Top B-Schools for Startups and Entrepreneurship MBA Programs

In today’s scenario, after graduation, a student normally plans to go for either higher studies or Entrepreneurship. For future entrepreneurs, an MBA program can provide the basic fundamentals on how to do it successfully. Some business schools offer Startups and Entrepreneurship MBA programs that tailor curriculum specifically for new business formation. Budding entrepreneurs can learn how to dial in their ideas and pursue venture capital and angel investment funding.

However, individuals from time to time have constantly inspired and proved that anybody can rise to the top, and to be an ultra-successful entrepreneur on need not even have a formal degree, let alone an MBA. These select individuals include the like of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and numerous other multi-millionaire entrepreneurs. But sometimes the foundational knowledge and network acquired during studies in business school can be useful for a founder.

However, studies suggest that the other set of aspiring entrepreneurs who are not anomalous miracles of human civilisation usually go for an MBA with some form of entrepreneurial education. This article sheds light on some of the popular MBA programs that gain their reputation by producing successful business founders and creators and entrepreneurial programs and resources offered by them.

These people possessed a unique idea, incredible vision, brains, tremendous perseverance, and a bit of luck which helped them gain a place in the eternal hall of fame of business.

No doubt, entrepreneurship continues to be more than a buzzword across business school campuses. Year-after-year, elite Business schools around the world continue to invest more and more resources, time, and faculty into entrepreneurial programs, Studies centers, and research. Many schools boast accelerators, business plan competitions, and even significant seed money for their very best resident entrepreneurs. So which school does it best?

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Business Schools for Startups and Entrepreneurship MBA Programs

(without any order)

Columbia Business School (CBS), Columbia University, USA
Stanford University – Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), USA
HKUST Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School, HongKong
University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business, USA
EMLYON Business School – France
IE Business School – Spain
University of Cambridge – Judge Business School, United Kingdom
London Business School (LBS), United Kingdom
F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, USA
University of Virginia (UVA) – Darden School of Business, USA
Harvard Business School, USA
Wharton School of Business, USA
MIT Sloan

Top B Schools for Startups and Entrepreneurship MBA Programs

Business School	Entrepreneurial Programs and Resources Offered
Stanford Graduate School of Business	Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) Stanford MBA China Entrepreneur Loan Forgiveness Program The infamous Stanford Venture Studio, to attract and inspire students towards various business ventures. It has a Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) for Entrepreneurial Courses. It has a Start-up Garage, space for students to develop their raw start-up ideas. Notable Entrepreneurs: Joe Coulombe (Trader Joe’s), Phil Knight (Nike), Vinod Khosla (Sun Microsystems), Sam Yagan (OkCupid)
MIT Sloan	It offers Project-oriented courses with an entrepreneurial focus It has Practitioner taught courses by entrepreneurs and VCs. Entrepreneurship & Innovation Track specialization. MIT Sloan Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club. Venture Capital Private Equity Club. Six Research Centers and Organizations to support MIT entrepreneurs (Martin Trust Center, MIT Legatum Center, MIT Venture Mentoring Service, The Lemelson MIT Program, The Deshpande Center, MIT Enterprise Forum). MIT entrepreneurs generate an annual revenue of more than $2 trillion
Babson College, Olin Graduate School of Business	The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship The John E. and Alice L. Butler Launch Pad Babson Alumni Supporting Entrepreneurs (BASE) Babson Entrepreneurship Forum Research focus on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the Diana Project (Female business owners), and the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) project. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) and Global Entrepreneur in Residence Program (GEIR) Babson Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs Institute for Family Entrepreneurship Notable Entrepreneurs: Arthur M. Blank (Home Depot), Jonathan Carson (Family Education Network), Mathew R. Coffin (LowerMyBills.com), Mir Ibrahim Rahman (GEO Tv)
University of Cambridge, Judge	The Entrepreneurship Center The Cambridge Judge Launchpad Enterprise Tuesday Events Accelerate Cambridge program Ignite training program Venture Creation Weekends The SME Growth Challenge Program Notable Entrepreneurs: Eben Upton (Raspberry Pi Foundation), Jas Bagniewski (Eve Sleep), Ben Barry (Ben Barry Modelling Agency)
The University of California at Berkeley, Haas	The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship. Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Program with courses and offerings Seed Funding and Space. LAUNCH, startup accelerator program. Mentoring Hours with entrepreneurs, VCs. Student entrepreneurship clubs and activities. The Venture Capital Investment Competition. NSF I-Corps, to build business ideas on innovative science and technology. Asia, Middle East, and North Africa (AMENA) Center for Entrepreneurship and Development. Notable Entrepreneurs: Tom Anderson (MySpace), Marla Beck (BlueMercury), John Hanke (Keyhole, Inc. now Google Earth), Hansoo Lee (Magoosh)
Dartmouth College – Tuck School of Business	Building Entrepreneurial Ventures (BEV) course. Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship (CPEE). Entrepreneurship & VC Fellows Program. Private Equity and Entrepreneurship Academic Conference. Entrepreneurship Club. Dartmouth Entrepreneurs Forum (DEN). Entrepreneurship Kick Off and Pitch Night. Notable Entrepreneurs: T. J. Rodgers (Cypress Semiconductors), Leon Black (Apollo Global Management), John Bello (SoBe), Naval Ravikant (AngelList).
City University – Cass Business School	Peter Cullum Centre for Entrepreneurship. Cass Entrepreneurship Fund worth total $14 million. The New Venture Creation (NVC) Program. Business Growth Programs. Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa for international graduates at City. City Ventures “Start” activities like Social Enterprise Festival, Startup Seminars, City Spark competition, Startup Weekend, 1 to 1 Startup Advice, Startup Summer School, City Founderships Program and others. City Launch Lab, incubator, and co-working space. City Unrulyversity for Tech Entrepreneurs. Notable Entrepreneurs: Tom Ilube(physicist; tech guru), Barrie Pettman (Emerald Group Publishing), Muhtar Kent(CEO, The Coca-Cola Company), Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (easyGroup).
Carnegie Mellon, Tepper	Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship with mentorship and funding Entrepreneurs-in-Residence to provide guidance McGinnis Ventures Competition, feedback, coaching, and funding Venture Bridge Federal NSF I-Corps Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund Project Olympus – Spark Grants Gap Funding Tepper Quad entrepreneurship activities Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Notable Entrepreneurs: Vinod Khosla (Sun Microsystems), David Alan Tepper (Appaloosa Management).
University of Oxford, Said	Entrepreneurship Center Build a Business Lecture Series. Oxford VIEW interactive startup workshops. Oxford Entrepreneurship Policy Roundtable (OXEPR) program for support to scale up businesses and startup. Skills Workshops led by business founders and experts. Ideas 2 Impact (I2I). Oxford Said Entrepreneurship Forum (OSEF). Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK support. Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. The Oxford Launchpad, coworking space. Notable Entrepreneurs: Elizabeth Filippouli (Global Thinkers), Sujeet Kumar (Kalinga Kusum & LexMantra), Michael Thornton & Greg Fitzgerald (Carbon Analytics) and more.
Columbia Business School	The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center Programs and Startup Funding Opportunities. Alumni Networking Nights, Spark Workshops, Lang Innovation Talks, TechDay, and more. Fall Venture Fair. Startup Networking Night. Lang Fund ($1 million) Selection Process. Summer Startup Track. Lean Launchpad. Summer Fellowship Program (to provide management expertise to growing startups). Innovation and Entrepreneurship @Columbia. Entrepreneurial Greenhouse Program. Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund. Notable Entrepreneurs: Nahema Mehta (Art Remba), Peggy Woodford (Woodford Capital Management), Marc Glosserman (Hill Country Barbecue Market), Alex Dickinson (Illumina, DNA sequencing).

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