Ja Rule completes Harvard Business School course in entrepreneurship
‘I ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer buuuuut...’
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Your support makes all the difference.Ja Rule has completed an online course in entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School.
The rapper shared a photo of his certificate of completion on Twitter on Tuesday, writing next to the image: “I ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer buuuuut...”
The document refers to Ja Rule by his birth name, Jeffrey Atkins. It bears the name and signature of Professor William Sahlman, who teaches the course.
The certificate comes with the logo for Harvard Business School Online, and states: “Jeffrey Atkins has successfully completed the Harvard Business School Online Certificate Program – entrepreneurship essentials.
“This certificate program introduces a framework – People, Opportunity, Context, Deal – to evaluate opportunities, manage start-ups, and finance ventures.”
According to Harvard Business School’s website, the online course takes place over four weeks and costs $1,050. Selected participants are admitted after an application process.
The course “introduces you to the entrepreneurial journey from finding an idea, to gaining traction in the marketplace, to raising capital for your venture” and “explains how entrepreneurs run structured experiments to validate ideas and refine business strategy,” according to a syllabus posted online.
Ja Rule was a co-founder of the ill-fated Fyre Festival with Billy McFarland.
The rapper recently weighed in on the GameStop stock war opposing Reddit and Wall Street, urging those who had purchased stock not to sell it and to “hold the line”.
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