Students at Stanford Graduate School of Business have access to entrepreneurship and innovation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Startup Garage: Research Driven Inspiration | SPR | GSB |
| Startup Garage: Design | AUT/SPR | GSB / SoE / SDSS |
| Startup Garage: Testing and Launch | WIN | GSB / SoE / SDSS |
| Design for Extreme Affordability I | WIN | GSB / SoE / d.school |
| Design for Extreme Affordability II | SPR | GSB / SoE / d.school |
| Biodesign Innovation: Needs Finding and Concept Creation | WIN | GSB / SoM |
| Biodesign Innovation: Concept Development and Implementation | SPR | GSB / SoM |
| The Lean LaunchPad: Getting Your Lean Startup Off the Ground | WIN, SPR | SoE |
| LaunchPrep: Exploring and Validating Your Business Idea | WIN | SoE |
| LaunchPad: Design and Launch Your Product or Service | SPR | SoE / d.school |
| Stanford Climate Ventures | WIN, SPR | SDSS |
| Hacking for Defense: Solving National Security Issues with the Lean Launchpad | SPR | SoE |
| Healthcare Acceleration: Artificial Intelligence | AUT | SoM / d.school |
| Innovation for Climate and Sustainability | WIN | SDSS |
| Venture Creation for the Real Economy | WIN | SoE |
Startup Fundamentals Courses
Students gain insight into starting and leading a new business through foundational courses.
| Course Title | Quarters | School |
|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurship: Formation of New Ventures | AUT, WIN, SPR | GSB |
| Managing Growing Enterprises | AUT, WIN, SPR | GSB |
| Conversations in Management | AUT, WIN, SPR | GSB |
| Creating and Scaling High Potential Ventures in Developing Economies (Cases) | SPR | GSB |
| Entrepreneurship Inside Existing Organizations | AUT | GSB |
| Entrepreneurship from Diverse Perspectives | AUT | GSB |
| From Invention to Innovation: The Process of Translation | SPR | GSB |
| Product/Market Fit | WIN, SPR | GSB |
| Riding the AI Wave in Developing Economies | AUT | GSB |
| Strategies of Effective Product Management | WIN | GSB |
| Entrepreneurial Leadership | WIN, SPR | SoE |
| Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders’ Seminar | AUT, WIN, SPR | SoE |
| Entrepreneurship without Borders | SPR | SoE |
| Principled Entrepreneurial Decisions | WIN | SoE |
| Founder Journeys - Navigating the Path to Scalable Startups | WIN | SoE |
Functional Courses
Learn critical functional skills from the perspective of new and growing ventures.
| Course Title | Quarters | School |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing and Sales | ||
| Customer Experience Design (CxDesign) | WIN | GSB |
| Customer Acquisition for New Ventures | SPR | GSB |
| Building & Managing Sales Organizations | SPR | GSB |
| Fundamentals of Effective Selling | AUT | GSB |
| Go to Market | AUT | GSB |
| Finance | ||
| Angel and Venture Capital Financing for Entrepreneurs and Investors | AUT | GSB |
| Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital | WIN | GSB |
| Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital: Partnership for Growth | WIN | GSB |
| Investment Management and Entrepreneurial Finance | AUT | GSB |
| Is this a Good Business? Financial Analysis of Business Models | WIN | GSB |
| Venture Capital | SPR | SLS |
| Entrepreneurship through the Lens of Venture Capital | SPR | SoE |
| Legal | ||
| Patent Law and Strategy for Innovators and Entrepreneurs | AUT | SoE |
| Technology Licensing and Commercialization | WIN, SPR | SoE |
Industry-Specific Courses
Students can learn about innovating within industries that interest them through these 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Prevention Medicine and Entrepreneurship for Societal Health | WIN | SoM |
Ecopreneurship
These courses focus on the strategies and methods for entrepreneurs interested in solving climate and sustainability challenges. For a fuller list of all classes that touch on the intersection of sustainability and entrepreneurship, explore the Graduate Certificate in Ecopreneurship and the Stanford Ecopreneurship Resource Landscape.