{"id":1806,"date":"2016-12-20T10:38:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news-new\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2021-11-15T12:46:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T17:46:57","slug":"jon-carr-joins-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/2016\/12\/20\/jon-carr-joins-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Carr Joins Poole College’s Entrepreneurship Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jon Carr, Ph.D., joined the NC State Poole College of Management<\/a> in August 2016 as the college\u2019s first Jenkins Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Entrepreneurship Initiative Garage on NC State\u2019s Centennial Campus has been his first-semester classroom, where he has been teaching the college\u2019s undergraduate new venture planning course in the entrepreneurship concentration. The position is aligned with his evolving interests in research and teaching in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was particularly impressed with the activities of the NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic and HQ Raleigh, as well as the opportunity to collaborate with other faculty in the Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship,\u201d Carr said when asked what drew him to Poole College.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve always taken the approach that teaching entrepreneurship is a \u2018doing\u2019 course. Yes, it\u2019s important to understand content as it relates to entrepreneurship, but the most important thing that students can gain from courses in entrepreneurship is an exposure to the on-the-ground challenges that entrepreneurs oftentimes face as they try to launch their companies.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Entrepreneurship was still a relatively young discipline when he had begun his doctoral studies, he said. Carr received his doctorate in management, but he had experience early in his career working with entrepreneurial businesses and technology start-ups. Based on that experience, he was asked to support the development of curriculum and to teach classes in entrepreneurship during his eight years at Texas Christian University, where he was on the Neeley School of Business faculty prior to joining Poole College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His specific research interests include micro-topics such as psychology and cognition as they relate to the new venture launch process, including business models and business model innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese are particularly important for new companies because through their engagement with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders, they oftentimes have to change how they offer their products and services, and as a result, they have to change how they do business,\u201d Carr said. In a new venture, \u201cif they don\u2019t get their business model in place and become able to successfully execute their business plan, they can fail to launch and succeed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carr also is interested in how these micro-topics impact family businesses, including family support, social support and the interface between the roles of the family business owner and the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entrepreneurship: A \u2018Doing\u2019 Course<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In the classroom, Carr said, \u201cI\u2019ve always taken the approach that teaching entrepreneurship is a \u2018doing\u2019 course. Yes, it\u2019s important to understand content as it relates to entrepreneurship, but the most important thing that students can gain from courses in entrepreneurship is an exposure to the on-the-ground challenges that entrepreneurs oftentimes face as they try to launch their companies. So I spend a lot of time working with students individually and in groups on how they can craft an opportunity and develop a business model to help them ultimately launch their company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Yes, it\u2019s important to understand content as it relates to entrepreneurship, but the most important thing that students can gain from courses in entrepreneurship is an exposure to the on-the-ground challenges that entrepreneurs oftentimes face as they try to launch their companies.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt NC State, our commitment to the Entrepreneurship Clinic and our relationships within the broader community allows us to be wonderfully positioned to have students understand both the experience associated with launching a company, as well as support them as they build their skills to support that goal,\u201d Carr said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The E-Clinic, where students work as clinicians with entrepreneurs on projects to help them launch their companies, also is opening doors to new research for Carr and other faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the great benefits of the E-Clinic model is the ability to engage entrepreneurs in longitudinal data collections related to their attitudes, beliefs and activities associated with their nascent firms,\u201d Carr said. \u201cAs a result, we are conducting cutting edge longitudinal research associated with new venture launches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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As a result, we are conducting cutting edge longitudinal research associated with new venture launches.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Collaborators on that research include Poole College professors Lewis Sheats, Jeff Pollack and NC State doctoral candidate Tim Michaelis. One of their papers currently being developed relates to \u201chow an entrepreneur\u2019s self-confidence regarding entrepreneurial activity changes over time, and how that change is related to their entrepreneurial persistence; basically, their ability to hang in there as they pursue their business launch,\u201d Carr said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The E-Clinic setting enables Carr and his fellow researchers to capture data related to this research over time. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the many research-related opportunities that the clinical model gives us,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the mechanism by which questions like this can be asked and answered.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n

Jon Carr, Ph.D., joined the NC State Poole College of Management<\/a> in August 2016 as the college\u2019s first Jenkins Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Entrepreneurship Initiative Garage on NC State\u2019s Centennial Campus has been his first-semester classroom, where he has been teaching the college\u2019s undergraduate new venture planning course in the entrepreneurship concentration. The position is aligned with his evolving interests in research and teaching in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was particularly impressed with the activities of the NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic and HQ Raleigh, as well as the opportunity to collaborate with other faculty in the Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship,\u201d Carr said when asked what drew him to Poole College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve always taken the approach that teaching entrepreneurship is a \u2018doing\u2019 course. Yes, it\u2019s important to understand content as it relates to entrepreneurship, but the most important thing that students can gain from courses in entrepreneurship is an exposure to the on-the-ground challenges that entrepreneurs oftentimes face as they try to launch their companies.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Entrepreneurship was still a relatively young discipline when he had begun his doctoral studies, he said. Carr received his doctorate in management, but he had experience early in his career working with entrepreneurial businesses and technology start-ups. Based on that experience, he was asked to support the development of curriculum and to teach classes in entrepreneurship during his eight years at Texas Christian University, where he was on the Neeley School of Business faculty prior to joining Poole College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His specific research interests include micro-topics such as psychology and cognition as they relate to the new venture launch process, including business models and business model innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese are particularly important for new companies because through their engagement with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders, they oftentimes have to change how they offer their products and services, and as a result, they have to change how they do business,\u201d Carr said. In a new venture, \u201cif they don\u2019t get their business model in place and become able to successfully execute their business plan, they can fail to launch and succeed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carr also is interested in how these micro-topics impact family businesses, including family support, social support and the interface between the roles of the family business owner and the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entrepreneurship: A \u2018Doing\u2019 Course<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In the classroom, Carr said, \u201cI\u2019ve always taken the approach that teaching entrepreneurship is a \u2018doing\u2019 course. Yes, it\u2019s important to understand content as it relates to entrepreneurship, but the most important thing that students can gain from courses in entrepreneurship is an exposure to the on-the-ground challenges that entrepreneurs oftentimes face as they try to launch their companies. So I spend a lot of time working with students individually and in groups on how they can craft an opportunity and develop a business model to help them ultimately launch their company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it\u2019s important to understand content as it relates to entrepreneurship, but the most important thing that students can gain from courses in entrepreneurship is an exposure to the on-the-ground challenges that entrepreneurs oftentimes face as they try to launch their companies.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt NC State, our commitment to the Entrepreneurship Clinic and our relationships within the broader community allows us to be wonderfully positioned to have students understand both the experience associated with launching a company, as well as support them as they build their skills to support that goal,\u201d Carr said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The E-Clinic, where students work as clinicians with entrepreneurs on projects to help them launch their companies, also is opening doors to new research for Carr and other faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the great benefits of the E-Clinic model is the ability to engage entrepreneurs in longitudinal data collections related to their attitudes, beliefs and activities associated with their nascent firms,\u201d Carr said. \u201cAs a result, we are conducting cutting edge longitudinal research associated with new venture launches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, we are conducting cutting edge longitudinal research associated with new venture launches.<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Collaborators on that research include Poole College professors Lewis Sheats, Jeff Pollack and NC State doctoral candidate Tim Michaelis. One of their papers currently being developed relates to \u201chow an entrepreneur\u2019s self-confidence regarding entrepreneurial activity changes over time, and how that change is related to their entrepreneurial persistence; basically, their ability to hang in there as they pursue their business launch,\u201d Carr said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The E-Clinic setting enables Carr and his fellow researchers to capture data related to this research over time. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the many research-related opportunities that the clinical model gives us,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the mechanism by which questions like this can be asked and answered.\u201d<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jon Carr takes “doing” teaching approach in his courses. He believes the most important skills students can learn are exposure to on-the-ground challenges that entrepreneurs often face.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false,\"caption\":\"Jon Carr teaches through both a course and one-on-one conversations at the EI Garage on Centennial Campus\",\"displayCategoryID\":28}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,3],"tags":[164,42,316,317],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-and-staff","category-mie","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-faculty","tag-jon-carr","tag-teaching-entrepreneurship"],"displayCategory":{"term_id":28,"name":"Faculty and Staff","slug":"faculty-and-staff","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":28,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Get to know our Poole Pack, the dedicated faculty and staff who drive our community forward. Explore their recent achievements, professional milestones and the work shaping our college.","parent":1811,"count":530,"filter":"raw"},"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20531,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions\/20531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"_ncst_magazine_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poole.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_ncst_magazine_issue?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}