Peer Review

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders

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Reviewed:: Mar 30, 2015 by Business

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Overview:: This is an active website for podcasts on Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders. This is a collection that began in 2005 and is updated on a regular basis. As of the date of this review, there were 234 separate podcasts available as free downloads in the iTunes Store. Each podcast is approximately one hour, the average range is between 50 minutes and 70 minutes long. There are many different speakers who have started businesses. Each discusses what it takes to have your own business venture and covers many different types of businesses.
Type of Material:: Collection of podcasts
Recommended Uses:: - Could be used as homework assignment - Could discuss in small groups - For online class could be discussion forum on each one.
Technical Requirements:: Internet Explorer version 11, Chrome and Firefox version 36 were used to view this website. To download and use the podcasts, a subscription to the iTunes Store and the related media player would be required. May need Shockwave.
Identify Major Learning Goals:: - Students will understand what it takes to create and maintain their own business venture. - Students will learn about what goes on in a business venture for many different types of companies. - Students will understand the challenges of entrepreneurship.
Target Student Population:: University level business majors
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: Students should complete a basic business class, and have completed an entrepreneurship class. They should have an understanding of entrepreneurship, or be enrolled in an entrepreneurship class.

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Strengths:: - There are some great podcasts from CEOs, Professors, Co-Founders, Presidents, etc that discuss what it takes to maintain a business such as passion, creativity, patience, the importance of customers, ways of balancing work and life. - The podcasts discuss many different types of businesses such as electronics to biopharmaceutical industries. - These are all free as long as the user will download the iTunes application. - Can be used on a computer, a tablet or a smart phone.
Concerns:: - There are a lot of podcasts on many different topics. If this is used in a classroom setting it would be important to have a clear list of the titles or date of the podcast in order to not have to scroll through podcasts that date back to 2005 - This may also not be the most effective way for some students to learn. The podcasts are slightly dry and could see an issue with students "zoning" out due to the length of some of them

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:: - Tremendous variety of topics. - The length of the interviews is 45 minutes to 60 minutes - Well known and high-level experts are interviewed.
Concerns:: - Because the podcasts are dry the use in a classroom may cause students to lose focus

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Strengths:: - Clicking and listening to the different podcasts is relatively simple as long as you have Itunes on your computer. - Podcasts loaded up easiy
Concerns:: - Would only be difficult to use if you are trying to listen to a podcast on a certain topic due to large number that are available.

Other Issues and Comments:: Could be very interesting to those who are looking to own their own company as well as those who enjoy learning about business in general such as College of Business/Management/Marketing students
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