Teaching is about sharing and learning.

I teach a lot ... and enjoy it!  Of course each class is different but they all share the same design guidelines, i.e.:

1. Balance between theory (i.e. concepts and frameworks backed by research) and best practices ('how-to' approach).
2. Participant-centered learning, mainly based on the case method. Beyond the topic of the discussion, cases are selected in order to cover a variety of development stages, industries and geography.
3. Inclusion of guest speakers: mainly entrepreneurs and investors.
4. Combination of classroom sessions and project work coupled with individual coaching (one-to-one meetings to discuss and improve projects)
5. Additional readings (including many optional ones) selected from multiple top international sources
6. Last but not least, courses are always evolving.

Overall courses cover traditional entrepreneurship-related topics such as:

• What it takes to be(come) an entrepreneur
• What is the entrepreneurial mindset
• Assessing opportunities
• The entrepreneurial process: aligning entrepreneur(s), opportunities, resources and context
• Do's and don'ts of new venture creation
• Growth strategies and management
• 'Entrepreneurial management' in different kinds of organizations (Are entrepreneurs different from managers?)
• Business planning and its limitations
• Entrepreneurial finance: bootstrapping, angel investing, venture capital, investment readiness...

I have had the opportunity to teach these topics in different cultural settings and to different audiences including Master & MBA students, entrepreneurs, investors, small firm coaches, scientists with no business experience... Each audience is a new challenge!