Students at Stanford Graduate School of Business have access to entrepreneurship courses from across the university. To help you identify courses that match your learning goals, below is a listing of all the GSB courses that focus on entrepreneurship and innovation as well as a selection of entrepreneurial courses open to GSB students at other Stanford schools.
If you would like help brainstorming what classes might be a great fit, you can reach out to Lisa Sweeney or Slava Derugin who are helpful guides in explaining the differences between the various experiential entrepreneurial courses.
Experiential Courses
Entrepreneurial experiential courses offer hands-on learning about the process of evaluating new venture opportunities.
Course Title | Quarters | School |
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The Startup Garage: Design | AUT/SPR | GSB |
Startup Garage: Research Driven Inspiration | SPR | GSB |
The Startup Garage: Testing and Launch | WIN | GSB |
Design for Extreme Affordability I | WIN | GSB / SoE / d.school |
Design for Extreme Affordability II | SPR | GSB / SoE / d.school |
Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation | SPR | GSB / SoM |
Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation | WIN | GSB / SoM |
Hacking for Climate and Sustainability | WIN | SDSS |
Hacking for Defense: Solving National Security Issues with the Lean Launchpad | SPR | SoE |
The Lean LaunchPad: Getting Your Lean Startup Off the Ground | WIN, SPR | SoE |
Venture Creation for the Real Economy | WIN | SoE |
LaunchPad: Design and Launch Your Product or Service | SPR | SoE / d.school |
Stanford Climate Ventures | WIN, SPR | SDSS |
Functional Courses
Learn critical functional skills from the perspective of new and growing ventures.
Industry-Specific Courses
Students can learn about innovating within industries that interest them through these courses.
Startup Fundamentals Courses
Students gain insight into starting and leading a new business through foundational courses.
Social Innovation Courses
These courses explore strategies and methods for entrepreneurs to create impact in the world beyond shareholder value.
Course Title | Quarters | School |
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Impact: Assessing High Impact Business Models in Emerging Markets | WIN | GSB |
Impact: From Idea to Enterprise | WIN | GSB |
Problem Solving for Social Change | AUT | GSB |
Impact: Taking Social Innovation to Scale | SPR | GSB |
Design for Extreme Affordability I | WIN | GSB / SoE / d.school |
Design for Extreme Affordability II | SPR | GSB / SoE / d.school |
Challenging the Status Quo: Social Entrepreneurs, Democracy, Development and Environmental Justice | SPR | SoHS |
Global Health: Scaling Health Technology Innovations in Low Resource Settings | WIN | SoM |
Biodesign and Entrepreneurship for Societal Health | WIN | SoM |
Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Lab (SE Lab) | AUT | SoM / SoHS |
Ecopreneurship
These are grad-level courses that focus on the strategies and methods for entrepreneurs interested in solving climate and sustainability challenges. For a fuller list of all courses that touch on the intersection of sustainability and entrepreneurship, see the Stanford Ecopreneurship Resource Landscape.
Course Title | Quarters | School |
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Startup Garage: Design | AUT | GSB |
Startup Garage: Testing and Launch | WIN | GSB |
Ecopreneurship: Pioneering Sustainability Ventures | WIN | GSB |
Climate Tech for Rapid Decarbonization | WIN | GSB |
Ecopreneurship: Pioneering Sustainability Ventures | WIN | GSB / SDSS |
Leading Environmental Sustainability by Design | SPR | GSB |
Energy: Innovation, Policy & Business Strategy | SPR | GSB |
Big Ideas & Open Opportunities in Climate-Tech Entrepreneurship | AUT | SDSS |
Case Studies in Leading Change for Sustainability | WIN | SDSS |
Hacking for Climate and Sustainability | WIN | SDSS |
Stanford Climate Ventures | WIN, SPR | SDSS |
Engineering, Entrepreneurship & Climate Change | WIN | SoE |