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UCLA Tops 225 Universities in Business Creation
UCLA finished ahead of prominent challengers, including Stanford University, MIT and Caltech, when it comes to start-up creation
Price is Right for Business Boom
UCLA faculty, students and other entrepreneurs are busy bringing business ideas to life, forging a reputation for the university as the place to go for start-ups.
Meet the Most Disruptive MBA Startups of 2019
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Knapp Venture Competition
Since 1982, the Knapp Venture Competition has evolved into one of the premier academic business plan competitions in Southern California. It encourages UCLA Anderson students to showcase their talents and learn from insights of successful entrepreneurs and business executives. The Knapp Competition has given more than 1,800 UCLA Anderson students a unique venture creation experience that has been instrumental in launching numerous businesses.
How Universities Can Behave Like Entrepreneurial Organizations
Tradition bound, colleges face pressures to be nimbler, more opportunistic. But unlike their corporate counterparts, college presidents are constrained in their ability to be free-wheeling entrepreneurs
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A master class in press relations, startups from the Venture Accelerator at UCLA Anderson pitch to the nation’s top business journalists. With the backdrop of a golden sunset on downtown Los Angeles, each Accelerator team in attendance stepped to the front and made its case. The result was livelier-than-expected banter between the two groups, which carried well into the post-pitch party.
Discover our 10,000-square-foot incubator and launchpad for student, alumni, and L.A. startups to groom their innovations for market-ready worlds.
The Venture Accelerator at UCLA Anderson features a 24/7 state-of-art co-working space, A/V-capable presentation areas, small- and medium-sized conference rooms, copy and printing facilities, a kitchen and full access to UCLA Anderson’s research librarians.
Entrepreneur Spotlight
UCLA Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Startup UCLA
Startup UCLA seeks to develop a culture of startup thinking on campus; to connect students with alumni who are successful in the startup world and with the rapidly growing Southern California startup community;
Startup UCLA
Startup UCLA seeks to develop a culture of startup thinking on campus; to connect students with alumni who are successful in the startup world and with the rapidly growing Southern California startup community; to give students opportunities to learn the basics of startup thinking; and to provide a community in which students can develop and launch their early-‐stage ideas. The program’s summer accelerator provides a workspace, guidance, legal services and mentors to early-‐stage companies. The 10-‐week program exposes teams to top entrepreneurs, investors and experts in web-‐related topics. At the end of the summer, students pitch their ideas to a growing network of local entrepreneurs and investors.
Blackstone LaunchPad
Blackstone LaunchPad is a national model for fostering entrepreneurship through higher education. Based on a successful program at the University of Miami, it encourages entrepreneurial thinking...
Blackstone LaunchPad
Blackstone LaunchPad is a national model for fostering entrepreneurship through higher education. Based on a successful program at the University of Miami, it encourages entrepreneurial thinking and activity among undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and alumni, for the purpose of incubating a new generation of entrepreneurs who will contribute to the economic revitalization of distressed regions. Over a five-‐year period with Blackstone LaunchPads in multiple regions, hundreds of thriving businesses can be launched, with the potential to create or support thousands of direct and indirect jobs.
Social Enterprise Academy
The UCLA Social Enterprise Academy is a six-‐month social entrepreneurship program coordinated by Partnership UCLA in which groups of UCLA students partner with participating social ventures to develop earned income opportunities and to present their ventures to potential investors.
Social Enterprise Academy
The UCLA Social Enterprise Academy is a six-‐month social entrepreneurship program coordinated by Partnership UCLA in which groups of UCLA students partner with participating social ventures to develop earned income opportunities and to present their ventures to potential investors. The program is designed to link students with established not-‐for-‐profits that are looking to enhance the effectiveness of their missions. In January 2012, the Academy launched its first course, Economics 173A: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship, in which students are introduced to the basics of business planning and then work in teams to develop a new revenue-‐generating business plan for the social enterprise to which they are assigned. Accomplished professionals serve as guest instructors to help participants learn about the basics of market research, operations, financial and business planning, marketing, SWOT analysis and pitching. The program also hosts UCLA friends and alumni as team coaches, judges and not-‐for-‐profit mentors.
Bruin Entrepreneurs
Bruin Entrepreneurs was created in 2012 to promote entrepreneurialism at UCLA. We organize three main programs every year, each with their respective boards: LA Hacks, Startup Labs, and Creative Labs.
Bruin Entrepreneurs
Bruin Entrepreneurs was created in 2012 to promote entrepreneurialism at UCLA. We organize three main programs every year, each with their respective boards: LA Hacks, Startup Labs, and Creative Labs. Along with these, we host entrepreneurial-related networking events, workshops, and speaker nights every week, designed to spark innovative dialogue between a diverse group of students.
Net Impact
Our undergraduate chapter at UCLA is a professional learning environment for student members. Through workshops, case studies, and guest speakers, our members develop the skills that guide them as they provide consulting services for real companies.
Net Impact
Our undergraduate chapter at UCLA is a professional learning environment for student members. Through workshops, case studies, and guest speakers, our members develop the skills that guide them as they provide consulting services for real companies.
Bruin Medical Entrepreneurs
To promote entrepreneurship among UCLA undergraduates interested in healthcare, the organization seeks to provide education, networking, and mentorship in learning more about medical ventures. BME aims to expose students to entrepreneurial principles (i.e. founder experience, funding, identification of needs, patent laws, etc.) and to catalyze healthcare innovations.
Bruin Medical Entrepreneurs
To promote entrepreneurship among UCLA undergraduates interested in healthcare, the organization seeks to provide education, networking, and mentorship in learning more about medical ventures. BME aims to expose students to entrepreneurial principles (i.e. founder experience, funding, identification of needs, patent laws, etc.) and to catalyze healthcare innovations.