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October 30, 2007

Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs: An Oxymoron?

Is the whole idea of "Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs" an oxymoron? I got to thinking about the preceding in scanning Fortune Small Business's new list of the best said colleges. While the number of such programs is up 10-fold over the last 20 years -- which is an admittedly an educational entrepreneurial achievement -- they still seem somewhat suspect to me.

Two points:

1. No successful entrepreneurs I know took programs in entrepreneurship; they were too busy learning from and being entrepreneurs.
2. It is a little strange that the programs are so heavily concentrated on the east coast. Granted, there are more colleges on the east coast, but shouldn't more of the best entrepreneur-centric colleges be where more of the young, college-ready entrepreneurs are?

I'm happily convinced otherwise, but let's just say I'm suspicious and need better data.

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