Jeff Meade: Stop Training, Start Building The Future of Entrepreneurship Education | Entrepreneurship 101

Entrepreneurship 101 | Jeff Meade: Building Entrepreneurs, Not Just Businesses

What if the future of education wasn't about preparing students to find jobs, but empowering them to create opportunities?

Entrepreneurship 101, presented by Universal Podcast Network, welcomes Jeff Meade, Founding Director, entrepreneurship educator, education innovator, and advocate for venture-based learning, for a compelling conversation about transforming entrepreneurship education, developing future business leaders, and preparing students for an AI-driven economy.

With more than two decades of experience growing companies, advising businesses, and developing marketing strategies, Jeff brings a combination of entrepreneurial experience and educational innovation to his work.

His professional journey includes scaling agencies to multimillion-dollar revenues and developing nationally recognized marketing programs. His work has also been associated with publications including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur.

Today, Jeff is helping advance a different approach to entrepreneurship education at Paul Quinn College, where the guiding philosophy is "Every Quinnite Is an Entrepreneur."

Rather than treating entrepreneurship as simply another academic subject, Jeff advocates for creating opportunities where students learn by developing, launching, and managing real ventures.

What happens when education moves beyond lectures, assignments, and examinations and begins emphasizing real ownership, measurable outcomes, and practical experience?

In This Episode, Explore:

From Business Builder to Entrepreneurial Educator: How Jeff's career in business influenced his approach to developing future entrepreneurs.

Every Quinnite Is an Entrepreneur: The vision behind embedding entrepreneurship into the student experience at Paul Quinn College.

Venture-Based Learning: How creating real businesses can help students develop problem-solving, leadership, and decision-making skills.