Bobby Housel: University Programs Cannot Build True Student Entrepreneur Communities
Bobby Housel · University of Michigan Students Pitch Us Their Startups | $5000 Prize Money (#396) · Dec 16, 2022 · at 41:11
Student organizer Bobby Housel argues to podcast hosts Sean Puri and Sam Parr that institutional university entrepreneurship programs fail to replicate organic founder cultures.
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“This does not exist at other schools, and the schools that, like, pretend like they have these crazy entrepreneurship programs, like, no hate on Michigan entrepreneurship, like, there are some upside, but, like, they can't build this, right?”
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