The 5 best MBA programs for entrepreneurship by geoffrey byruch

• If you are an individual who wants to get into the business world and wants to open up his or her own business, take into consideration what an MBA in Entrepreneurship could do for y

T H E 5 B E S T M B A P R O G R A M S F O R

E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P

B Y G E O F F R E Y B Y R U C H

I N T R O D U C T I O N

• What do all successful companies have in common?

They were all either started or run by MBA candidates from top business schools

• In today’s modern world where deadlines and reports

are always at a constant demand, many young

professionals are deciding to forego a 2-year hiatus

with no salary and accrued student loans to learn,

develop, and reflect on their path as a businessperson.

W H Y S H O U L D Y O U

P U R S U E A N M B A ?

• When you think about the

foundation of business, you are looking into a variety of factors, numbers, strategies, and

concepts that cannot be fully covered in a single 2-hour

session

• If you are an individual who

wants to get into the business world and wants to open up his

or her own business, take into consideration what an MBA in Entrepreneurship could do for you

O V E R V I E W

• Below, I have outlined five

of the top MBA

entrepreneurship

programs in the nation

• These schools, in addition

to their national

reputation, have set a high standard for success for

their candidates

T H E G R A D U AT E S C H O O L O F

B U S I N E S S S TA N F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y

• Stanford University offers a variety of concentrations such as

accounting, economics, finance, management, and of course

entrepreneurship

• At Stanford, leadership is one of the biggest focuses of the graduate program

• Students grapple various tough management cases and simulations

so that they can adapt and put their knowledge into real life

situations

• For entrepreneurship, Stanford provides its students with strong well-rounded insights on entrepreneurship, starting and scaling a business, and entrepreneurial principles when establishing a firm

M A S S A C H U S E T T S I N S T I T U T E O F

T E C H N O L O G Y ( S L O A N )

• Their academic courses are inherently global in nature, in which their

students are provided dozens of opportunities to travel and study abroad

• Studying abroad gives Sloan candidates the advantage of understanding different international markets

• For the Entrepreneurship & Innovation program at Sloan, E&I brings like-minded students together very early in the program to integrate and

learn about startup business concepts and theories

• These concepts are then covered in a condensed set of classes for the

first and second semester to maximize the students’ abilities to get

started right away Their belief is to jump-start the individual in building

their entrepreneurial career

H A R VA R D U N I V E R S I T Y ( H B S )

• Here, entrepreneur candidates understand the essential

value of experience both in-and-out of the classroom

• Their courses provide the foundation for understanding the

process of a business, the finances behind each purchase or sale, and the overall holistic context of an entrepreneur

• The courses themselves bridge the gap from the theoretical

to practical, and offer invaluable takeaways for the real

world through well detailed case studies or various

competitions like their annual Venture competition

U N I V E R S I T Y O F C A L I F O R N I A -

B E R K E L E Y ( H A A S )

• Haas School of Business is one of the world’s leading

centers for study and practice of entrepreneurship

• The program offers its MBA candidates the training and

ecosystem to launch a scalable enterprise through

experiential learning structured with accelerators,

mentorships, peer support, and other various resources

• The program focuses heavily on social

entrepreneurship, venture capital, private equity,

venture finance, and social lean Launchpad

U N I V E R S I T Y O F P E N N S Y LVA N I A

( W H A R T O N )

• The Wharton School was the United States first

business school and now has the largest alumni network

in the country

• For entrepreneurship, their students learn how to make

critical and strategic decisions, lead a team, and create new and innovative ideas

• The Wharton entrepreneurship resources advise their

students and keep them on track in building the

necessary network to succeed in the future