Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Emphasis Area
The Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship emphasis brings like-minded students together very early in the MBA program to learn about startup business concepts and to experience the unique entrepreneurial ecosystem.
With a focus on launching emerging technology companies, Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship emphasizes team practice linked to real-world entrepreneurial projects, balances theoretical and practitioner education, and provides thorough exposure to the many building blocks of an entrepreneurial career.
Our Westlake campus has a state-of-art incubation facility, which assists the student teams with Startups, business model development etc. with the help of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, speaker series and networking events.
Curriculum
The MBA with an emphasis in Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship degree requires 45 semester credits equivalent to 15 courses of work which must be completed within a seven-year period. Core courses (24 credits/8 courses).
Courses:
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Full course list and descriptions
Career Paths in Entrepreneurship
If you’re pursuing a career as an entrepreneur, there’s really no title beyond that, especially in the early years of a startup. Every person on the founding team fulfills whatever role is needed for the situation. Second, for MBA’s who have an interest in entrepreneurship, careers tend to lean toward product management and sales.
Much of entrepreneurship education is about knowing who your customer is and what their needs are, as opposed to Human Resource, Organizational Behavior, Operations, or Finance. These are functions that often are outsourced at first.
Examples of level-based positions:
Entry-level Positions
Middle-level Positions
Top-level Positions
- Business Consultant
- Business Analyst
- Recruiter
- Associate Product Developer
- Sales Representative
- Anything at a start-up
- Department Head
- Marketing Director
- Manager
- Specialist
- Owner of a Company
- CEO
- COO/Director of Operations
- CFOPresident of a Company
Professional Associations and Organizations
According to the Forbes Magazine, top 5 Startup incubators and accelerators are in California. It is recommended that students can follow the activities supported by them through social media. Following are the suggested websites to use. Also, Cal Lutheran has an active Entrepreneurship student club and we have resources available at www.hub101.la that students are welcome to tap into as well.
Entrepreneurship Professional Organizations
- Y Combinator, Mountain View, CA
- Angel Pad, San Francisco, CA
- Kick labs, San Francisco, CA
- Launchpad LA, Los Angeles, CA
- 500 Startups, Mountain View, CA
- LAVA
- Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO)