Looking for a new Intro to Entrepreneurship syllabus template?
We’ve developed a modern sample syllabus for your intro course!
New Intro to Entrepreneurship Syllabus Template
This revamped course covers all essential topics with a fresh and modern take. Get 30+ engaging, interactive lesson plans!
We’ve made sure to include:
- Idea/Problem generation
- Business Modeling
- Financial Modeling
- MVPs
- Pitching
- And more!
What’s New in this Intro to Entrepreneurship Syllabus Template
We’ve handpicked the most popular exercises from TeachingEntrepreneurship.org and our favorite topics from the Experiential Entrepreneurship Curriculum!
Our new Intro to Entrepreneurship syllabus template features:
1. Thriving in the AI Era
A companion lesson focused on the founder, not the venture: how to use AI sustainably across the course (and beyond) so it builds skills instead of quietly replacing them.
In about 30 minutes your students will work through the AI vs. Human Intelligence framework with:
- A discussion on when to use AI and when to use HI,
- A game that challenges them to apply the framework to real scenarios, and
- A live exploration of job market data that shows them where opportunities are shifting.
2. Personal Financial Projections
Students build a first-pass financial projection for their own life before modeling a full venture, including startup costs, revenue timing, and personal runway.
It’s a grounded, low-stakes way to build financial modeling instincts.
By the end of this lesson students will have:
- A concrete personal cash flow statement tied to their own goals
- A clear mental model of revenue, expenses, and profit that transfers directly to business finance
- A genuine surprise about the power of saving and compounding — the kind of surprise that changes behavior
- Confidence that finance is something they can understand and use
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3. AI Co-Founder
Students learn to treat AI as a thinking partner by stress-testing ideas and speeding up early decisions, without letting it do the thinking for them.
By the end of the week, every student will have:
- Built and published a live app
- Used it in their real life
- Gathered feedback from a real user
- Iterated based on actual experience
- Reflected on how AI fits into their future career
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Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
The new syllabus above is a great entrepreneurship outline, but if you want 30+ engaging, interactive lesson plans, slide decks, rubrics, LMS integration, and everything else you need to create an engaging class, check out the Experiential Entrepreneurship Curriculum (ExEC):
You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. ExEC is updated every year to ensure you’re teaching modern entrepreneurial skills in an engaging way.
