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Stanford Entrepreneurship Courses

Students at Stanford Graduate School of Business have access to entrepreneurship courses from across the university. Explore below.

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Experiential Courses

Experiential courses offer hands-on learning about the process of evaluating new venture opportunities.

Course Title Quarters School
Startup Garage: Design AUT GSB
Startup Garage: Testing and Launch WIN GSB
Create a New Venture: From Idea to Launch I WIN GSB
Create a New Venture: From Idea to Launch II SPR GSB
Social Ventures Practicum SPR GSB
Search Fund Garage SPR GSB
Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation WIN GSB / SoE / SoM
Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation SPR GSB / SoE / SoM
“Design for Extreme Affordability I WIN GSB / d.school / SoE
Design for Extreme Affordability II SPR GSB / d.school / SoE
Creativity Rules: Inventing the Future AUT, SPR d.school
LaunchPad: Design and Launch Your Product or Service SPR d.school / SoE
Creativity and Innovation WIN d.school / SoE
The Lean LaunchPad: Getting Your Lean Startup Off the Ground WIN SoE
“Hacking for Defense”: Solving National Security Issues with the Lean Launchpad SPR SoE

Functional Courses

Learn critical functional skills from the perspective of new and growing ventures.

Course Title Quarters School
Product Design and Manufacturing
Introduction to Human Values in Design AUT SoE
Product Design Methods WIN SoE
Design and Manufacturing AUT, SPR SoE
Advanced Product Design: Needfinding AUT SoE
Advanced Product Design: Implementation I WIN SoE
Advanced Product Design: Implementation II SPR SoE
Smart Product Design Fundamentals AUT SoE
Smart Product Design Applications WIN SoE
Smart Product Design Practice SPR SoE
The Magic of Materials and Manufacturing AUT SoE
Forecasting for Innovators: Technology, Tools, and Social Change WIN SoE
Computer-Aided Product Creation AUT, WIN, SPR SoE
Creative Gym: A Design Thinking Skills Studio SPR SoE / d.school
From Play to Innovation SPR SoE / d.school
Design Thinking Studio AUT, WIN SoE / d.school
Marketing
Customer Acquisition for New Ventures AUT GSB
Product Launch SPR GSB
Fundamentals of Effective Selling AUT GSB
Tell, Make, Engage: Action Stories for Entrepreneuring AUT, WIN, SPR SoE
Global Entrepreneurial Marketing WIN SoE
Finance
Innovation for Financial Inclusion WIN GSB
Investment Management and Entrepreneurial Finance AUT GSB
Entrepreneurial Finance SPR GSB
Angel and Venture Capital Financing for Entrepreneurs and Investors AUT GSB
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Partnership for Growth WIN GSB
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital WIN GSB
Intellectual Property: Financial and Strategic Management WIN GSB
Accounting for Managers and Entrepreneurs AUT, WIN, SPR, SUM SoE
Entrepreneurial Management and Finance SPR SoE
Applied Symbolic Systems: Venture Capital, Artificial Innetlligence, and The Future SPR SoE
Human Resources
People Management Strategy in Startups and Growing Firms WIN GSB
Leading Creativity and Innovation SPR GSB
Legal
Patent Law and Strategy for Innovators and Entrepreneurs AUT SoE
Technology Licensing and Commercialization SPR SoE

Industry Courses

Students can learn about innovating within industries that interest them through these courses.

Course Title Quarters School
Technology
Designing AI to Cultivate Human Well-Being WIN GSB
Cryptocurrency SPR GSB
Machine Learning and Causal Inference SPR GSB
Electronic Business WIN GSB
Strategies of Effective Product Management WIN GSB
Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation AUT GSB
Industrialist’s Dilemma WIN GSB
Topics in International Technology Management AUT SoE
Entrepreneurship in Asian High Tech Industries AUT, SPR SoE
Technology Entrepreneurship AUT, WIN, SUM SoE
Introductory Foresight and Technological Innovation AUT SoE
Advanced Foresight and Technological Innovation WIN, SPR SoE
Health Care
The Business of Health Care WIN GSB
Innovation and Management in Health Care WIN GSB
Managing Difficult Conversations AUT GSB
Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation SPR GSB
Leading Strategic Change in the Healthcare Industry AUT GSB
Technology Assessment and Regulation of Medical Devices SPR SoE
Biodesign for Digital Health AUT SoM
Designing Research-Based Interventions to Solve Global Health Problems WIN SoM / GSE
Biodesign Fundamentals SPR SoM
Leading Value Improvement in Health Care Delivery AUT SoM
Leadership and Innovation in Mental Health Care WIN SoM
Transportation
The Open Road: Innovation in Cars, Driving, and Mobility WIN GSB
The Travel and Airline Industry AUT GSB
The Future of the Automobile — Driver Assistance and Automated Driving WIN SoE
The Future of the Automobile — Mobility Entrepreneurship SPR SoE
Energy
Energy Markets and Policy WIN GSB
Clean Energy Opportunities WIN GSB
Strategy Beyond the Market: Innovation in the Energy Industry WIN GSB
Entrepreneurship in Energy SPR SoES
Sustainable Energy for 9 Billion SPR SoES
Education
Disruptions in Education WIN GSB
Entrepreneurial Approaches to Education Reform WIN GSB
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education Technology Seminar AUT GSE
Search Funds
Entrepreneurial Acquisition AUT, WIN GSB
Search Fund Garage SPR GSB
Other
Media Entrepreneurship WIN GSB
Family Business WIN GSB
Sports Business Management AUT GSB
Designing Solutions by Leveraging the Frinky Science of the Human Mind WIN GSB
Hacking Entrepreneurship WIN GSB
Food, Health, and Nutrition Entrepreneurship WIN GSB
The Yin and Yang of Family Business Transitions AUT, WIN, SPR GSB
d.media - Designing Media that Matters WIN SoE
Food, Design and Technology AUT, WIN, SPR SoE
European Entrepreneurship and Innovation Thought Leaders Seminar WIN SoE
FEED Lab: Food System Design and Innovation WIN SoES

Foundations in Entrepreneurship

Students gain insight into starting and leading a new business through foundational courses.

Course Title Quarters School
Creating and Scaling High Potential Ventures in Developing Economies WIN GSB
Creating, Building, and Sustaining Breakthrough Ventures AUT GSB
Beyond Disruption: Entrepreneurial Leadership Within Existing Organizations AUT GSB
Innovation Strategy and Operations WIN GSB
Entrepreneurship from Diverse Perspectives AUT GSB
Equity by Design: Building Diverse and Inclusive Organizations SPR GSB
POWer Building: The Entrepreneurial Mindset from the Perspective of Women WIN GSB
Entrepreneurship: Formation of New Ventures AUT, WIN, SPR GSB
Riding The Next Wave in Developing Economies AUT GSB
Concepts and Analytic Skills for the Social Sector WIN GSE
The Spirit of Entrepreneurship AUT, WIN, SPR SoE
Dynamic Entrepreneurial Strategy WIN SoE
Intelligent Growth in Startups SPR SoE
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders’ Seminar AUT, WIN, SPR SoE
Entrepreneurial Leadership (Part of DFJ Entrepreneurial Leaders Program) WIN, SPR SoE

Social Innovation

These courses explore strategies and methods for entrepreneurs to create impact in the world beyond shareholder value.

Course Title Quarters School
Investing for Good WIN GSB
Strategic Philanthropy and Impact Investing SPR GSB
Problem Solving for Social Change AUT GSB
Philanthropy: Strategy, Innovation and Social Change AUT GSB
Making Social Ventures Happen by Attracting Financial and Human Capital WIN GSB
Formation of Impact Ventures WIN GSB
Strategic Management of Nonprofit Organizations and Social Ventures WIN GSB
Taking Social Innovation to Scale WIN GSB
Assessing High Impact Business Models in Emerging Markets AUT GSB
VIP: Very Impactful People - Social Innovation and the Social Entrepreneur AUT, SPR SoHS

Scaling

In these courses, students learn to navigate the challenges associate with rapid growth.

Course Title Quarters School
Building and Managing Professional Sales Organizations WIN, SPR GSB
Managing Growing Enterprises AUT, WIN, SPR GSB
Innovation and Non-Founder CEOs WIN GSB
Conversations in Management AUT, SPR GSB

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