MBA - Area Focus Electives - Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Darden has long been recognized for having one of the best entrepreneurship programs among all graduate business schools, with a curriculum that inspires purpose-driven, entrepreneurial leaders who will improve the world. Today, we offer more than 25 area-focused electives in entrepreneurship, innovation and related fields.
A full listing of all entrepreneurship & innovation courses is available here. For questions about any of these offerings, please contact MJ Toms.
In addition to courses, Darden encourages all students to develop their innovative thinking and entrepreneurial capabilities through a wide range of co-curricular programs in entrepreneurship and innovation. These include student clubs, conferences, workshops, boot camps, internships, fellowships, competitions, independent studies, mentorship, and a variety of early-stage venture development opportunities.
For a complete access to all of Darden’s curricular and co-curricular offerings in entrepreneurship, innovation, technology and related fields, please visit the Batten Institute, a center of research and education at Darden dedicated to inspiring purpose-driven entrepreneurial leadership.
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Faculty
Rachel Brozenske
Lecturer
Raul O. Chao
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Alex Cowan
Lecturer, Academic General Faculty
Gregory B. Fairchild
Isidore Horween Research Associate Professor of Business Administration Associate Dean for Washington, D.C., Area Initiatives and Academic Director of Public Policy and Entrepreneurship
John W. Glynn
MacAvoy Professor of Business Administration
Edward D. Hess
Professor of Business Administration Batten Executive-in-Residence Batten Faculty Fellow
Andrea Larson
Associate Professor Emeritus of Business Administration
Michael Lenox
Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Officer
Jeanne Liedka
United Technologies Corporation Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Degree Programs
Saras Sarasvathy
Paul M. Hammaker Professor in Business Administration Jamuna Raghavan Chair Professor in Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Sankaran Venkatraman
MasterCard Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Staff
Sean Carr
Executive Director and Assistant Professor
MJ Toms
Director of Education and Experiential Learning
Robyn Swift
Director of Strategic Initiatives (based in San Francisco, CA)
Madelyn Taylor
Assistant Director, Student Programs
Jason Brewster
Director, Ventures
David Touve
Senior Director, Ventures
Sandra McCutcheon
Assistant Director, Ventures
Debbie White
Director of Finance & Operations
Gayle Noble
Office Manager
Mary Andrews
Program Operations and Special Projects Manager
Derry Wade
Director of Communications and Outreach
Asif Mehedi
Associate Director, Research and Faculty Support
Malgorzata "Gosia" Glinska
Associate Director, Research Impact
