Journal of Entrepreneurship Education Volume 23, Special Issue 2, 2020 Entrepreneurship and Micro-enterprise 1 1528-2651-23-S2-669 Citation Information: Nippani, S. (2020). The importance of keeping your entrepreneurial finance students up to date during Covid-19 times. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 23(S2). Volume 23, Special Issue 2 Print ISSN: 1098-8394; Online ISSN: 1528-2651 THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE STUDENTS UP TO DATE DURING COVID-19 TIMES Srinivas Nippani, Department of Accounting and Finance, Texas A&M University-Commerce, United States ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to examine the issues that occurred as part of the worldwide problem created by the COVID-19 situation and its impact on teaching the subject of entrepreneurial finance. By staying up-to-date and relevant, professors could use the resources available to them to show how entrepreneurs survive and thrive in this scenario. While the spring 2020 semester presented a unique challenge to both professors and students, professors who embrace it and the succeeding semesters as an opportunity to grow can benefit themselves and their students in general. Professors can continue to use COVID-19 examples in their entrepreneurial finance classes for the near future. The paper is based on the experience of teaching the course and not empirical data, and relevant to professors teaching the course in the United States. Keywords: COVID-19 Impact, COVID-19 Situation, Entrepreneurial Classes, Students. INTRODUCTION The spring semester of 2020 was unusual in many ways for students at most universities in the United States. In-person, face-to-face classes were suspended for and most universities moved completely online. For professors teaching the subject of entrepreneurial finance, this semester provided an opportunity of a lifetime to show students how to learn from the amazing things done by both common people and entrepreneurs during these testing, singular times. Entrepreneurial finance is a new area in the study of entrepreneurship in that it concentrates significantly on the process of making financial decisions and wealth maximization for new ventures. The classes in this area concentrate on the inception of new businesses, the accumulation of capital; surviving early hiccups, getting additional funding, and go on to discuss how to finance a growing venture including exit strategies. The classes usually tend to be both at the senior and graduate level in most business schools that offer them. The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the topics that professors could have and can discuss in their entrepreneurial finance classes, show students how businesses can and do thrive in this unique historical scenario being played out globally. This study also discusses how to keep students engaged in these difficult times and what can professors do to enhance their students’ knowledge during the pandemic. While this study is more for professors of entrepreneurial finance in the United States, similar examples could be used in other countries.