Only 1/3 of “Entrepreneurship Professors” Ever Started Companies
23rd March 2016
I knew the whole concept of an entrepreneurship degree was flawed (because you get a degree to get hired by an employer – the antithesis of entrepreneurship). And I also knew most professors are scam artists who could never work it in the real world, and thus sell worthless, overpriced pieces of paper to naive millennials. But there was also a piece of me who theorized there MUST be some old timer who retired, made their millions, and just wanted to share their experience to help young, budding entrepreneurs.
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The truth is 66% of the “entrepreneurship professors'” resumes I searched had NO experience in being entrepreneurs. The vast majority of them, like all their professor brethren, were the epitome of “those who can’t do, teach.” Merely bystanders, spectators, studiers-of, and observers of real entrepreneurs in the real world making real change. Simply the marching band who lacked the talent, skill, and work ethic required to make it on the football team.