With guest Ian Mashiter, Professor and Director of Entrepreneurship Activities at BU Questrom School of Business
Why entrepreneurship is critical for the economy
The relevance of entrepreneurship to large corporations
“It’s really about a transformation of minds. It’s really about getting people to have an entrepreneurial way of thinking.”
Entrepreneurship at Boston University
Is entrepreneurship innate or can it be learned?
Experiential learning as a model for entrepreneurship education
The investor’s perspective
Bubbles and the Internet
Ian Mashiter’s history as an entrepreneur
Commercial: The BUzz Lab
The role of problem-solving
Passion and persistence
SnowMonkey
The BUzz Lab resources: mentorship, Summer Accelerator program, etc.
Artist entrepreneurs
Hacker, Hustler, Hipster
The cultural dimension to entrepreneurship
Exit strategy
Failure
The pivot
The path to entrepreneurship
