Entrepreneurship Nexus: Connecting Passion to Wealth

The lines between a school/college project and true entrepreneurship have been blurred. Many universities and colleges establish project teams and call themselves incubators. An incubator is merely a hospital for a short period after birth. A true entrepreneurial ecosystem will help the newborn g...

Adults tend to think of entrepreneurship as a high-risk and unstable undertaking for students. What if entrepreneurship is considered an opportunity to create wealth? What we need to do is to recast the “Art of Entrepreneurial Success” as the “Science of Creating Predictable Wealth” for students,...

Often, we hear of young entrepreneurs being described as dropouts, outliers and mavericks. But, building a successful ecosystem for student entrepreneurship involves nurturing people who are capable, but may not know it. Hence, this is a community endeavour and requires coherent ...

Entrepreneurs know how to filter opportunities because it is easier, cheaper and faster to change a business plan on paper than to do it the marketplace. Students must be trained to embrace failure and to learn from it.

Capital is the lifeline of entrepreneurial existence. Student entrepreneurs must learn to source the right type, size, and timing of capital. The ecosystem must enable such learnings including sources of funds such as governmental and private ones. Accessing non-controlling growth capital is a di...

Student entrepreneurship is about building teams and learning together. Such a culture is the foundation of future value creation. Whether a team can manage challenges depends on the bond and trust between team members.