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Most business schools end with the business plan, but the Owen Entrepreneurship program goes beyond the plan to results, because our goal is to see you become a successful entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship students who graduated in 2003 and beyond will generate over $75 million in sales this year, and have created over 300 jobs. The Entrepreneurship program is extremely flexible—you can create a program that fits you as an individual. And because Vanderbilt is located in Nashville—perennially ranked as one of the USA’s top entrepreneurial metro areas—you will enjoy abundant business and networking opportunities.
Discover Your Career
Career Opportunities Explore the wide variety of MBA Entrepreneurial careers on the Owen Entrepreneurship Center website.
Click here to download the Vanderbilt MBA Employment Report
Create Your Curriculum
MBA Curriculum Options
Entrepreneurship Emphasis
Hours Required: 8
Choose the four courses that suit your particular interest and compliment your primary concentration.
Click Here for the Course Catalog
Build Your Resume
Vanderbilt Entrepreneurship Association
The Vanderbilt Entrepreneurship Association (VEA) is a student run organization with the primary objective of building a strong community of entrepreneurs at Vanderbilt. The VEA, in conjunction with the Owen Entrepreneurship Center, works to continue the tradition of entrepreneurship at Owen by hosting guest speakers, sponsoring pragmatic workshops, and by supporting the launch of new business ventures.
Owen Entrepreneurship Center
The mission of the Owen Entrepreneurship Center (OEC) is to create wealth. The OEC brings together entrepreneurs, business managers, investors, faculty and Vanderbilt Business School students to share innovative ideas and build productive relationships. Through its many services and activities (i.e., conferences, discussion groups, speakers, and networking programs), the OEC provides a vital resource for the business community while training MBA students for entrepreneurial careers.
Nashville Capital Network
Nashville Capital Network (“NCN”) is a collaborative initiative of Vanderbilt University, Nashville Technology Council, Nashville Health Care Council, local investors, as well as local business and professional leaders. NCN strives to promote entrepreneurial education and economic growth by becoming the hub for early stage capital formation in middle Tennessee.
Summer Enterprise Development Internships
Ambitious first-year Vanderbilt MBA entrepreneurs can apply for the Summer Enterprise Development
Internships. These internships carry a stipend of $15,000 and allow the student to work on his or her own startup venture throughout the summer in between the two years of the MBA program as an alternative to accepting a corporate summer internship.
More Resume-Building Activities
Lunch with Entrepreneurs
Venture Capital Firm Internships
Venture Capital Investment Competition
Meet Your Faculty
Böer, Germain, Professor of Management (Full Professor)
Furse, David, Adjunct Professor of Management
Lynskey, Bruce, Clinical Professor of Management
Masulis, Ronald, Frank K. Houston Professor of Management (Full Professor)
Alumni & Students
Owen World Shapers
Read the stories of Owen alumni, faculty, students who are shaping their worlds, and our world, at this robust multimedia website.
Owen Bloggers
Get up close and personal with current Owen students at this student-run “unedited, uncensored view of life” at Owen.
