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Dell and Students Look to Entrepreneurship to Reform the Education System

Dell and Students Look to Entrepreneurship to Reform the Education System

Dell is joining forces with a student advocacy group for an all-day event to discuss entrepreneurship in the educational system.
Business-Boosting Gifts to Give Yourself for the Holidays

Business-Boosting Gifts to Give Yourself for the Holidays

While giving yourself a watch or a new pair of jeans can make you look and feel good, a motivational book or even some nonfiction might give you some much-needed time to unwind.
How InstaEDU Is Tapping the Online Education Market

How InstaEDU Is Tapping the Online Education Market

With $1.1 million in seed funding, a new startup is connecting students electronically with tutors from top universities.
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Could This Free Online University Be Your Next Start-Up Incubator?

Could This Free Online University Be Your Next Start-Up Incubator?

University of the People offers some would-be entrepreneurs an opportunity to bone up on business basics. See how the program could become an even more viable option in the future.
9 Ways to Beef-Up Your Business Skills on the Cheap

9 Ways to Beef-Up Your Business Skills on the Cheap

If you weren't born with an innate ability to manage a business, you could get an MBA. Or you might try implementing these tips.
9 Successful Entrepreneurs Moonlighting as Professors (Photos)

9 Successful Entrepreneurs Moonlighting as Professors (Photos)

These successful business leaders are teaching classes on everything from leadership to technology to finance at universities and colleges across America.
Is an MBA Still Necessary?

Is an MBA Still Necessary?

Two outspoken academic leaders offer opposing views on the relevance of a traditional business education.
Skillshare and Changing the Way We Learn

Skillshare and Changing the Way We Learn (Video)

Learning doesn't have to end at graduation. Here's how Malcolm Ong and Michael Karnjanaprakorn built a business that aims to put learning first.
What a Business Degree Doesn't Teach You about Entrepreneurship

What a Business Degree Doesn't Teach You about Entrepreneurship

If putting off starting up to start school is the best choice for you, make sure you pack these three lessons into your coursework.
How Online Courses Can Benefit a Budding Entrepreneur

How Online Courses Can Benefit a Budding Entrepreneur

We’re not all born with an innate sense for business. While some of us have been entrepreneurs our entire lives, many of us simply came up with a great idea one day or decided to turn our passions into a …
Lessons Learned: The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Lessons Learned: The Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

By Brett Orzechowski and David Tomczyk HAMDEN, Conn. — A movement continues across college campuses to simulate "real-life" situations that are equal parts emotional, professional, practical and educational. My colleague and I set out to do just that. We took …
Best College Classes for Future Entrepreneurs

Best College Classes for Future Entrepreneurs

Probably more so than any time in the past, more people are looking to break the mould in career planning with the ultimate aim of becoming entrepreneurs. The feeling that the best person to help you make a good and …
What is the Future of Entrepreneurship Education?

What is the Future of Entrepreneurship Education?

Seven top young entrepreneurs and leaders in the entrepreneurship education movement shared their thoughts during a panel at the Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit (February 18) at the University of Central Florida. The summit, created by Extreme Entrepreneurship Education (also …
Who's Studying Online These Days?

Who's Studying Online These Days?

There's no doubt about it: online education is growing. And, in a recession, where the costs of a four-year public university amounted to nearly thirty percent of a median income and private universities seventy-six percent in 2008, many people are …
The Real Value of an MBA — Learn and Break the Status Quo

The Real Value of an MBA — Learn and Break the Status Quo

For decades, traditional management wisdom has been to receive an MBA, if you wanted to get anywhere in business.  The same myth has been perpetuated to aspiring entrepreneurs, myself included.  After they finish business school, most entrepreneurs find themselves seriously …
Why an Online Education Might be the Best Option for Entrepreneurs

Why an Online Education Might be the Best Option for Entrepreneurs

Attending college and running a small business is a tedious balancing act that requires extreme discipline and above-average time management skills. While most entrepreneurs know that a college degree will be of great value to them throughout their career, the …