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Ventures Enterprise

Within the Carlson Ventures Enterprise (CVE), students participate in coursework that teaches best practices, frameworks, and methodologies crucial for identifying and evaluating new ventures.

In a teach-then-apply environment, MBAs and exceptional undergraduates work on student managed client based projects solving real-world problems in real time, whether helping an entrepreneur develop their new business or an established organization evaluate opportunities for growth.

CVE graduates are adept at dealing with ambiguity, understanding deep customer needs, applying an entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving and, and providing well thought out recommendations with supporting rationale.

MBA Students

The Carlson Ventures Enterprise (CVE) is an experiential learning program where MBA students work on student-managed, client-based projects to solve real world problems in real time, whether it be helping an entrepreneur develop their new business or an established organization evaluate opportunities for growth.

Undergraduate Students

The Carlson Ventures Enterprise (CVE) is an experiential learning program where exceptional undergraduate students work on student-managed, client-based projects to solve real world problems in real time, whether it be helping an entrepreneur develop their new business or an established organization evaluate opportunities for growth.

Potential Clients

Whether it’s working with a Fortune 500 company, a nonprofit, or a startup, the Carlson Ventures Enterprise (CVE) is driven to help its clients uncover and understand new business opportunities. Our teams of entrepreneurially spirited students deliver strategic guidance and action-oriented recommendations, often in the face of ambiguity. Because we know that a new venture may take more than a semester to get off the ground, the program is prepared to work with sponsors on a long-term basis.

Alums Discuss their Experience in Carlson Ventures Enterprise

Four Carlson School alumni discuss their experience with the Carlson Ventures Enterprise in the Full-Time MBA Program. 

"We develop entrepreneurial skill through experiential learning"

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