It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the website and to the work of ECSB. Through your interaction with us, I am confident that you will quickly recognise the wonderful history of the organisation and the great legacy that has been passed on to us by some of the greatest minds in the field of entrepreneurship education and research.

The Board of ECSB has been working arduously to increase the benefits that you receive as a Member of ECSB. While the RENT Conference continues to be our flagship event, we also host smaller, more localised events across Europe that make cutting edge-research and discussion more closely available to our network. Additionally, we continually update the content of our website so that it is both timely and appropriate to the career needs of our Members and we keep people informed of updated news and events through our quarterly newsletters. More recently we have been using new media channels highly effectively through our popular Webinar Series and our pages on Linked In, Facebook and Twitter.

Because ECSB is a voluntary organisation, we are very much dependent upon the efforts of our Board, our Country Vice-Presidents and our members to make things happen. You will note from other areas of the website that each Board Member has a specific area of responsibility, while each country has a Vice-President who is tasked with leading the work of ECSB locally. But we also need you to help us, either by suggesting ideas or proposals that would improve the operations of ECSB or by getting actively involved and organising an event which has ECSB branding. Please feel free to contact me directly if you believe that I or ECSB can assist you in any such initiatives.

Given that the world is experiencing challenging economic times, it is my belief that entrepreneurship educators and researchers must stand up and be counted amongst those who are willing to lead us into better days. In many different ways, entrepreneurship educators and researchers are well-placed to support the renewal of economies across Europe and through our experience and expertise we can help rebuild and reshape tomorrow’s exciting new world. I would ask you to proactively join us in our work so that all of us can benefit.

Yours sincerely,
Luca Iandoli
President of ECSB