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Establish your knowledge of best practices through foundational courses in entrepreneurship.
Today's experiences for tomorrow's career
The Center for Entrepreneurship uses hands-on business ventures and knowledgeable resources during your time as a student at Messiah University to develop your skills and passion for entrepreneurial efforts in your community.
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Dig deeper into entrepreneurship at Messiah University.
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Prepare yourself by participating in immersive opportunities both on and off campus.
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Put your skills into action as you step into your calling and career.
Study entrepreneurship at Messiah
Are you interested in becoming a business owner, consultant or simply a professional who aims to use their knowledge and skills to serve others? Messiah's entrepreneurship concentration prepares you to start a new venture, be a productive member of an innovative firm, assume responsibilities in a family business or become a productive manager in a growing business.
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Hands-on opportunities at Messiah will provide you with helpful and relevant experiences to prepare you for entering real-world entrepreneurial settings. These immersive experiences do not only broaden your knowledge of business and nonprofits, but will make you a highly competitive candidate in the job market.
Innovation Lab
Collaborate with other students, faculty and local business professionals in our on-campus Innovation Lab, a space where you'll be able to foster creativity and learn directly from industry leaders. This in-person lab will serve as a resource for you to build relationships with peers and make connections with professionals serving in the business field.
Praxis Academy
Dive into Academy Week through Praxis Academy, a week filled with keynote presentations and interactive workshops geared toward creatives, innovators and entrepreneurs who seek to lead with redemptive action in business and nonprofits. You'll also have the chance to participate in roundtable conversations with mentors from the main stage and deep-dive breakout sessions with a leading practitioner. Praxis Academy's mission is to support those motivated by their faith to love their neighbors through positive social impact.
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Messiah's entrepreneur-in-residence, Peter Greer, helps lead the Center for Entrepreneurship and mentors students who are interested in microfinance or entrepreneurship. Greer guest teaches the Global Entrepreneurship class, which explores global entrepreneurship, including socio-cultural, political, economic, and technology opportunities and challenges.
Economic empowerment group
Join the Economic Empowerment Group, a student group using business as a mission to assist organizations directly combating poverty. For over two decades, this group has worked in countries like Zambia, Uganda and Algeria, where it has prepared business plans, built surveys and conducted trainings on community savings groups and small business development. This group benefits from the contributions of students from various backgrounds who share a common desire - serving God by serving His people.
Career Immersion Opportunities
Through Messiah's Career and Professional Development Center, you'll have the opportunity to attend Into the City programs, intensive multi-day career immersion and networking trips intended to expose students to living, working and connecting in cities around the country. You will network with notable Messiah alumni, gain internal insights on key international organizations and learn about potential job opportunities. Visit the link above to see photos from previous ITC experiences!
Start your venture
Our graduates have taken what they've learned and gone on to use their entrepreneurial skills in various company settings. After graduation, you'll be able to use your abilities to make a positive impact on others, your place of employment and the world. Explore the below sampling of businesses that were started by Messiah alumni (some while still students!)
Student Quotes
Through being immersed in entrepreneurship at Messiah, I have been challenged and encouraged in pursuing entrepreneurial ventures and the process behind them. The Impact Venture Challenge competition is such a unique opportunity that grew my own personal experience in realizing what it takes to go through the process of creating a business venture from scratch and using creativity, passion and hard work to reach a final vision and impact the world around us. The unique, hands-on experience Messiah offers, as well as the amazing professors who intentionally care about their students' lives and success in and out of the classroom, have been a deep encouragement for me to develop my own passions and discover what I desire to pursue as my career begins.
- Jana Krihak
Studying entrepreneurship at Messiah provided me with lots of tools to critically evaluate the businesses I applied to work for. The knowledge I gained and the hands-on experience I received, particularly through the Impact Venture Challenge, has given me a level of credibility in the business field that employers recognize and value. Lots and lots of companies are looking for candidates with an "entrepreneurial spirit," and my time spent studying entrepreneurship and putting those principles into practice at Messiah make me a strong candidate wherever I apply.
- Tanner Stern
Messiah entrepreneurship has given me the opportunity to explore the creative business world with a Christ-centered focus and has helped push me out of my comfort zone. I was able to travel to California for a week-long business event where I met young entrepreneurs from around the world. I competed in the Impact Venture Challenge where I was able to explore my business and social impact passions through creating my own company. The professors and classes make this program so special and have helped prepare me to become the best business professional I can be.
- Shae Stolzfus