The Entrepreneurial Network (msuENET) was established in 2010 to teach entrepreneurship education, to help entrepreneurs turn their ideas into successful enterprises, and to connect all individuals and groups that have an interest in entrepreneurship together to achieve the msuENET's central goal of creating an entrepreneurial society. As part of its programming, the msuENET created a certificate program in entrepreneurship (ANR491) to disseminate entrepreneurial education. This study provides an analysis of the impact of this certificate program on students' entrepreneurial knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as evaluating the performance of msuENET up to this point of its limited life. The results were drawn from a survey of 25 students that enrolled in the entrepreneurship certificate program offered during the spring semester of 2012. Survey data was collected via a web questionnaire.One of the significant conclusions of this study is that msuENET's performance was significant. The entrepreneurship program had a positive impact on students' knowledge, skills and abilities. The majority of the program's students reported that they would start new businesses within the next 5 years. Finally, students were generally satisfied with the course and the instructors' performance.
Read
