Teaching entrepreneurial finance: Reconsidering Morris and Liguori in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

ABSTRACT Three areas on which to focus when professors teach entrepreneurship are business basics, entrepreneurship basics, and entrepreneurial mindset/competencies. We present how entrepreneurial finance professors can relate the COVID-19 pandemic to these three areas in their online courses. We select only the points with direct implications to the finance discipline and use relevant examples to illustrate how entrepreneurial finance professors can increase student understanding during the pandemic, and its immediate aftermath. We believe this will make online learning more effective and enhance student learning experiences compared to a conventional textbook-based discussion course that is delivered online.