ENT@SLU: Entrepreneurship at SLU

eWeb started as eGopher (really old tech) in 1995, moved to a website, and on and off campus over the years. The goal has always been the same, a place to share my findings and thoughts about entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship educators with the rest of the world. If you find something useful, great. If you find something needs to be fixed or changed, let me know at jerome.katz@slu.edu. 

What's Available on eWeb?

Our Nationally-Ranked Academic Programs

Since our first entrepreneurship course in 1973 (one of the first 20 schools teaching entrepreneurship in the world), SLU has been a leader in entrepreneurship education, and today we have some the nation's top programs, based on rankings by USNews and the Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine. Check out our programs below and see the Entrepreneurship Teaching Team behind the programs and courses.

Entrepreneurship Minor
(for any SLU undergrad)


Graduate Entrepreneurship Certificate

(for any SLU graduate student)

SLUstart 

(SLU's branch of the
NSF I-Corps Program)

Our Multiple Centers and Spaces Devoted To the Many Types of Entrepreneurs




Innovation@SLU 

(Check out supports, esp. this map)


Salus Center Kitchen

(Shared-Use Kitchen & Food Innovation Center)


Center for Additive Manufacturing


(SLU's Premier On-Campus Makerspace)


ATC Innovation Studio

(3-D & Large Format Printers, Recording Studios & More)


Shop SLU


(An online marketplace for products from SLU makers)

Check-Out Our On-Campus Student-Run Businesses


Fresh Gatherings Cafe
& Farm

(Student-Run Cafe and Farm-To-Table Distributor)

OneWorld Magazine

(Student-Run Social Justice Magazine)



Campus Kitchen 

(Students Fighting for Food Justice In & Around SLU) 

Tidy Projects 

(Student Graphic Designers)

MedLaunch 

(Student-Led Medical
Innovation Developers)

The 30-odd Questions

1 - Designing Programs, Majors & Classes

Question 1: How do you design entrepreneurship majors or minors? 

Question 2: How do you map a textbook to a class?

Question 3: How do you teach entrepreneurship to non-business students?

Question 4: How can you add entrepreneurship to your non-business course?

Question 5: What Is the History of Entrepreneurship Education?

Question 6: What Is Entrepreneurship's Standing as an Academic Discipline?

Question 7: What would a syllabus for a business plan (or launch) class look like? 

Question 8: What would a syllabus for a finance/accounting/legal/HR  class look like?

Question 9: What would a syllabus for an undergraduate introduction to entrepreneurship class look like? 

Question 10: What would a syllabus for an undergraduate introduction to social entrepreneurship class look like?

Question 11: How to help new and adjunct faculty in entrepreneurship?

Question 12: What are best practices for using entrepreneurs in your classes?

Question 13: What are best practices for mentors in the entrepreneurship class? 

Question 14: What is best practice for agreements for outsiders you bring into the entrepreneurship class?

Question 15: What are best practices for handling NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) in the entrepreneurship classroom?

Question 16: What would a class NDA look like?


2 - Class Solutions 

Question 17: How Many Entrepreneurs Are in Your (Students') Line of Business?

Question 18: How can you explore having a career as an entrepreneur? 

Question 19: How can you compute how much you would need to make to achieve your goals? 

Question 20: How do you find what industry your business is in (and its size)?

Question 21: How can you find out if your product is already available?

Question 22: What are 5 ways to assess feasibility of business ideas?

Question 23: What is the fastest way to assess feasibility of ideas (a.k.a. the IDEO Model)?

Question 24: What is a best practice for a social venture/non-profit feasibility study based on ESB?

Question 25: What is a best practice for a social venture/non-profit Business Model Canvas based on ESB?

Question 26: What is a best practice for a social venture/non-profit business plan based on ESB?

Question 27: What is a best practice for a for-profit feasibility study based on ESB?

Question 28: What is a best practice for a social venture/non-profit Business Model Canvas based on ESB?

Question 29: What is a best practice for a fsocial venture/non-profit business plan based on ESB?

Question 30: What are the best practices for helping students identify intellectual property as they are starting their businesses?

Question 31: [Being revised]

Question 32: Any advice on cheaper ways to get apps made?


3 - Mentoring & Judging


Question 33: How do you use entrepreneurs and experts in your classes?

Question 34: What can you do to help students write their business plans more professionally?

Question 35: Are business plans really necessary?