Center for 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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Establish your knowledge of best practices through foundational courses in entrepreneurship.

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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.

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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.

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Put the skills you've learned for a meaningful career into action.

Internships

Impact Venture

Career Preparation

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!)

Lancaster Cupcake

Ruby Coffee

AndCulture

Urban Churn

Chicken City Farms

Accounting Beyond Borders

Sapwood

Yellow Bird Cafe

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

"I was challenged by real examples of individuals blessing their neighbors, and how that outpouring was inspiring innovation and creating livelihoods. Even more spectacular was the ability of these entrepreneurs to share Jesus through the quality of their products and services."
- Jireh Bagyendera

“To me, entrepreneurship is about creating strategic opportunities to advance God’s kingdom on Earth as in heaven. It’s about using our God-given gifts to create new opportunities make the world more like God designed it to be. When we create businesses, we create opportunities for humans to flourish and realize their innate potential as image-bearers.”<
- Josh Gerber

“This is the day which the Lord as made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118 highlights the fact that we need to rejoice in every new day that is given to us. In a similar fashion, the entrepreneurship program at Messiah has helped me develop a lens to look at every obstacle as an opportunity and rejoice.”
- Jake Clemens