BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITIONS

Business pitch competitions are an opportunity for entrepreneurs to take center stage with their business ideas at a campus-wide SCU event or compete with students from other universities. The Pitch Perfect competition was an exciting finale of Entreprelooza '23

317 Students graduated

Entrepreneurship Minors

Santa Clara University provides a variety of academic avenues to grow the Entrepreneurial Mindset The Leavey School of Business offers a broad entrepreneurship minor, open to students from any school The School of Engineering also provides an entrepreneurship minor specifically for engineering majors

A critical element of the program is an internship working with an emerging for-profit startup or socially-beneficial organization to develop an in-depth case study of the venture and founders, formal business plan or growth plan

Design Thinking Pathway

One of two dozen Pathway themes, Design Thinking is pursued by undergraduate students across all schools. This Pathway includes additional courses and complementary co-curricular activities

40-45% of undergraduate students

HACK-4-HUMANITY

The Ciocca Center helps fund SCU's largest hackathon This year, teams working on 52 projects In addition to awarding a prize for the "Most Interdisciplinary Solution," we partnered with Roblox to offer a offer a workshop for the platform's Trust & Safety features, and rewarded the team with the best implementation

Participants 120+

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Interdisciplinary organizations

Lunch With An Entrepreneur

Attendees 240+

Professor Chris Kitts from the School of Engineering welcomed notable entrepreneurs for on-campus discussions about innovation and entrepreneurship. The popular sessions featured leaders from Rivian, Bear Flag Robotics, Grape ai, and RPM Training

Hackers 1000+

OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

The Ciocca Center hosted students enrolled in Contemporary Business Issues (BUSN 70) to learn about the different programs offered by our university and how they make the most of SCU’s opportunities as a new Business student.

Published in 2022 by Administrative Sciences

The Impact of Formality, Integration and Commitment on the Performance of Latino-Owned Small Businesses

Drew Starbird, Jill Martin, Leavey School of Business & Yacanex Posadas

Funded Research Projects

Investing in Black Founders: Understanding & Correcting Bias in Venture Capital Allocation

Maya Ackerman, School of Engineering

Religious Entrepreneurs and Social Media: Religious Influencers and Digital Entrepreneurs

Di Di, College of Arts and Sciences

Asian American Women Entrepreneurs’ Engagement in the U.S. Racial Reality

Hsin-I Cheng, College of Arts and Sciences

An Exit, Not an Entrance: Career Mobility and Employment Opportunities for BIPOC Founders

Keyvan Kashkooli, Leavey School of Business and Peter Younkin, University of Oregon

Fairness-Aware Talent Management System via Meta Attribute Learning

Zhiquiang Tao and Yi Fang, School of Engineering

Exploring the Relationship Between Genetic Firm

Founders' Gender and Firm Outcomes and Innovation

Jennifer Woolley, Leavey School of Business

The Future of the Pitch: Crowdfunding Investor

Responses to AI Generated Pitches & Imagery

Andy El-Zayaty, Leavey School of Business

The Jesuit Way for Innovating Lanny Vincent, School of Engineering