic debate with you all around this, but please let´s not start a contest on who teaches better: the objective was not to point out at "good" and "bad" schools, but to discuss how to serve our students and the entrepreneurial ecosystem around our Universities and Business Schools
Find it here
http://tinyurl.com/FT-Bitter-Truth
And of course, happy holidays to you all, whatever it is that you are celebrating.
Pablo MARTIN de HOLAN
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Pablo MARTIN de HOLAN Ph.D.
Dean of MBAs
Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
EMLYON Business School