Entrepreneurial Startups
Build skills to lead all aspects of a startup—from identifying opportunities to raising funds to scaling and managing a new venture.
Program Details
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Commitment
16 credit hours
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Locations
Boston, Oakland
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Applicable majors
21
This program is ideal for
Students with a background in technology, science, or creative fields
Students with an interest in entrepreneurship, innovation, and emerging technology
Students looking for jobs like entrepreneur/startup founder or innovation manager
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Why study Entrepreneurial Startups at D'Amore-McKim?
- Build entrepreneurial skills: Learn the fundamentals of starting your own business, from approaches to innovation to taking new ideas to market to scaling and managing a growing business venture.
- Gain hands-on experience: In your integrated studies course, you'll learn what it takes to obtain venture financing from venture capitalists, angels, and corporate investors.
- Specialize your studies: Choose from a range of elective courses in marketing strategies, business models, design thinking, negotiation, industry disruption, and more to specialize your path based on your goals.
- Become an entrepreneurial leader: Prepare to launch your own startup or thrive in other startup ventures.
Locations
Experiential opportunities
Experiential learning is central to every D'Amore-McKim student's education, providing you with the opportunity to apply classroom learning and gain transformative experiences in a real-world professional context. To fulfill your business experiential learning requirements, you can pursue co-op or other approved options—such as vetted internships (including summer analyst roles), part-time co-ops, and Professional Practicum programs in London or Oakland. In addition, D'Amore-McKim offers students additional layered opportunities such as real-world project-based classes, involvement in academic research projects, student leadership and mentorship programs, and participation in Northeastern's innovation ecosystem.
Co-op roles are competitive and employer-selected. Students participate first-hand in the job search process with the support of a co-op advisor, which helps prepare them for their full-time job search upon graduation. While placement is not guaranteed, nearly all students earn and complete at least one co-op before they graduate.
Example co-op opportunities
- Toast
- Snyk
- Saxbys
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Meet our students
Dive Deeper
Concentration requirements
Find the required courses and optional electives for the Entrepreneurial Startups concentration in our academic catalog.
Faculty & learning
Our world-class faculty offer years of experience, forward-thinking leadership, global perspectives, and a commitment to preparing students for success in a rapidly changing business world.
Student resources
Get the resources, tools, information and support you need to be your very best at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business.
Campus life
Living at Northeastern means being a part of a dynamic community that enriches the college experience. Find out what it's like to be a Husky.
Research opportunities
Research—from laboratory work to big data analysis to archival research to collaborative projects—is a key part of experiential learning at Northeastern.
Admissions questions
Northeastern's admissions team are organized by student location. Please feel free to email admissions@northeastern.edu with any questions.
