Faculty and staff from across Penn State came together Aug. 15-16 at University Park in support of entrepreneurship teaching and learning at the fifth annual ENTI Summer Gathering. ENTI, launched is 2013, is Penn State’s Intercollege Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Andrew Muirhead, Lufthansa Technik vice president, Product Division Original Equipment Innovation, describes how the airline group has adapted Lean Startup methodology to run a successful entrepreneurship program at the company–even developing products marketed to the airline's competitors. He was the keynote speaker at the summer meeting of Penn State faculty who teach the ENTI entrepreneurship minor.
Japan has a unique overall history and culture, epitomized by cultural sites in Hakata, Nagasaki, and Tokyo that will be visited. In addition, the class will visit international organizations in Fukuoka and Tokyo, some of which have a predominantly Japanese culture and some of which have a predominantly Western culture.