The video profile of SOM graduate, Jason Pohlman, is a great way to show the impact of entrepreneurship in the the School of Management curriculum. And it all started in the early 1990's.
The Naz SOM was the first school in the greater Rochester area to include entrepreneurship as a required course for all business students.
At the time, it seemed like a bold move. However, my faculty colleagues had the vision to see the business world had permanently changed and that life in organizations was full of uncertainty.
We agreed to stop teaching students to simply be functions in large organizations. We took a more holistic approach and placed greater emphasis on small business and the creation of an enterprise.
It took a little time for students to embrace the initiative but it clearly is a success. Our students have greater control over their career and destiny. My colleagues and I frequently receive phone calls and emails from alumni who have started a business and want to come back and share their stories with our students.
We still educate our students to gain employment in traditional (and not so traditional) organizations but they leave Naz "thinking like entrepreneurs" along with the knowledge and skills to become one.
Regardless of your definition of success, there are, oddly enough, a great number of common characteristics that are shared by successful businesspeople. You can place a check beside each characteristic that you feel that you possess. This way, you can see how you stack up. Even if you don't have all of these characteristics, don't fret. Most can be learned with practice and by developing a winning attitude, especially if you set goals and apply yourself, through strategic planning, to reach those goals in incremental and measurable stages.
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Amazing. Thirty-five years ago when I graduate the goal was to get a big business corporate job. You would never think of going to college, graduating, and starting your own business. You may have wanted to and still may want to but the corporate world with insurance coverage was the route.
Now it is good to see colleges recognize that one size does not fit all. Beautiful video about someone making a difference in his business. Show it to every entering student.
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