Regardless of your experience with entrepreneurship, the First-Year Entrepreneurship Program is built to reshape how you think about it. You’ll hear about the experience of being a student founder from those who have balanced their seed rounds with Expos and Ec1011. You’ll sit on both sides of the early-stage investment table, learning from startup founders who hit it big and the venture capitalists that invested in them. You’ll get grilled on success and failure HBS-like business case studies. Over the course of the week, you’ll be tasked with building your own business plan from the ground up and speed-run the path of the startup founder from start to finish. You’ll do it all in an environment with people just like you: aspiring entrepreneurs and upstarts in the world of business, all from the Harvard Class of 2029.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE —————————
Schedule
Day 1: Foundations and Case 1&2 • Welcome and Team Formation • Intro to Entrepreneurship and Business Thinking • Case 1 • Group Strategy Sessions • Guest Speaker Session • Intro to Marketing and Product Development • Case 2 • Group Strategy Sessions
Day 2: Core Skills and Case 3&4 • Welcome and Team Formation • Intro to Finance and Funding • Case 3 • Group Strategy Sessions • Guest Speaker Session • Intro to Social Impact and Pitching • Case 4 • Group Strategy Sessions • Group Work and Feedback Checkpoints • Optional Office Tour Day 3: Pitch Competition • Final Team Preparation • Pitch Presentations to Panel • Panel Feedback on Pitches and College Life • Awards and Closing Remarks
Day 1: Mon, August 1ST
12:00-12:15 PM EST | Welcome and introduction, overview of the week
3:45-4:30 PM EST | Small Group Meeting: Debriefing on the Program
4:30-4:45 PM EST | Wrap-up
Speaker List from previous FEP Editions
• Kristin Mugford, HBS Professor • Shuya Gong, IDEO • Patrick Chung, Xfund Managing Partner • Jadyn Bryden, Xfund Vice President • Tom Eisenmann, HBS Professor • Kirk Benson, Crestview partner • Larry Cheng, Founding Partner at Volition Capital
HOW TO APPLY ———————
Applications are now closed for the Class of 2025 program. However, we encourage you to fill out our waitlist form if you'd like to reserve a spot on the waitlist, and if you'd like more info about entrepreneurship from us in the future.
Complete the form below to apply for a spot in the First-Year Entrepreneurship Program! Applications will be open until August 3rd at 11:59 PM EST.
For any questions, please reach out to mariano.moad-valenzuela@mail.hsa.net.
Founded in 1957, Harvard Student Agencs on-profit with 10 businesses across various industries that provides educational and business opportunities to students. Managers get the chance to learn about retail, publishing, research, advertising, engineering and more, while making a tangible impact on the Harvard community. With more than 900 employees, HSA strives to defray the costs of education with student wages and inspire the next generation of business leaders.
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