Full-time MBA Program
Entrepreneurship
Where Entrepreneurship is a Team Sport
The San Francisco Bay Area has long been a hotbed for new business creation, and the Haas School remains a leading center for the study and practice of entrepreneurship. The Berkeley MBA program offers its students the skills and knowledge to launch fast-growth, high-potential enterprises and teaches them how to start careers in the venture capital industry. Some Haas students begin their own firms even while in school or launch startups immediately after graduation.
One of the first business schools in the nation to offer entrepreneurship courses, the Haas School emphasizes the integration of academic learning with experiential learning by bringing leading members of the entrepreneurial and venture capital communities into the classroom.
At the center of these activities is the highly ranked Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, which focuses on the recognition and capture of opportunities wherever they arise.
Among the activities of the Lester Center are two prominent business plan competitions - one global in reach - and a monthly Entrepreneurs Forum that provides the opportunity to meet with venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and business leaders. Just off campus is the Haas-affiliated Berkeley Entrepreneurship Laboratory, a business incubator which has room for up to eight startups launched by Haas students or alumni. The Entrepreneurs Association, whose membership includes almost half the MBA class, organizes activities including internships at nearby high-growth startups.
