The Eship Center is excited to announce the opening of our Spring 2021 Entrepreneurs Lab (Elab) course to undergraduate and graduate students across campus! Below you will find more details on the course, an application link, and a flyer attached to share with your students.

About the course: Entrepreneurs Lab (Elab) is taught by Professor Ted Zoller and will convene virtually from 3:30 pm – 6:20 pm, every Tuesday, from January 26 until April 27, 2021. Entrepreneurs Lab is an advanced seminar (3 credits) designed as a capstone leadership course to prepare undergrad and graduate students alike with the insights to become a successful founder, funder, or intrapreneur. Check out the full syllabus here: go.unc.edu/ElabSyllabus

Specifically, this course provides real-life lessons in making the transition to entrepreneurship, including helping students:

·         Explore the critical issues associated with the entrepreneurial career and the lessons of success and failure to reinforce a high-performance entrepreneurial mindset

·         Examine the unique brand of entrepreneurial leadership at all phases of new and growing ventures

·         Build a personalized journey map for their career

Confirmed speakers for this year include thought leaders and Carolina’s best alumni entrepreneurs.

Thought Leaders:

·         Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital and author of “It’s About Damn Time”

·         Brad Feld co-founder of Techstars and the Foundry Group and author of “The Startup Community Way”

·         Carl Schramm, author of “Burn the Business Plan”

·         Amy Nelson, CEO of Venture for America

·         Keller Fitzsimmons, author of “Lost in Startuplandia”

UNC Alums:

·         Alec Guettel, CFO of Knowable

·         Allen Mask, Past Chief of Staff at Sonos, Manager of Airbnb Experiences

·         Camille McGirt, founder of Healthy Girls Save the World

·         Erik Severinghaus, successful entrepreneur, angel investor, and author of “Scale Your Everest”

Many other speakers are shown in the syllabus: go.unc.edu/ElabSyllabus

Applications Process: Please submit an application at go.unc.edu/Elab by December 10th. You will be notified of acceptance by December 21^st. If you submit after December 10^th, there will be rolling admissions up to the first week of January. Go ahead and apply today!

Questions? Please reach out to Dimple Mahadeshwar, dimplejm@live.unc.edu, or Stephanie Chak, Stephanie_Chak@kenan-flagler.unc.edu