Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to bring a new idea to commercial reality
NYU Stern's W.R. Berkley Innovation Lab offers a comprehensive program of courses and practical experience for future entrepreneurs – those who plan to start their own business, run a family business and those who will be taking over a small organization and hope to make it grow.
Selected Businesses and Social Enterprises Started by Stern Alumni
Adam Grossman, MBA '10 Big Bad Boo Shabnam Rezaei, MBA ’01 Butter Beans Belinda Di Giambattista, MBA '05 Cosi Andy Stenzler, MBA '84 Doonya Priya Pandya, MBA '09 |
JUARA Metta Murdaya, MBA '02 Yoshiko Roth, MBA '02 Madecasse Brian McCollum, MBA '07 Mott & Bow Alejandro Chahin, MBA '13 Seamless Jason Finger, JD/MBA '99 Torch Films Ori Gatch, MBA '08 Tim Hobbs, MBA '08 TransPerfect Liz Elting, MBA '92 Phil Shawe, MBA '93 |
NYU Stern $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge
Sponsored by the W.R. Berkley Innovation Lab, the $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge is comprised of three competitions, with winners sharing $300,000 in combined cash and startup services:- New Venture Competition - with winners receiving a share of the $100,000 Rennert Prize, named after benefactor and Stern alumnus Ira Rennert
- Social Venture Competition - with winners receiving a share of the the $75,000 Social Venture Prize
- NYU Technology Venture Competition - with winners receiving a share of the $100,000 cash prize, as well as pro-bono support and technical assistance, from the NYU New Venture Innovation Fund
Student Clubs
Entrepreneurship & Startup AssociationSocial Enterprise Association (SEA)
Related Specializations
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