Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Unlock your entrepreneurial potential with our Entrepreneurship and Innovation program. Open to all students, it empowers you to think like an entrepreneur, whether or not you start a new business. Create social, environmental or economic value, and turn your ideas into reality.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Course Details
Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Minor
This minor requires students complete the Integrated Business Experience (IBE) program. This minor is great for any student, from any discipline, who wants to explore and implement ideas that create value and solve problems in any field. Challenge yourself to think like an entrepreneur with foundational and creative coursework, combined with co-curricular entrepreneurial opportunities. This minor is part of the College of Business, an accredited member of AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Certificate
This certificate focuses on entrepreneurial problem-solving, whether starting a new venture, working in a company, or pursuing a passion. Students learn to work with customers and stakeholders to create practical solutions to complex challenges. This degree is part of the College of Business, an accredited member of AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Minor
This minor requires students complete the Integrated Business Experience (IBE) program. This minor is great for any student, from any discipline, who wants to explore and implement ideas that create value and solve problems in any field. Challenge yourself to think like an entrepreneur with foundational and creative coursework, combined with co-curricular entrepreneurial opportunities. This minor is part of the College of Business, an accredited member of AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Certificate
This certificate focuses on entrepreneurial problem-solving, whether starting a new venture, working in a company, or pursuing a passion. Students learn to work with customers and stakeholders to create practical solutions to complex challenges. This degree is part of the College of Business, an accredited member of AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's (CIE) mission is to launch the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators through education, outreach and research, serving all students, faculty and the regional community.
Big Ideas Challenge
The Big Ideas Challenge is a new venture competition celebrating innovative business ideas. Open to Minnesota State Mankato students and recent alumni (within two years of graduation), it encourages creativity and entrepreneurship.
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Internships and Professional Development
The College of Business Internship and Professional Development Team offer services to help you find your perfect internship. Services include: one-on-one and group sessions, searching & networking, writing resumes, preparing for interviews, and applying for internship credit.
Maverick Entrepreneurship Club
The Maverick Entrepreneurship Club is a student organization that welcomes students from all majors and is dedicated to developing the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators through events and activities.
United Prairie Bank Integrated Business Experience (IBE)
The IBE merges essential courses in Finance, Management, and Marketing into a real-world entrepreneurial venture. Students gain leadership, an entrepreneurial mindset, and hands-on experience by operating a business alongside their team and setting them up for success in their careers. The IBE is also a certificate program.
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