Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to bring a new idea to commercial reality
NYU Stern's Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation 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. Read a Forbes interview with Berkley Center Director Luke Williams.
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 Chaiken and Capone Julie Chaiken, MBA '93 Cosi Andy Stenzler, MBA '84 Doonya Priya Pandya, MBA '09 JUARA Metta Murdaya, MBA '02 Yoshiko Roth, MBA '02 Madecasse Brian McCollum, MBA '07 | MilkMade Diana Hardeman, MBA '09 Naya Jeevan Asher Hasan, MBA '07 Saad Tabani, MBA '08 Rickshaw Dumpling Bar Kenny Lao, MBA '04 SimulTel Sid Rastogi, MBA '00 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 |
View a short video on TaxiTreats, featuring Founder and CEO Brian Shimmerlik, MBA '13, winner of the 2012 NYC Next Idea competition. Read a TechCrunch article about TaxiTreats, now an expanded venture called Vengo.
Student Podcasts
Hear more about the Entrepreneurship experience at Stern from students Tom Catherwood and Saliha Brandenburg:The Power of the Alumni Network
The Importance of Thinking Critically
Community Support of Student Ventures
NYU Stern Entrepreneurs' Challenge
Sponsored by the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Entrepreneurs' Challenge is comprised of three competitions:- New Venture Competition - with winners receiving a share of the $75,000 Rennert Prize, named after benefactor and Stern alumnus Ira Rennert
- Social Venture Competition - with winners receiving a share of the the $50,000 Social Venture Prize
- NYU Technology Venture Competition - with winners receiving a share of the $75,000 cash prize, as well as pro-bono support and technical assistance, from the NYU New Venture Innovation Fund
NYU Stern Venture Mentor Network
- Provides NYU Stern entrepreneurs with insight, advice and professional wisdom to help address issues key to the success of emerging ventures
- Program mentors are seasoned entrepreneurs and/or industry professionals from a variety of disciplines
Student Clubs
Entrepreneurs’ Exchange (EEX)Social Enterprise Association (SEA)
Related Specializations
Entrepreneurship and InnovationDigital Marketing
Law and Business
Product Management
Social Innovation & Impact
Strategy
