With an increased demand for training in entrepreneurial skills, Derby Entrepreneurship Center fosters a hands-on learning experience, creating future innovators and leaders. Students are exposed to top faculty and learn how to seek out new venture opportunities, develop business plans, formulate effective marketing strategies, manage financial resources, and make operational decisions and actions. In conjunction with classroom experiences, internship opportunities, utilization of the Tufts Entrepreneurial Network, innovative guest lecturers, and the opportunity to engage in entrepreneurial business competitions, students develop the advanced knowledge necessary to become entrepreneurial leaders of the future. The Entrepreneurship Minor is the largest minor on campus with more than 800 students participating in Entrepreneurship courses every year. It is open to all students in the arts, sciences, and engineering fields.

Sample Classes:

• Creativity and Entrepreneurial Thinking
• Entrepreneurial Marketing
• Societal Aspects of Design
• Entrepreneurial Leadership
• Nonprofits, Philanthropy, and Impact

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