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A summer classroom for entrepreneurs

A new entrepreneurship education model asks what students can learn when the classroom opens onto the season.

Redefining Entrepreneurship Education
EntrepreneurshipRedefining Entrepreneurship EducationPhoto: University of Waterloo / original source page

Waterloo’s Conrad School reported a new approach to entrepreneurship education that puts experimentation and reflection beside the usual business toolkit.

For an alumni reader, the useful detail is the invitation to keep learning in public: try a small idea, listen to the people around it and return with a sharper question.

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  1. Original reporting · uwaterloo.ca
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