Entrepreneur education at tipping point

Universities realize EE could be viable business, target students and investors

Xu Zhong is with Tsinghua University but his work is radically different from that of his colleagues (who are mainly into lectures and research). As the general manager and shareholder of the China Institute of Entrepreneurship, which is part of Tsinghua University, Xu travels, gives speeches, makes sales pitches and sews up financing deals.

Or, when not doing any of that, he trains aspiring entrepreneurs on how to do all of that.