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From Business School to Entrepreneurial Impact Webinar
Webinar This webinar will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Join us for an inspiring panel discussion on how learning entrepreneurial skills in business school can lead to positive impact in business and society. Honorees from this year’s class of Influential Leaders will explore questions related to their entrepreneurial journeys: What role did their business education play in launching their ventures? What hurdles did they encounter, and how did they overcome them? How can business schools today help prepare leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset? After the panel discussion, moderated by Eric Liguori, Jim Moran Professor and Associate Dean at the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship, Florida State University, audience participants can engage in Q&A.
Learning Objectives
In this free webinar, panelists will explore pathways from entrepreneurial learning to real-world impact:-
What elements of business education have been most effective for preparing entrepreneurial leaders?
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What are some challenges to creating and sustaining successful ventures?
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What are some best practices for overcoming those challenges?
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How can business schools elevate their entrepreneurial teaching initiatives?
Panelists
Anele Mkuzo’s commitment to nurturing young entrepreneurs and fostering inclusive growth has been a catalyst for positive change in the African entrepreneurship landscape. Mkuzo is a champion of inclusive innovation and the founder of Zinde Zinde (Pty) Ltd t/a African Entrepreneurship Initiative (AEi), an entrepreneurship education training company. Mkuzo has developed award-winning, inclusive, multilingual entrepreneurship development programs that have empowered hundreds of young individuals across Africa. She believes entrepreneurship is the most important tool to eradicate poverty and inequality.
Michael Ramlet is the co-founder and CEO of Morning Consult, a global decision intelligence company. Since the company’s founding in 2014, its proprietary technology, including both artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning solutions, has powered global leaders’ decision-making through high-frequency datasets and access to more than 100 million people worldwide. Further, Morning Consult is now a global intelligence firm with daily impact and a 1 billion USD market cap.
Moderator
Eric Liguori is Associate Dean of the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship at Florida State University. He serves as Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Small Business Management and Chair of AACSB’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Affinity Group. His work has been featured by major media outlets and cited in policy documents around the globe (OECD, the European Union, Asian Development Bank). He consulted on the development and launch of both the Amazon Small Business Academy and Hewlett-Packard Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs. In 2023 he was called “a true trailblazer in entrepreneurship education” by the U.S. Consul General to Dubai.
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