The capstone project is your opportunity to apply tools from the core curriculum to a real-world business challenge. Whether you’re part of a consulting team solving a business challenge for a real organization or creating your own business from the ground up, UCLA Anderson offers proven and exciting options to satisfy this requirement.
Strategic Management Research (SMR)
SMR is an experiential learning project in which you will form a consulting team to address a business challenge or opportunity on behalf of a client organization. After a deep dive into research, you’ll present key insights and recommendations to the leadership of the organization.
Business Creation Option (BCO)
BCO gives you the chance to work with a team of classmates to develop an implementation plan and launch your own business.
BCO Success Stories
Amptron Team (Class of 2020)
Before COVID-19, a UCLA Anderson Executive MBA team developed a low-cost ventilator to deploy amid the pandemic.
Left to right: Vikram Saurabh (’20), Shannon Demus (’20), Stephan Hwang (’20), Aanchal Kumar (’20), Nirav Patel (’20), and Dezireh Sevanesian (’20)