Entrepreneurship Minor - Florida Gulf Coast University

Ryan Smith ('18) minored in entrepreneurship so that he could learn how to start his own company in the future. With the knowledge that he gained in his entrepreneurship classes, Ryan was able to launch a successful company called Rolling Fort Media before graduating.

The goal for any student receiving the Entrepreneurship Minor at FGCU is to experience the core entrepreneurship courses that make up our standalone B.A. in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship major. Minor students practice all of the same skills as our major students while having the ability to receive industry specific training from their major of choice.

Upon graduating with the Entrepreneurship Minor, students have multiple opportunities. Many of our classes encourage students to develop new businesses and work on them in our classes. This means that a student might have a business idea based on the ideas they are learning about in their major, start that business in one of our Entrepreneurship Minor classes, and create their own job in their own business when they graduate. Or, students graduating with the Entrepreneurship Minor could graduate and very quickly stand out with businesses looking to hire prospective employees that have experience with important problem-solving and business growth skills that are taught in the minor program. These are resume building skills that the experiential and project-based nature of our classes allows for students to practice and be confident with when they sit down to interview with prospective employers.