Inspiring the world through entrepreneurship and innovation
…in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation research and dedicates unparalleled resources to students, faculty, alumni, scholars and community members interested in pursuing entrepreneurship and innovation at any stage in their career and in any type of business environment.
REDEFINES BOUNDARIES . . .
CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP
CENTER FOR RESEARCH
Building broad and lasting
ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS inspired by the principles of
DESIGN THINKING and EFFECTUATION
entrepreneurship.darden.virginia.edu
DARDEN’S CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP MBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS
CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP
in scholarships awarded to entrepreneurial students annually
OVER $1 MILLION
RANKED TOP
• Design-inspired classroom and prototyping lab
• U.Va. innovation hotspot
• World-class incubator
i.LAB
EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS
• Competitions
• Boot camps
• Funded internships
• Global alumni network
DARDENRANKED FACULTY#1
MBA PROGRAM#3
DARDEN RANKED
IN THE WORLD The Economist 2012
among entrepreneurship programs in 2010, 2011, 2012Entrepreneur Magazine,The Princeton Review
10RANKED TOP
of Darden i.Lab incubator companies
remain viable five years out
46%
The Princeton Review 2011
of Darden students take entrepreneurship and
innovation classes
70%EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS
• Competitions
• Boot camps
• Funded internships
• Global alumni network
THE INSTITUTE’S CENTER FOR RESEARCH IS A GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADER IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION THAT ADDRESSES SOCIETY’S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES
CENTER FOR RESEARCH
BATTEN FELLOWSOver 60 scholars,
policymakers and business leaders, including Nobel
Prize winners and award-winning authors
OVER $1.5 MILLION in faculty support and salaries annually
RESEARCHERS
• Generate intellectual capital published in outlets including Batten Briefings and Forbes.com
• Support faculty research
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS
VENTURING Supporter for 15 years
BATTEN GRANTSMore than 150 grant-funded research projects undertaken by more than 75 scholars since 2000
Interactive education, research-informed programs
Experiences with impact
Purposeful dialogue among leaders to create and sustain robust entrepreneurial ecosystems
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jeffersoninnovationsummit.org
FORUMS EVENTS
FINANCEFaculty Leader
Susan Chaplinsky
SUSTAINABILITYFaculty Leader
Andrea Larson
EMERGING MARKETSFaculty Leader
Greg FairchildGROWTHFaculty Leader
Edward D. Hess
EDUCATIONFaculty Leader
Saras Sarasvathy
Faculty Founder
Saras Sarasvathy
Faculty Founder
Jeanne Liedtka
E-CONFERENCE
INNOVATORS’ ROUNDTABLE
IDEAS TO ACTION
ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
PUBLIC POLICY
INTELLECTUAL CAPITALOver 200 books, academic articles, working papers,
cases, technical notes, and Batten Briefings around ...
effectuation.org
www.darden.v i rginia.edu/batten
pinterest.com/eplusi
linkedin.com Innovators, Designers & Entrepreneurs in Action
twitter.com/BattenInstitutetwitter.com/dardenEshiptwitter.com/DesignatDarden
The Batten Institute was established with gifts now totaling over $100 million from the late Frank Batten Sr. and his family. Mr. Batten, a U.Va. alumnus, was a visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was also the founder of The Weather Channel.
“My intent is to enable and challenge the Darden School to become a preeminent educator and thought leader of entrepreneurship and innovation.”
Batten Institute University of Virginia Darden School of Business P.O. Box 6550 Charlottesville, VA 22906
+1-434-924-1335 [email protected]
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