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This is a two unit graded course offered jointly by the College of Letters and Sciences and the Haas School of Business. 

Course Objective:   Our goal is to disrupt your day, and with any luck, maybe your life.  Through this course, we want you to reflect on what entrepreneurship may mean towards your college and post collegiate aspirations.  In order to get there, we want you to create your own, personalized view of entrepreneurship, by engaging with invited speakers, by interviewing an entrepreneur of your choosing, and by creating a novel idea for a product or service.

Two quotes from our two textbooks for the course:

“Perhaps a few realized that what was to be the highlight of their day had just arrived:  The Diversion. The Disruption. The Hope for Escape, however temporary, from the routine of another day at school.”   Orbiting the Giant Hairball, p. 17.

“….if your life was to end suddenly and unexpectedly tomorrow, would you be able to say you’ve been doing what you truly care about today?  What would you be willing to do for the rest of your life? What would it take to do it right now?”  The Monk and the Riddle, p. 156.

Director of Social Entrepreneurship

Lester Center for Entrepreneurship