This practicum allows Tuck students to deeply understand the intersection of diversity, entrepreneurship, and company growth. This practicum partners with Tuck’s Executive Education’s 40-year-old program for advancing entrepreneurs from a wide variety of backgrounds. Students will: 1. Be matched with an entrepreneur from Exec. Ed. to work on a discrete business challenge or opportunity. 2. Participate in weekly class discussions with the following objectives: To engage in conversation around the assigned readings with the following learning goals: To understand the complexity, complications, and hurdles specific to small business owners and underrepresented entrepreneurs. To learn about the levers that can be pulled to address the aforementioned. To understand how said levers can be applied for action-based outcomes with tangible impact. To apply the learnings from the readings and class discussions to the matched entrepreneurs and articulate recommendations to address their business challenge/opportunity. To build understanding and empathy for people with different backgrounds, needs, experiences, and approaches, particularly as they relate to conducting business.