Ateş Erol
Lecturer · Business Education

The only price for knowledge should be the effort to obtain it.

This website is designed as a teaching archive, course guide, and intellectual space for business education. It brings together my teaching ethos, course structures, academic presentations, student projects, and reflections on education, business, entrepreneurship, and academic life.

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Curiosity and systems

They ask how things connect, what drives outcomes and where models break down. Curiosity is teachable when it is modeled and rewarded, not merely mentioned.

Teaching Ethos

Tough but Fair

My aim is to make knowledge accessible without making it effortless. Education should not be artificially restricted, but neither should it be reduced to passive consumption. Students should be expected to work, question, apply, and produce.

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Tough but FairIdeas · Pressure · Impact

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Research, projects and events all in one place.

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Latest Reflection

Why Most Business Plans Miss the Point

A polished document can still avoid the difficult questions.

A business plan can be polished, complete and still avoid the difficult part: testing whether the assumptions beneath it deserve to be believed. This reflection looks at the difference between filling a template and making an argument.

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