Reflecting on the Fulbright-backed Entrepreneurship Workshop with Prof. Danny Warshay
From 7–15 January, The British College hosted a Fulbright-backed Entrepreneurship Workshop led by Prof. Danny Warshay of Brown University, an experience that redefined how entrepreneurship education can be taught, experienced, and reimagined in Nepal.
Grounded in the See, Solve, Scale framework and enriched with Harvard Business School cases, the workshop moved beyond traditional business planning to focus on mindset, problem identification, and real-world application. Participants explored powerful concepts such as Ikigai, future-thinking landscapes, Systematic Inventive Thinking, mental fixedness, and the dynamics of scarcity and abundance - tools that reshaped how they view entrepreneurial journeys and failure.
What made the workshop truly distinctive was its engaging pedagogy and inclusive learning environment. It felt less like a classroom and more like a shared learning space, one where diverse participants openly exchanged ideas, questioned assumptions, and reflected deeply on their own approaches to entrepreneurship and teaching.
For many, the opportunity to learn directly from a Brown University professor in Nepal was both inspiring and affirming. Compared to existing entrepreneurship programs in the country, this workshop stood out for its international orientation, practical relevance, and rich academic resources.
From an institutional and educator’s perspective, the workshop also sparked critical conversations: How should entrepreneurship be taught in Nepal? Are we nurturing entrepreneurial mindsets or simply delivering content? And how can institutions better support teachers to grow as entrepreneurship educators? The sessions reinforced the importance of experiential and reflective pedagogy. Through cases, frameworks, and guided discussions, teachers experienced firsthand how learning environments can be designed to encourage exploration, questioning, and peer learning. For many participants, this raised an important realization: effective entrepreneurship education does not require more content, but better-designed learning experiences that allow students to see possibilities, experiment with ideas, and learn from uncertainty and failure.
This workshop was not just a learning event, it was the beginning of a broader dialogue on strengthening entrepreneurship education through global collaboration, reflective practice, and purposeful pedagogy.
Participant Testimonials
Suyasha Singh
Prof Dany truly took all the participants on a rollercoaster ride of entrepreneurial understanding, with lots of head scratching, awestruck moments, especially, after what he called as the 'marination' happened. After realising that as a budding entrepreneur, I had actually started with falling in love with my 'solution', I thoroughly enjoyed Professor's process of see-ing, un-see-ing, and re-see-ing the 'problem'. The workshop was truly a blessing in disguise.
Krishna Maharjan
The workshop on entrepreneurship by Prof. Danny Warsay was an insightful moment for me. See, Solve and Scale Principle of Entrepreneurship helped me to see the problems, how to solve them with innovation, and scale the business ethically. Making profit may be the major objective of the business; however, ethical and socially responsible is equally important in doing so. IKIGAAI way of looking at life helped me look upon myself. The workshop teaches me the course on entrepreneurship and adds value to activities I do in life through the lens of IKIGAAI. Purpose Driven with Passion on Life helps us to reach higher with audacity. The workshop by Prof. Danny was very engaging as well as learning by interacting with each other. The first day of class, interacting with five different people was an interesting part of the class. Moreover, case study analysis was very insightful as well.
Amrit Bista
Grateful to Prof. Danny Warsay from Brown University for visiting Nepal and delivering such an insightful and inspiring entrepreneurship workshop Your case-based approach, global perspective, and practical insights truly empowered participants to think boldly, innovate responsibly, and turn ideas into impact. Thank you for sharing your time, knowledge, and experience—this learning will go a long way in strengthening Nepal’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
