Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Engineers

This book provides engineering faculty members and instructors with a base understanding of why the entrepreneurial mindset is important to engineering students and how it can be taught. It helps advance entrepreneurship education for all engineering stud

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Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Engineers

Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Engineers

Lisa Bosman Stephanie Fernhaber •

Teaching the Entrepreneurial Mindset to Engineers

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Lisa Bosman Milwaukee, WI USA

ISBN 978-3-319-61411-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-61412-0

Stephanie Fernhaber Indianapolis, IN USA

ISBN 978-3-319-61412-0

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the many people who assisted with this book, including everyone who provided support, offered feedback, assisted in the editing, and contributed exercises. We are especially appreciative to the following individuals: Dr. Casey Allen, Dr. Elise Barrella, Dr. Samuel Bechara, Dr. Cristi Bell-Huff, Dr. Anthony Bowman, Dr. Bethany Brinkman, Dr. Dennis Brylow, Dr. Keith Buffinton, Dr. Ken Christensen, Dr. Andrew Gerhart, Dr. Jay Goldberg, Dr. Jing Guo, Dr. David Jamison, Dr. Susana Lai-Yuen, Dr. Brooke Mayer, Dr. Patrick McNamara, Dr. Douglas Melton, Marta Moldvai, Heidi Morano, Dr. Hyunjae Park, Dr. Kurt Paterson, Dr. Kris Ropella, Dr. John Santiago, Dr. Robert Scheidt, Dr. Rudy Schlaf, Dr. Taly Schmidt, Dr. Michael Swartwout, Dr. Massoud S. Tavakoli, Dr. Nathan Weise, Karen Wilken, Dr. Julia M. Williams, and Dr. Jose L. Zayas-Castro.

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Contents

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Part I

What is the Entrepreneurial Mindset and Why is it so Importan