Students were asked to create pop-up businesses for a class assignment. They were told they could keep their profits. They’re giving the money to nonprofits instead.
Gannon University entrepreneurship instructor Kurt Hersch tried something different this year with the students of his global business policy and strategy class.
He asked his 27 senior business majors to split into five teams and make a business pitch to two groups of finance majors who acted as venture capital firms. Think of the hit TV show “Shark Tank,” but on a smaller, more supportive scale, he said.
