Entrepreneurship

Alexei Marcoux: What Is Entrepreneurship? [transcript]

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[This lecture is Part 1 of the Entrepreneurship and Values series and was recorded at Rockford University and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship.] Dr. Alexei Marcoux on Defining Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship as an Essentially Contested Concept” I want to talk today about entrepreneurship and, in particular, its status as an essentially contested concept. By an essentially contested concept, […]

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Terry Noel: Management and Entrepreneurship [transcript]

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[This lecture is Part 3 of the Entrepreneurship and Values series and was recorded at Rockford University and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship.] Terry Noel on Management and Entrepreneurship Hello, my name is Terry Noel. I am an Associate Professor of Management and Quantitative Methods at Illinois State University. Today, we are going to talk

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Czego przedsiębiorczość może nas nauczyć o życiu? [Polish translation]

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[The following is a Polish translation of my “What Entrepreneurship Can Teach Us All About Life”. Here are links to translations into Spanish and Portuguese. Tekst ukazał się w The Wall Street Journal, 2 maja 2016. PDF.] Stephen R. C. Hicks Często myślimy o przedsiębiorcach jak o przerysowanych postaciach. Podejmują duże ryzyko. Tworzą własne zasady.

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Entrepreneurial Education Conference at Rockford University

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The Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship is hosting a conference March 31-April 1 on Entrepreneurial Education. Speakers T. K. Coleman (Praxis) María Marty (Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual) Nicholas Capaldi (Loyola University New Orleans) Kevin Currie-Knight (East Carolina University)  Marsha Familaro Enright (The Great Connections Seminars)  Terry Noel (Illinois State University)  Jed Hopkins (Edgewood College)  Amy

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Interview with Lall Singh on Entrepreneurial Finance in England

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[This is my full interview with Lall Singh, first published in the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship’s Kaizen newsletter.] Introduction: Lall Singh is CEO of Capital Instruments based in London, England. Capital Instruments is an investment consulting firm that provides finance, management, and marketing expertise in several European companies as well as projects in Canada

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Do entrepreneurs need formal education? Lall Singh answers

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On the value of formal education for entrepreneurs, British entrepreneur Lall Singh says this: “Formal education is the way to go. You have to load yourself with the key thinking. I found that originally—and this was having qualified as an accountant—you’ll still find yourself blinkered in the market because you don’t understand the marketing aspects;

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Dr. Terry Noel on the Virtuous Entrepreneur [video interview transcript]

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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: I am Stephen Hicks. Our guest today is Professor Terry Noel, who teaches Entrepreneurship and Management at Illinois State. He is here today at Rockford College speaking on the theme of the virtuous entrepreneur. Interesting title, but

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Kaizen 31: British entrepreneur Lall Singh

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The latest issue of Kaizen [pdf] features the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship’s interview with Lall Singh on the theme of Entrepreneurial Finance in England. Also featured in this issue of Kaizen are guest speakers Robert Garmong, Douglas Rasmussen, and Piotr Kostyło, as well as our Entrepreneurial Education conference and a conference we hosted with the Austrian Economics

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