Programs in Social Entrepreneurship
"Social AND fiscal responsibility" are terms Haas students live by. Haas students created not only the Global Social Venture Competition back in 2000, but they were also integral in establishing the Social Entrepreneurship course. "We envision a world in which every business values, generates, and accounts for social impact." That's what it's all about.
Global
Social Venture Competition (GSVC).
Join GSVC as a club member your first year. Learn how to network
with professionals, run a competition and learn about sustainable
businesses. In your second year, join the competition as an
entrant and work with a mentor to sharpen your business plan
and then have professionals evaluate the plan.
Net Impact @ Haas. The club invites socially-minded
business leaders to speak on campus, sponsors comunity service
projects, coordinates a class on corporate social responsibility,
maintains a database of Haas alums working in fields relevant
to its members, and organizes social functions.
International Business Development Program sponsored
by the Clausen Center. Take three weeks out
of your summer after classes are over to work with a team
of Haas MBA students to act as consultants to solve international
business clients' problems.
Lester Fellows Meetings. Meet with a Lester
Fellow to discuss your business idea. Fellows are successful
Bay Area company founders and venture capitalists who have
been closely affiliated with the center for at least one year
and serve as mentors to the Berkeley MBAs. Fellows are chosen
not only for their entrepreneurial track record, but for their
enduring commitment of time and energy to the Haas School.
Stay Connected. Want to be informed about socially responsible business and entrepreneurship events? Sign up for the Entrepreneurship at Haas, GSVC, and Net Impact on the Haas club network to automatically receive event emails.
Courses
that support your interest in social entrepreneurship include:
MBA 294 Life as an Entrepreneur
MBA 294 Microfinance Speaker Series
MBA 295A Entrepreneurship & Innovation
MBA 292T Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
MBA 292T Social Investing: Recent Findings in Management and
Finance
MBA 295I Entrepreneurship Workshop for Start-ups
MBA 257 Business Strategies for Emerging Markets
New for Undergraduates:
UGBA 196: Entrepreneurship to Address Global
Poverty
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