Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights - Penn State University - Uni. Park Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor Liz Kisenwether, Director /

Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights - Mission Statement Develop students’ life skills so they can: thrive in product-focused, diverse-skilled teams generate concepts of high IP value to patent, launch a company, or license use Intelligent Fast Failure develop solid, sustainable business models use passion, leadership, and hard work to lead innovation in a new or existing company

Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights - Program Audience: Number of Faculty 5 tenured or tenure track 5 fixed-term Number of Courses offered each semester: 4 core courses (132 students) 3 supporting courses (115 students)

Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights - What are your most exciting activities? Course creation and teaching: Smeal College of Business + College of Engineering BA/ENGR497G – Intro. To E-SHIP BA/ENGR497E – Market-Pull Tech. Commercialization New external E-SHIP Advisory Board

Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights - What is the biggest challenge you face? Minor operates in academic “cocoon”: what are best ways to bring in realities of technology entrepreneurship? Resource usage: focus on few high-potential students or the many students with e-ship interest

Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education - Program Highlights - What new initiatives are you planning? International E-SHIP experience (Budapest, Hungary) 1 credit seminar Spring 05 2 credit trip May 05 PSU New Venture Competition E-SHIP MBAs mentor undergrad teams Prize = trip to business plan competitions