Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Concentration enables you to effectively identify, initiate, and grow new opportunities within an existing business or as a new business.

Areas of Focus

• Applying rigor to entrepreneurship.
• Effecting change in organizations.
• Managing resources flexibly.
• Understanding private equity through analysis of real venture deals.
• Starting a company including identifying an opportunity, framing it for investment, and planning and managing growth.
• Managing intellectual property.
• Understanding innovation across corporate boundaries.

Career Possibilities

Career options include starting your own company, private investment management, and business consulting positions. Below is a sample of recent graduate positions:

• Market Analyst, Tandberg, Inc.
• Associate Consultant, ipCapital Group
• Finance Associate, Avalon Capital Group
• Director of Business Development, Gentara Corporation
• Strategy Analyst, SAP