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 Bobby Parmar.
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
Omar Garriott
Executive Director and Assistant Professor

MJ Toms
Director of Education and Experiential Learning

Madelyn Taylor
Assistant Director, Student Programs

Jason Brewster
Director, Ventures

David Touve
Senior Director, Ventures

Sandra McCutcheon
Assistant Director, Ventures
