Entrepreneurs on Fire Business School Is Dead, Here's the Replacement with Felena Hanson
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Dec 30, 2025 Felena Hanson, founder of Hera Hub, is on a mission to empower women entrepreneurs through innovative shared workspaces. In this engaging conversation, she argues that business schools are outdated, emphasizing that grit trumps credentials in entrepreneurship. Felena critiques traditional curricula for focusing on outdated theories, and highlights the challenges faced by underrepresented founders. She encourages finding supportive entrepreneurial communities and gaining real-world experience instead of incurring student debt.
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Curriculum Serves The 1%, Not The Many
- Business school curricula focus on pitching for venture capital, which serves only about 1% of companies.
- Felena Hanson argues most entrepreneurs need practical skills, not pitch decks, especially as AI automates deck creation.
Teaching Lags Real-World Change
- Many professors lack recent, hands-on startup experience and teach outdated theory.
- Felena says case-study and archival approaches miss the minute-by-minute changes founders face today.
Choose Experience Over Expensive Degrees
- Skip expensive degrees for entrepreneurship and get real experience by working for startups.
- Felena suggests working for free if needed to avoid debt and learn what actually works.