What happens when universities move beyond teaching entrepreneurship and start shaping it?

This week we sat down with Yerrie Kim, who holds degrees from Harvard and MIT and has worked across finance, consulting, and venture building, before recently taking on the role of Executive Director at the Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship.

At CSE, the ambition is not to replicate a VC fund or accelerator. Instead, it operates at the intersection of research, education and entrepreneurship; supporting founders while staying grounded in academic thinking and long-term impact.

In this conversation, we explore what that actually looks like in practice, and where universities can play a more meaningful role in building companies and ecosystems.

We talk about:

What differentiates university entrepreneurship from VC and accelerators

The role of research in shaping entrepreneurial thinking

Why US universities continue to outperform in producing top innovators

Whether business schools risk losing relevance in the age of AI and deep tech

How to prepare founders for increasingly competitive venture environments

Europe’s ambition to strengthen its innovation ecosystem

Making entrepreneurship accessible beyond the “already entrepreneurial”

Many thanks to Yerrie for the thoughtful and forward-looking conversation.

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