How to prove to be Entrepreneurial? Certificates are not sufficient?! : Presented at the 2nd European Entrepreneurship Education conference, Turku, Finland

Normal educational programs do have an exam at the end, where a certificate or diploma can be obtained. All students get the same document, however not all students are equal. Enterprising and entrepreneurial students typically have low scores on tests, but do have experienced a lot of valuable things instead. These ‘things’ are not listed on certificates. From here, the next questions arise: 1.    To what extend there is a need to distinguish more on out-put quality? 2.    What aspects can be rated / expressed to show employers / investors what a student really distinguishes and can contribute? 3.    What would be an appropriate way to present these improvements of applicability?   Looked from the employers or investors point of view, some possible solutions emerges. It is not that means are wanted for a given goal, from the stocktaking of one’s means, many goals can be chosen. As a result, an App-store can be created, where Applicable Approvals are ranked on their value for employers or investors. Although this possible answer to the questions; do they apply in other situations / regions as well? Are there better ways to show ones real talents and possibilities? Especially for entrepreneurial students, this article gives some guidelines to them to show to potential investors, stakeholders or employers, who they really are, what they really can and who they really know. This gives them more advantages than just a diploma or certificate. Within the science of entrepreneurship education, the main focus is on the education process itself, or before the start of that process. What will happen after the education process, after a certificate or diploma is achieved, is not often touched. This paper enters this field from the perspective of lectures, trying to help entrepreneurial students, with often low marks, at their start of professional live.