In reviewing what’s been buzzing among business schools this week, a popular topic was entrepreneurship, so in this edition of Top #MBA Tweets of the Week, we’re rounding up related posts. B-schools can be a hot bed for innovation, and MBA programs seek to instill the management, leadership and other hard skills to support and create successful entrepreneurs.
Students at Dartmouth / Tuck and NYU / Stern came together to tackle entrepreneurial issues:
Dartmouth and Tuck DEN Fellows coming together for SF Dartmouth Entrepreneur forum #DartmouthEF16 @TuckSchool pic.twitter.com/m2kpQOSabN
— Daniel Orr (@danmarionorr) September 9, 2016
Packed room at the $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge kick-off. #NYU #entrepreneurship #startup #innovation pic.twitter.com/sGRw5w6bd7
— NYU Entrepreneur (@NYUEntrepreneur) September 14, 2016
Prof @LukeGWilliams welcomes a record # of students to this year's $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge kickoff! pic.twitter.com/K0UYhAthOm
— NYU Stern (@NYUStern) September 14, 2016
Chicago Booth plugged some research to enable success:
Science finds what entrepreneurs should really do if they want to get ahead of the curve https://t.co/Z6zOPcNQv7 pic.twitter.com/6Dv0qtwPGL
— Chicago Booth (@ChicagoBooth) September 14, 2016
As is a common practice in b-school, programs including Michigan / Ross, ISB and Rice / Jones welcomed speakers to offer their insights into the field:
.@Gladwell If you want to be an entrepreneur and make the world a better place, you have to pursue ideas like you have no choice #UmichTalks
— Ross School of Bus. (@MichiganRoss) September 13, 2016
Entrepreneurs are open, conscientious, and disagreeable says @Gladwell @MichiganRoss @UMich pic.twitter.com/UZSHLVM8te
— James DeVaney (@devaneygoblue) September 13, 2016
Thank you @Gladwell for an amaaaazing talk on innovation & entrepreneurship! #UMichTalks #GoBlue
— Paula Pericas (@pauliperi) September 13, 2016
.@RichardRossow speaks on promoting entrepreneurial culture & innovation partnerships in the U.S. & India. pic.twitter.com/livbMWqqx6
— ISB (@ISBedu) September 13, 2016
Wed. (9/14) at 4pm come see @aimeewodall of @ShearCreativity relate her experience as Houston entrepreneur. RSVP: https://t.co/qupdtrXKRB
— Rice Business (@Rice_Biz) September 13, 2016
Professors from institutions such as UVA / Darden, INSEAD and HEC Paris also shared their related research:
What do successful #entrepreneurs do differently? Prof Sankaran Venkataraman shares his insights w/ @NewIndianXpress https://t.co/qchgJCqMzZ
— Darden School at UVA (@DardenMBA) September 12, 2016
Three steps to finding your entrepreneurial space: https://t.co/cM85Or2Kni cc. Professor @nathan_furr
— INSEAD (@INSEAD) September 9, 2016
How to turn a good idea into a successful business. #Entrepreneurship tips (in French) from #HecProf Michel Safars https://t.co/T6Nq3NXTBc
— HEC Paris MBA (@HECParisMBA) September 14, 2016
Yale School of Management looked several decades back at some entrepreneurial roots:
“An intrepid, highly qualified group of entrepreneurs.” Dean Donaldson on '78 charter class. #SOMDecade5 pic.twitter.com/ONSEe74dJN
— Yale SOM (@YaleSOM) September 13, 2016
Meanwhile, UCLA / Anderson took a look at how their most recent classes have found entrepreneurial success:
#MBA entrepreneurs netting $100B in VC – #UCLAAnderson among top 10 best schools for startups #WhyMBA @UCLAParkerCMC https://t.co/wqmMgTYnBr
— UCLA Anderson (@uclaanderson) September 13, 2016
And Georgetown / McDonough offered some guidance to new students:
The back-to-school guide for student entrepreneurs, w/ shout-outs to @Hoyapreneur & @StartupHoyas: https://t.co/OCdRlcaJCs in @DC_Inno
— Georgetown McDonough (@msbgu) September 12, 2016
Other programs, including Wharton, Columbia Business School, INSEAD and London Business School, honed in on specific types of entrepreneurship:
When you go from being a healthy med student to being stuck in the ICU, become an entrepreneur to solve the problem: https://t.co/xMkSXFzdPM
— The Wharton School (@Wharton) September 14, 2016
9/15: Check out #Veteran #Entrepreneur Pitch Night hosted by #CBSalum LunaCap Ventures https://t.co/RCvDGgCUEx pic.twitter.com/xHo1dtmhmb
— The Lang Center (@ColumbiaEntprog) September 9, 2016
Our Social Entrepreneurship Programme offers a fund for young women entrepreneurs in Middle East, S. Asia & Africa https://t.co/0o4cY8H310
— INSEAD (@INSEAD) September 13, 2016
What four questions should aspiring sports #entrepreneurs ask about the market? https://t.co/rH7ul8hQgZ pic.twitter.com/6vCYl7DW71
— LondonBusinessSchool (@LBS) September 13, 2016
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