In 2018, about 23% of Anderson students participated in Business Creation Option (BCO) teams, launching their own businesses or helping classmates start their businesses by graduation. Among the BCO projects since 2014, 46% have launched successfully in industries such as technology, education, health care, retail and more. Students have fellowship opportunities through the Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation to develop their business ideas over the summer or to work with the Parker Career Management Center in pursuing MBA internships at start-up companies in Silicon Valley and Silicon Beach.
Specializations:
Entrepreneurship, Technology Leadership, Social Impact
Sample Electives
- Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation
- Venture Capital and Private Equity
- Business Plan Development
- Business Law
- Managing Entrepreneurial Operations
- New Product Development
- Technology Commercialization and Innovation
- Technology Management
- Managing the Family Business Enterprise
- Sales and Channel Management
- Corporate Entrepreneurship
- Business Economics: Doing Deals
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Financing the Emerging Enterprise

I came to Anderson with an idea for a business that I wanted to launch while in school and run full-time after graduation. The resources at Anderson, such as the Business Plan Development course, programming at the Anderson Venture Accelerator, the E-Labs Women’s Pitch Night, and the fellow entrepreneurs in the Anderson network, have helped me refine and improve my idea as well as push me intellectually and professionally.
Katie Farias ('19)
Wolfen Fellow
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