It’s time again for another edition of Trivia Tuesday, our weekly examination of the programs and opportunities that differentiate the leading MBA programs. This week we take a peek into the Clear Admit School Guide to Harvard Business School, and share an excerpt on HBS’s Entrepreneurship Initiative.
“Harvard offers students an array of opportunities to study entrepreneurship. In addition to analyzing cases on start-up enterprises across the RC curriculum, all RC students take the Entrepreneurial Manager course. In their second year, students may choose from the 18 courses and field study opportunities offered on the topic.
Over 30 of the school’s faculty members are part of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit, and more than 40 other faculty members conduct research in the area. Harvard launched the California Research Center in Menlo Park in 1997 to serve as a resource for faculty members investigating business issues in Silicon Valley. Research conducted from this base has resulted in the composition of over 150 cases on technology and the management of and investment in start-ups.
In 2003, HBS launched the Arthur Rock Center of Entrepreneurship with the support of a $25M gift from an alumnus working in venture capital in Silicon Valley. The center oversees and supports many of the ongoing initiatives in entrepreneurship at HBS and also provides two summer fellowships to subsidize students who wish to pursue a summer internship at a small, entrepreneurial company.
HBS students can also put their classroom learning on entrepreneurship to use in the annual Business Plan Contest. Founded in 1997, the program features Traditional and Social Enterprise tracks and allows teams of students a chance to work with a faculty advisor to formulate a viable business plan proposal. Over $60,000 in cash and in-kind services are distributed among the winning team, three runners-up, and one specialty plan award winner.”
To continue reading about the Entrepreneurship Initiative at Harvard Business School, take a look at the Clear Admit School Guide to Harvard Business School. 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 school, check out the Clear Admit Career Guide: Entrepreneurship.
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Read the full article: Trivia Tuesday: The Entrepreneurship Initiative at Harvard Business School