Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Program
Program

Why International Entrepreneurship Programs?

- Provide real global education

- Higher expectations of students/globally aware/diverse

- Started initial programs in 1990

- Addition to comprehensive grad and undergrad curriculum

- Currently four programs: Different students, focus, goals

- All 6-credit programs.

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Entrepreneurship Program
Program

Social Entrepreneurship in Africa

Location: Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda

Focus: Microfinance, entrepreneurship drives econ. development

Length: 18 hours in April, 2.5 weeks in Africa

Participants: Undergraduate entrepreneurship, engineering, A&S

Activities: Consult with microfinance bank/clients, training African

entrepreneurs

Partnerships: Microfinance bank, Opportunity Int'l, VC's, U.S. banks

Credit: 6 hours of 4XXX level: ent/intl bus/econ

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Technology Entrepreneurship in China

Location: Shanghai

Focus: Corporate Ent., Technology commercialization

Length: 5 weeks in June/July

Participants: Graduate U.S. and Chinese ent. and engr. students

Activities: Consulting with Shanghai tech companies

Partnerships: USST (Shanghai), American Univ., Thunderbird, U.S. Firms

Credit: 6 hours of 5XXX level: Entrepreneurship, Engineering

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European Entrepreneurship Experience

Location: Seven countries in Western Europe

Focus: International entrepreneurship (marketing/econ/legal)

Length: 5 weeks in June/July

Participants: Undergraduate ent and other majors

Activities: Tour seven countries/consult with local entrepreneurs

Partnerships: Univ. of Maastricht, European entrepreneurs

Credit: 6 hours of 4XXX level

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International Entrepreneurship in the Dominican Republic

Location: Dominican Republic

Focus: Social Entrepreneurship, sustainable technology

Length: 10 hours in April, 2.5 weeks in May, 10 hours post-trip

Participants: Graduate and undergrad entrepreneurship

Activities: Work with entrepreneurs/engineers to develop sustainable

technologies

Partnerships: U.S. State Department, Dominican entrepreneurs

Credit: 6 hours of 5XXX level

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Program

Lessons Learned
• Popular with students (80 students/year)

• Tremendous learning opportunities for both faculty and students

• Not all successful (e.g., Cuba, Costa Rica, Amsterdam, Monterrey)

• Screen student participants upfront (carefully) and limit number

• Local Partners, Corporate and/or Government support

• Require economic viability

• Joint programs with other universities help with startup

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