We live our values: A note from CEI’s Executive Director
At Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, we talk a lot about deploying an entrepreneurial mindset to make a positive and lasting impact on the world around us. But what I’m most proud of is that this is not just something we talk about and try to teach our students, it’s also a skill and mindset […]
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When learning from the process is the perfection we need
Written by Madeline Kardos MBA ’22 I’m a hands-on learner. Always have been. Always will be. So, imagine my delight when I joined the New Ventures Development course offered by Duke’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Here was a class that would take the theories I was learning in Fuqua’s Daytime MBA program and directly […]
Read Post How lessons from entrepreneurship can help us become lifelong learners
Written by Ipek Hizar As a psychologist by training, I`ve been studying the human mind and behavior for the pastyears. Based on multiple papers I have been reading, I am aware of the negative effects ofambiguity and uncertainty on human psychology. Too much ambiguity is linked to stress andleads to discomfort and there seems to […]
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For the past few years, I have had a mental health startup idea I wanted to pursue, but I needed direction on where to begin (like many other first-time founders). I spent much of my time sketching extensive workflows on paper to map out how this tech-forward, service-based venture I had in mind could work. […]
Read Post The Fuqua Community is the Entrepreneur’s greatest resource
I came into Fuqua having already started a few companies, some of which were successful. I knew I had more to learn, hence the MBA, but what I hadn’t anticipated was just how much I would learn from my fellow classmates. When you’re building a business, there’s a tendency to put your head down and […]
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