Embracing an entrepreneurial culture on campus

By Tom Corr. In Finland, they have the Start-up Sauna, where meetings are called “warm ups” and start-up accelerators “go full steam ahead.” Japan’s Samurai Incubate Inc. has established Start-up Island where an infusion of samurai spirit drives entrepreneurism. In China, the scale of activity is astonishing. One investor group alone talks of opening a thousand new start-up incubators over two years. Even in isolated North Korea, aspiring entrepreneurs attend state-sanctioned start-up programs. More...