The expansion of entrepreneurship education is a national phenomenon. This story from the Associated Press spotlights a few of these programs, including ours here at Belmont University.
Author: Jeff Cornwall
Dr. Jeff Cornwall is the inaugural Jack C. Massey Chair in Entrepreneurship at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Cornwall's current research and teaching interests include entrepreneurial finance and entrepreneurial ethics.
reverb “off the wall”: Getting ready to open
Here is the students’ account of the pre-opening activities over at reverb.
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Carnival of the Capitalists for this week
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up. Another fascinating romp through free enterprise! Check it out here!
reverb “off the wall”: Moving Day!
Well, its time for the entrepreneurs at reverb to move in to there new space.
Venture Capitalist interview
There are many misconceptions about venture capitalists. Here is an interesting interview that sheds some interesting light on how at least on of these firms operates and makes decisions.
Reverb “off the wall”: Now that we have our space, what do we do with it?
The reverbmedia crew is busy doing some space planning and trying to figure out the best way to build inventory in this posting.
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Business Planning versus a Business Plan
An article in Inc.com tells a story about entrepreneur Craig Knouf who reportedly has revised his business plan more than 120 times. While this might seem a bit extreme (or as my student Joe called it, ?compulsive?), I think that it illustrates a critical function of business plans.
Carnival of the Capitalists
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up and running. Visit it at Admiral Quixote’s Roundtable!
What’s in a name?
Wharton’s on-line newsletter has an article on the generations old practice of entreprneurs naming their businesses after themselves. Companies from Ford to Dell have followed this custom. But, when the founder of one these businesses has significant ethical or legal issues arise, this can create a public relations disaster, such as that now facing Martha Stewart’s namesake business. This article examines the marketing a p.r. advantages and disadvantages of naming a business after its founder.
Entrepreneurs give back
One of the implicit rules of a healthy free enterprise economy is that those with wealth recognize their obligation to give back to their community and to the broader society in which they live. The National Dialoge on Entrepreneurship reports that the Slate 60, which lists the top sixty philanthropists each year, has good representation of entrepreneurs among this year’s honor roll, including “Joan Kroc, widow of McDonalds’ Ray Kroc, who donated more than $1.91 billion to various causes such as the Salvation Army and National Public Radio. Michael Dell ranks No. 2; his Dell Foundation made more than $673 million in grants last year. Other big entrepreneurial givers include Ted Turner, Paul Allen, and Pierre Omidyar of Ebay.”