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Entrepreneurship Is about Solving Problems

The field of entrepreneurship is exploding. Corporations and individuals, governments and schools, are all coming to recognize the powerful reality: entrepreneurship is about solving problems. For far too long the majority of us have never considered ourselves entrepreneurs, but the truth is that you are. If you face a problem and you have to come up with a solution, you are an entrepreneur, and you are starting to do what entrepreneurs do—find solutions to problems.

Entrepreneurship Education Has to Change

At the same time that entrepreneurship is exploding, the entire field is shifting to a new paradigm of how to be an entrepreneur. The new paradigm turns the old wisdom about how to be an entrepreneur onto its head and offers some concrete ideas about how to do this. This past weekend I spoke at the National Governor’s Association about how we need to change entrepreneurship education. In a future post, I will explain more about why entrepreneurship has to change. This weekend I focused on how transforming entrepreneurship education can accelerate innovation and our long-term well-being as a global society.

 

To read the full, original article click on this link: How Entrepreneurship Education Has to Change: The E-School Approach - Nathan Furr - The New Entrepreneur - Forbes

Author:Nathan Furr