ENTREPRENEURSHIP CURRICULUM

A ONE OF A KIND EXPERIENCE

The eleven courses in AFEE’s curriculum cover all aspects of entrepreneurship. These case courses teach students how to listen, analyze, make decisions and persuade others. In the process of learning to think and lead, they learn the tools and skills “master” entrepreneurs use to make tough decisions.

The entire curriculum is fully implemented at the Acton School of Business, which is recognized as one of the most innovative business schools in the country by BusinessWeek and Forbes. For the fifth year in a row, the Princeton Review ranked Acton MBA's students as the “Most Competitive” in the country and rated Acton’s professors among the top three business faculty in the nation.

These courses may be licensed by teachers of entrepreneurship who complete the AFEE teacher training process. The license fee is currently $1 per year (see license contract for more details).

Types of AFEE Courses

Integrative Courses

Our Integrative Courses put students in the shoes of real entrepreneurs, standing between Sales and Operations and making the difficult decisions, trade-offs and incremental investments needed to serve customers and make both short- and long-term profits.

• The Entrepreneurial Journey
• Opportunity Analysis
• Gathering Resources and Launch
• Growth
• Harvest

Tools Courses

Our Tools Courses teach students the tools, skills, frameworks and processes that are required for entrepreneurs to build larger businesses.

• Customers
• Operations and Costs
• Cash and Valuation
• Raising Money
• People Management

Life of Meaning

A life in business can be truly gratifying – but only if it is part of something larger than oneself.

Each course consists of:

• Assignment sheets with the required cases, supporting materials, and relevant class discussion questions.
• Course introduction.
• Course framework to help you structure your course.
• Note to teachers for each individual case.
• Access to the Master Teacher Files, our online case preparation database.
• Consultations with an AFEE Master Teacher, as needed.

While each course is carefully constructed to maximize student learning, as case-based courses they are easy to modify for your particular teaching situation – e.g., you have fewer classes and need to reduce the course length, you are in an informal coaching situation and want to focus on a particular set of issues within a course, or there are particular cases that you want to swap out for others that may be more relevant.

Note: AFEE uses copyrighted cases and supporting materials from Harvard Business School and Harvard Business Review. These materials will not be provided by AFEE but must be purchased separately directly from Harvard.