Stanford Summer Session
Summer Course: Principled Entrepreneurial Decisions

Stanford, USA

DURATION

8 Weeks

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

23 Jun 2025

EARLIEST START DATE

23 Jun 2025

TUITION FEES

USD 4,341

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: This summer course focuses on making principled entrepreneurial decisions. You’ll explore the intersection of entrepreneurship and ethics, learning how decision-making impacts business success and social responsibility. The course aims to provide practical tools and frameworks for addressing complex challenges in entrepreneurial environments.

Career Outcomes: This course prepares you for careers in entrepreneurship, business management, consulting, and social enterprise. You'll develop skills valuable for roles that require ethical decision-making and strategic thinking in various sectors.

Introduction

Principled Entrepreneurial Decisions examines how leaders tackle significant inflection points that occur in high-growth entrepreneurial companies. Students learn how to develop principles as a powerful tool to face tough situations that they will encounter in their lives and their chosen career.

Cases and guest speakers discuss not only the business rationale for the decisions taken but also how their principles affected those decisions. A capstone project provides frameworks for students to develop their own set of principles. The teaching team brings its wealth of experience in both entrepreneurship and VC investing to the class.

Details

ENGR 148-01

Class Number: 23446
Course Cost: $1447.00
Population: High School, Undergraduate, Graduate
Units: 3
Interest Area: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Course Format & Length: In-Person, 8 weeks
Instructors: Jack Fuchs
Cross Listing: ENGR 248
Course Notes: Limited enrollment. Admission by application.

Events and Engagement

Workshops

Hosted through the Summer Academic Resource Center (SARC), we offer a variety of educational workshops to complement your academic pursuits. Presenters varying from Stanford affiliates, community partners, and graduate tutors will cover a wide range of topics from academic skills to career exploration. Past workshops included college preparedness, software exploration, and building your professional network.

Stanford Spaces

Explore the intellectual ecosystem of the Stanford campus. Tour museums like the Cantor Arts Center, visit unique campus spaces like the d.school, Frost Amphitheater, and O’Donohue Family Farm, and get to know the unique community of companies and innovators that gather at Stanford Research Park.

Stanford Voices

These small gatherings give you an opportunity to connect with Stanford faculty, fellows, and alumni to hear about their work or research, as well as the road that brought them there. Ask questions and continue your intellectual exploration—whether you're taking a course on the topic this summer or just curious.

Facilities

Admissions

English Language Requirements

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