Entrepreneurship & Innovation

With a growing number of business school students saying they're considering entrepreneurship as a current or future career path1, Columbia Business School has launched several new programs, curriculum innovations, and coaching resources for students and alumni designed to produce best-in-class startup founders and investors.

More CBS students are considering the other side of the entrepreneurial equation.

For student entrepreneurs who tap into the Columbia Startup Lab and Columbia Build Lab, the challenge isn't uncovering resources. It's finding time to use them all.

The corporate world is actively seeking 'entrepreneurs within a company' who bring a mindset of innovation to their jobs. CBS is making sure its students are prepared.

From ideation to funding to scaling, the Lang Center at CBS offers founders the methodologies and strategic framework to launch and grow a successful venture.

In her new book, CBS Professor Sheena Iyengar addresses a timeless and significant question for business leaders: How can I get my best ideas?

Alumni-founded companies like Betterment, Beyond Meat, and Zocdoc highlight the Business School’s entrepreneurial impact.

CBS scholars in these evolving fields are expanding horizons and making groundbreaking discoveries.

The Summer Startup Track provides an on-ramp for MBA students focused on launching a business.

Students find courses in entrepreneurship teach more than how to launch a business

Startup Works nurtures talent in entrepreneurs with conviction histories.

A yearlong tribute to success, resilience, and the power of history.

Professors Glenn Hubbard and Tano Santos have been honored with the 2023 Singhvi Prize for Scholarship in the Classroom, selected by the School's graduating class. The prestigious award recognizes full-time faculty who demonstrate exceptional dedication to teaching and ability to engage students.

With a background in STEM and at least two years of professional experience, 28 students matriculated this fall into the first class of the School's Dual MBA/Executive MS: Engineering & Applied Science program.

The W. Edwards Deming Center for Quality, Productivity, and Competitiveness at Columbia Business School honored Michele Buck, chair, president, and CEO of The Hershey Company, and Brian Cornell, chair and CEO of Target, with the 2023 Deming Cup for Operational Excellence during a ceremony at Columbia University's Low Library Rotunda in October.

Jensen Huang, a tech visionary who built his company into a $1 trillion giant, met with Columbia Business School Dean Costis Maglaras for a conversation organized by CBS's Digital Future Initiative and the Silfen Leadership Series.

Turning a startup idea into a successful business takes passion, perseverance, and grit, as the alumni entrepreneurs profiled below exemplify. These former CBS students leveraged the School's programs and resources at the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurship Center to get their ventures off the ground. 

Over the summer, nine other US business school deans and I traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with Lael Brainard, Director of the National Economic Council, and Jared Bernstein, Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, as well as other members of Congress, top White House staff, and business leaders.