Currently organizations face big challenges in the development of innovations, and in this context, the connections between innovation and entrepreneurship is increasingly relevant, since entrepreneurship is recognized as a great innovation propeller. In this scenario, it is relevant to conduct studies on emerging small organizations, or even on individual units of large organizations, since these organizations are recognized as more agile and radical in the development of innovations. Entrepreneurship is recognized by politician and economists as a promoter of economic growth, supported by investors and governments. Entrepreneurship is also recognized as an economic catalyst, a job creator, and a promoter of technological progress.However, entrepreneurship is also recognized as an area of study that demands extensive research, with focus on the development and consolidation of practices and frameworks. Different gaps of knowledge have been identified, including the current state of the art of entrepreneurship education, the role and the outcomes of educational entrepreneurship initiatives, as well as the best practices for teaching entrepreneurship. Moreover, there is the need to consolidate the ties between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial behavior and intention, considering the resulting acquired competences. This research contributes to the academic body of knowledge about entrepreneurship education with the development, application and validation of conceptual frameworks and practical approaches, capable to identify, measure, analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of entrepreneurship educational initiatives, considering the evolution over time of entrepreneurial competences, intention, and confidence.In order to achieve the objectives of this research some initiatives where conducted resulting in six academic papers, evidencing a broad interest in understanding the entrepreneurship education, the ways of teaching entrepreneurship and how to increase the positive outcomes of entrepreneurship education. Specific results include the development of a list of entrepreneurial competences, a list of criteria to compare different initiatives of entrepreneurship courses, and ways to evaluate the outcomes of entrepreneurship education, resulting in different proposals for the effective evaluation of courses that teach the futures entrepreneurs.
