Entrepreneurship has found its way on to many higher-education campuses as they work to inspire their students and prepare them to thrive in today’s economic environment. In fact an organization dedicated to education and entrepreneurship, The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, launched a program, the Kauffman Campuses Initiative (KCI), to encourage new, interdisciplinary entrepreneurship education programs throughout American colleges and universities. And while not everyone defines entrepreneurship in the exact same way, it does beg the question as to if entrepreneurship must be in one’s DNA or if it can in fact be taught. Here to share his thoughts and expertise on this question and many more when it comes to academia and entrepreneurship is the Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship at Miami University, Brett Smith. Miami University has a long history with entrepreneurship and continues to be one of the leading undergraduate entrepreneurship programs in the U.S