Overview of the Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship

The business world is in need of young visionaries with backgrounds in humanities, science, and engineering. Now that you have the education, all you need are the right skills to implement your expertise. The Stanford Graduate School of Business Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship offers current graduate students the unique opportunity to build the analytical and practical skills critical to launching a successful business.

You will be taught by the renowned Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty and gain an intimate knowledge of the processes and challenges that face any entrepreneur. In the process you will acquire both the hard skills (such as finance, marketing, and accounting) and the soft skills (such as public speaking, leadership, and networking) needed to excel in a business environment. The program concludes with an exciting opportunity for you to present your team-developed business plans to a panel of experienced venture capitalists from prominent Silicon Valley firms.

The Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship offers the unique, enriching setting of Stanford and provides you with the necessary tools to get your business idea off the ground.

2010 Program Dates: June 20 - July 16, 2010

This program is designed for currently enrolled, non-business graduate students. In some cases, we may consider post graduates who are within one year of completing graduate school.

Application Deadlines:

Apply by February 15, hear a decision by March 15

Apply by March 15, hear a decision by April 15

Program cost for non-Stanford students ONLY:
2010 cost without housing = $7,600
2010 cost including on-campus housing = $9,700

Both options (with or without housing) include tuition, some course materials, program travel, some meals, excursions and events.

Current Stanford Grad Students ONLY: Please refer to the Stanford Students section of this website for more specific information regarding your tuition.