The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) focuses on aiding and supporting students with entrepreneurial pursuits. The Center does this by providing teaching assistance; facilitating internships through the Entrepreneurial Summer Program (ESP); counseling; housing research papers, course syllabi, and cases; and organizing events on topics relevant to entrepreneurship, including, venture capital, equity compensation, and search funds.

The Center also coordinates activities and events with the Stanford Graduate School of Business student clubs.

We are located on the second floor of the McClelland Building, M220, in the Knight Management Center.

The 2005 MBA Class Gift in Honor of James Hsu

The CES is honored to benefit from the MBA 2005 Class Gift. This gift is named in honor of James Hsu, a member of the MBA class of 2005. Hsu was tragically lost during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami while vacationing in the Ko Phi Phi archipelago off the coast of Thailand after a GSB study trip in South Asia. He was passionate about entrepreneurship, having founded several start-ups before coming to Stanford, and he was an active member of the Entrepreneurship Club.

The CES has been able to use this gift to support their programming and to address several key initiatives including:

• Digitizing the video catalogue of past programs
• Developing a web-based community for alumni entrepreneurs, including networking, discussion and document reference features.

Thank you, Class of 2005, from all of us in the CES.