Prince Seminar
Part II: Final "Exam:" Tell an Entrepreneurial Story
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The Prince Entrepreneurial Seminar has primarily comprised stories – stories of our speakers, anecdotes in The EMyth Revisited, and your own stories as possible entrepreneurs. The Web site Small Business Notes tells us: "One of the most striking aspects of entrepreneurial literature is that so much of it is comprised of stories. One finds only a limited amount of basic research, partly because so much of what we do is a seat-of-your pants, discover-as-you-go-along venture. There is no right path for any individual in any venture. Instead, entrepreneurism is more a culture where stories are handed down, passing on wisdom from generation to generation. And these stories can serve as a guideposts as well as being an inspiration." Therefore, your mission for Part II of your final exam is to create and present an entrepreneurial story. 1. Your entrepreneurial story should be no more than 3 minutes long. In writing, a story of this length would be about 400 words. 2. Your story can come from a wide range of possible sources: your own story of starting a business, either recently or when you were younger the story of a family member creating a business the story of a friend or acquaintance starting a business the story of a well-known entrepreneur (must be an original interpretation, not something out of a magazine or the Web, etc.) a future story of the business you envision yourself starting I'm open to other possibilities, but please run them by me. 3. Several models are available for entrepreneurial stories: The stories told by our speakers. Try typing key phrases into Google, such as "entrepreneurial storytelling," "entrepreneurial story," "entrepreneur story," "entrepreneur stories." Here are some that particularly struck me: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/04_27/B38900427smallbiz.htm http://www.iabusnet.org/templates/main/articlesdisplay.cfm?ID=246 http://www.rebeccadavisdance.com/story.html http://www.smallbusinessnotes.com/history/stories.html (has links to other stories) 4. Although by no means required, you are permitted to use props, costumes, puppets (!), and/or music. If you project any images onto the screen in the classroom, they must be pictures only – not text, as in PowerPoint. 5. Most students will likely read their stories. Some of you may have the gift of being able to simply tell the story without a script. Either way is fine. You are not required to hand anything in for the assignment.