Entrepreneurship Program

Want to be an Entrepreneur? Be a Leadership Minor!

(The competencies for both successful entrepreneurs and emotionally intelligent leaders are nearly identical.)

We define entrepreneurship as behavior that results in an increase in the efficient and/or effective use of resources to better meet societal needs. Entrepreneurship is related to leadership in that both entrepreneurs and leaders have similar competencies and both are exercising their "right" minds (see Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind). For example, both leaders and entrepreneurs continuously search, listen, expect that a "better wheel for these times is in the making," challenge "the pervasive injustice," confront in exact terms our own existence, and create dangerously (see Robert Greenleaf''s definition of servant leaders).

To help students develop processes for entrepreneurship and leadership, CFL's offers a Entrepreneurship Certificate Program consisting of two independent, yet related, opportunities.

LDRS 231: Entrepreneurship (Exercising Your Right Mind) is an experiential-based course that looks at the definitions of and motivations for entrepreneurship, the global context for entrepreneurship, and problem-solving and team-building models for entrepreneurship. The course introduces entrepreneurship as an attempt to make a positive and significant difference by responding positively to societal problems and seeking to more effectively and efficiently use resources. A significant portion of class time is spent meeting with entrepreneurs. LDRS 231 is offered in May Term. This course answers the question: Do you have the mind of the entrepreneur? Syllabus

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CFL also offers opportunities through the Philadelphia Semester program. See Leadership Courses page.