Comments on: What Should a College of Entrepreneurship Be? http://blog.stealthmode.com/2007/05/what-should-a-college-of-entrepreneurship-be/ Entrepreneurship, Current Affairs, Tech and Our World Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eduardo Olvera http://blog.stealthmode.com/2007/05/what-should-a-college-of-entrepreneurship-be/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Eduardo Olvera Thu, 03 May 2007 16:26:39 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/what-should-a-college-of-entrepreneurship-be/#comment-81 Along the lines of creative thinking, I would suggest including something for "Inventive Thinking". There are methodologies out there such as TRIZ and ASIT whose main focus is the generation of *creative* solutions and not compromises (e.g. I reduce my cost by sacrificing quality). In particular, I love the idea about a 'closed world' where you need to think about how to solve a problem using the elements within the problem itself - therefore you're not allowed to add anything else from the 'outside world' (which in an Entrepreneurial setting could mean how to solve a problem without adding more money) Along the lines of creative thinking, I would suggest including something for “Inventive Thinking”. There are methodologies out there such as TRIZ and ASIT whose main focus is the generation of *creative* solutions and not compromises (e.g. I reduce my cost by sacrificing quality). In particular, I love the idea about a ‘closed world’ where you need to think about how to solve a problem using the elements within the problem itself – therefore you’re not allowed to add anything else from the ‘outside world’ (which in an Entrepreneurial setting could mean how to solve a problem without adding more money)

]]> By: danny http://blog.stealthmode.com/2007/05/what-should-a-college-of-entrepreneurship-be/comment-page-1/#comment-82 danny Wed, 02 May 2007 11:18:12 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/what-should-a-college-of-entrepreneurship-be/#comment-82 How about a section on creative thinking. Thinking outside the box, generating ideas. Perhaps, Edward DeBono material. How about a section on creative thinking. Thinking outside the box, generating ideas. Perhaps, Edward DeBono material.

]]> By: francine hardaway http://blog.stealthmode.com/2007/05/what-should-a-college-of-entrepreneurship-be/comment-page-1/#comment-83 francine hardaway Tue, 01 May 2007 16:37:38 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/what-should-a-college-of-entrepreneurship-be/#comment-83 I hope it will exist some day. I don't think it does now. I did forget sales and negotiations. Thanks! I hope it will exist some day. I don’t think it does now. I did forget sales and negotiations. Thanks!

]]> By: Sean Tierney http://blog.stealthmode.com/2007/05/what-should-a-college-of-entrepreneurship-be/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Sean Tierney Tue, 01 May 2007 16:20:15 +0000 http://fhardaway.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/what-should-a-college-of-entrepreneurship-be/#comment-84 Francine, that's an excellent list. Other topics of importance that come to mind: -Negotiations- while this is an artform, good negotiating skills can be studied and learned. It's critical both from the perspective of getting the best deal for what you want and disarming people that use negotiating gambits against you. Ed referred me to Roger Dawson's audio series and I've found it invaluable. I posted a mindmap of the notes here-> <a href="http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2006/09/11/the-20-gambits-of-power-negotiating-mind-map/" rel="nofollow">http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2006/09/11/the-20-gambits-of-power-negotiating-mind-map/</a> -Viral Studies - I would argue that this is a topic unto itself separate from guerilla marketing tactics. Bloggging and Podcasting is one thing but embedding a viral component into your offering creates a huge advantage if you can do it. -SWOT - swot analysis needs some place in this list whether it falls under market research or it's own category. This tool was hugely valuable to us in the early stage when we didn't know what we were doing. -Hiring (or better put: delegating) - knowing when to recognize the time economics of a situation that make more sense to outsource or bring in another resource. -"Bootscrapping"- the art of living lean. you alluded to it but I believe it extends beyond reducing company burn rate- a key precondition for us being able to JumpBox was Kimbro and I reducing our personal burn rates to below $2k/mo. sounds like an awesome course... i wish it existed 10yrs ago when i was in school ;-) Sean Francine, that’s an excellent list. Other topics of importance that come to mind:

-Negotiations- while this is an artform, good negotiating skills can be studied and learned. It’s critical both from the perspective of getting the best deal for what you want and disarming people that use negotiating gambits against you. Ed referred me to Roger Dawson’s audio series and I’ve found it invaluable. I posted a mindmap of the notes here-> http://www.scrollinondubs.com/2006/09/11/the-20-gambits-of-power-negotiating-mind-map/

-Viral Studies – I would argue that this is a topic unto itself separate from guerilla marketing tactics. Bloggging and Podcasting is one thing but embedding a viral component into your offering creates a huge advantage if you can do it.

-SWOT – swot analysis needs some place in this list whether it falls under market research or it’s own category. This tool was hugely valuable to us in the early stage when we didn’t know what we were doing.

-Hiring (or better put: delegating) – knowing when to recognize the time economics of a situation that make more sense to outsource or bring in another resource.

-”Bootscrapping”- the art of living lean. you alluded to it but I believe it extends beyond reducing company burn rate- a key precondition for us being able to JumpBox was Kimbro and I reducing our personal burn rates to below $2k/mo.

sounds like an awesome course… i wish it existed 10yrs ago when i was in school ;-)
Sean

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