It’s time once again for Trivia Tuesday, our regular feature sharing special programs offered at the leading business schools. This week we take a peek into the Clear Admit School Guide to Kellogg, and share an excerpt on Kellogg’s opportunities in the area of entrepreneurship.
“Kellogg offers a number of resources for students interested in entrepreneurship. One opportunity that students interested in entrepreneurship can take advantage of is the Venture Lab course, which Kellogg introduced in late 2007. The class is designed as an experiential learning opportunity for students who want to explore the investment landscape firsthand.
As part of the class, students design projects in conjunction with Kellogg professors and actual venture capital firms. The class is intended for students with little prior VC experience, although some pre-requisite coursework is required, and students undergo a several-hour primer course before starting work with a VC firm. In addition to the class project, students are expected to complete a set of required readings over the course of the quarter.
In 2008, Kellogg invited private equity expert and alumnus T. Bondurant French (’76) to speak on the venture capital industry. French’s lecture was intended to show Venture Lab students how the theories they are taught in class get applied in practice. ‘There is no substitute for giving them exposure to someone who is in the trenches, doing this every day,’ said Professor Yael Hochberg, who teaches the course with Mitchell Petersen, Kellogg’s Glen Basel Professor of Finance. ‘It helps to hammer home why the things we teach them are going to be so important.’
MBA students interested in learning more about the process of beginning and building a business may also take advantage of the Entrepreneur-in-Residence program. Through the program, students are able to schedule half-hour, one-on-one meetings with an experienced entrepreneur or principal investor, gaining tailored feedback and confidential answers to their questions.”
To continue reading about the entrepreneurship programs available at Kellogg, and to find out about the Entrepreneurship & Innovation major, entrepreneurship courses, entrepreneurial internship programs, and more, take a look at the Clear Admit School Guide to Kellogg. For those who are interested in pursuing a career in entrepreneurship and want to learn more about the different programs and opportunities available at each of the leading schools, check out the Clear Admit Career Guide: Entrepreneurship.
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