Here you will find everything about research and education with regard to entrepreneurship. Do you specifically want to know more about starting a business, please visit the page Entrepreneurship on VU Campus.
VU Center for Entrepreneurship
VU Center for Entrepreneurship
The VU Center for Entrepreneurship has developed a plethora of entrepreneurship activities focused on education, research and impact. Innovation and sustainability are key elements in this regard. In this way, the VU Center for Entrepreneurship delivers a major contribution to the development of entrepreneurship within the VU, the Amsterdam ecosystem and beyond.
The two pillars
Entrepreneurship Education
Entrepreneurship Education typically balances between teaching for entrepreneurship and teaching about entrepreneurship. The aim of teaching for entrepreneurship is to make students better entrepreneurs. The aim of teaching about entrepreneurship is to make students experts in the field of entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship Research
Entrepreneurship research basically aims to explain the success and failure of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial firms. These explanations may come from the entrepreneur him/herself and/or from his/ her business environment.
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