A brief summary of a presentation delivered at the Stanford Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education, Asia, 2008. The presentation looks at the success of student-run entrepreneurship education through student socities such as SIFE, FEWS and ASES.

1. Entrepreneurship Education through Student-Run Events Mark Tayar, Macquarie University

2. The Goal Develop a student-run student-led global gathering of entrepreneurial students

3. The Team Average age: 20 Committed but Overcommitted Under-resourced and Unpaid Inexperienced but Energetic

4. The Results

5. 5 Methods -Academic Lectures -Peer-to-Peer learning -Innovation Workshops (FEWSion) -Speeches from EO members

6. 6 Academic Lectures From our delegate surveys: -Interesting but impractical -Fail to offer step-by-step advice Delegates’ Verdict: Necessary but not sufficient

7. 7 P2P Learning From our delegate surveys: -Helps practice networking -Peers encourage and energise Delegates’ Verdict: Essential to becoming an entrepreneur

8. 8 “FEWSion” Delegates’ Verdict: Good process but too constrained

9. 9 Speeches from EO From our delegate surveys: -The younger the better -Gender mix is very important Delegates’ Verdict: More effective than every other activity

10. 10 Sustaining Events -Your support is essential -Advice -Funding -Encouragement -ASES has held international events for 10 years

11. 11 Empower your Students Find the “keen-beans” Coach these students in project management Get an ASES chapter Suggest an event to run Support and sustain $$$ + Time + a ‘BAB’

12. More Information? Mark Tayar mark@hiremarks.com www.hiremarks.com