Startups, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Northeastern’s entrepreneurship programs prepare students to become founders, innovators, and agents of change in both new ventures and established organizations. Undergraduate concentrations span four areas: corporate innovation, entrepreneurial startups, family business, and social innovation and entrepreneurship. Students have access to a vibrant on-campus ecosystem, including the NEXT Innovation Lab, the IDEA Student-Led Venture Accelerator, the MOSAIC guild of service providers, and the McCarthy(s) Venture Mentoring Network.
Skills & Competencies
- Finance
- Marketing
- Resilience
- Strategic Thinking
- Opportunity Recognition
Example Job Titles
- Founder/CEO
- Venture Capital Analyst
- Business Development Manager
- Product Manager
- Growth Strategist
Entrepreneurship careers reward resilience, strategic thinking, and the ability to build across functions and disciplines. Use Forage virtual simulations to test startup and product environments, explore Wellfound and Y Combinator job boards in our resources library for early-stage and growth-stage roles, and connect with Northeastern’s IDEA accelerator and entrepreneurship community through our resources library.
You can also utilize the Library’s Entrepreneurship guide for venture data, small business support, and innovation research, and more tools like PitchBook for private capital, venture, and M&A deal data, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) for international data on entrepreneurial activity, and MarketLine Advantage for case studies and company overviews to pressure-test your business idea.
Resources: Forage | LinkedIn | Library Guide
For more information, visit theCorporate Innovation,Entrepreneurial Startups, andSocial Innovation and Entrepreneurship department websites.
