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Entrepreneurship at Kellogg
Entrepreneurs build great businesses. We help build great entrepreneurs.
That’s why our MBA program is focused on preparing you for all the opportunities and realities of being a entrepreneur.
Game changing. World changing. People changing. There are many paths to becoming an entrepreneur: start from scratch, buy a business or finance the next big disruptor. At Kellogg, we know being an entrepreneur is a calling, a journey — and it doesn’t end when you get your diploma. Put simply: Do we grow great ideas? Sure. But it’s the people behind those ideas that we like to nurture to success first. Let us help you define your entrepreneurial path.
An MBA program built for entrepreneurs
It's all about you
We don’t offer just one path to success. We don’t think “because it worked for someone else” means much. And we don’t think there’s only one way to become an entrepreneur. Our priority is you and helping you navigate the path that's best for you..
Purposeful, practical and hands-on
Test your idea in the real world by taking advantage of unique internship, immersion, funding, competition and experiential learning opportunities. Need to make a connection? We can help you with that, too.
Customize your path(way)
With thirty-eight cutting-edge courses on the Entrepreneurship Pathway —led by venture capitalists, founders, innovators and scholars — you will have the tools to go out into the world and start building, buying, founding and financing to your own entrepreneurial vision.
An ecosystem of opportunities
Being part of Kellogg also means you’re part of the Northwestern University community. Find your partner, collaborator or co-founders at one of our top-tier engineering, medical, science, journalism and law schools so you can build the right brain trust right from the start.
Become the entrepreneur you were meant to be
There’s more — way, way more — to entrepreneurship than how much funding you’ve raised. Whatever path you choose, it’s going to take grit and determination. We’ll champion these traits and be there every step of the way, no matter how many times you fail forward or go the distance.
Collaboration in the real world
Learning doesn’t just happen in our classrooms. We want you in the field, in user testing, in the late-night brainstorms, in the internships and endless other learning opportunities that make sense for your goals. We’ll show you that path and help open the right doors.
Several distinct entrepreneurial paths. One MBA.
We know entrepreneurship takes many forms. Our MBA program will prepare you to create, build, or accelerate your business, buy an existing business, finance the next-gen of innovators, or support other entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurial journey is different for everyone, and we’re here to support you no matter which path is the one for you.
Empowering Kellogg entrepreneurs
$5B+
in funding raised over the past 10 years
9
countries around the world with thriving Kellogg founders
13
companies acquired by Kellogg alumni since 2015
Being a tech entrepreneur, it is always changing. It’s very dynamic and you never know what’s gonna come at you. And Kellogg really prepared me for that because I was very well-rounded in what I learned at Kellogg and really able to adapt to whatever came.
SAM SHANK ’04 MBA former CEO of HotelTonight and head of commercial team at Airbnb
Kellogg focused on collaboration and teamwork and that really resonated with me and it resonated with my instincts that the group has more wisdom than the individual. I think I became a better team member and a better leader of teams because of my time at Kellogg.
STAN DAY ’84 Co-founder and board chairman of SRAM
Learn from scholars and real-world entrepreneurs
Kellogg faculty fuse timely and sophisticated academic research with practical, hands-on entrepreneurial experience to teach and mentor you for success.
Clinical Professor of Strategy; Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at Kellogg; Faculty Director of the Zell Fellows Program; Director of the Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice
Economist and the Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategy
Clinical Professor of Strategy; Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Clinical Endowed Professor
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Clinical Professor of Operations
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship; Faculty Associate in the Zell Fellows Program
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Adjunct Professor in Entrepreneurship; Associate Director of Venture Creation for the Kellogg Entrepreneurship Program
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship; Program Co-Lead for the Zell Fellows: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA)
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Department Chair
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship; Track Lead in the Zell Fellows Program
Clinical Professor of Marketing; Founder and Academic Director of the Kellogg Sales Institute
Adjunct Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial thought leadership
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Being surrounded by entrepreneurs at a critical age can shape girls’ educational and career trajectories.
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If you really want to change paradigms, you must be willing to accept that there is no such thing as true innovation without risk.
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Meet Our Key Donors
Larry and Carol Levy established the Larry and Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice at Kellogg in 2012. Larry has generously continued to support newly minted as well as scaling entrepreneurs.
Learn more.
Sam Zell funds entrepreneurship program world-wide, believing in uniting the students and alumni and actively providing connections, opportunities, mentorship and support.