Your Path to Success

Entrepreneurship is a process that can be learned. Whether you want to run a business from your home, turn your idea into the next big IT firm, or learn to innovate from within your current company, the McGuire Center will give you the tools you need.

The Achievements of Alumni

Read about some recent McGuire entrepreneurship successes:

New Venture Launches, 2006: Interkinetic Technologies and MSDX
Both companies developed plans to commercialize patented technology, one for wireless energy transfer, and the other for a multiple sclerosis blood test.

Alumni Overview: Jay Steinmetz, Class of 1990
The founder of Barcoding, Inc. was named Maryland's 2006 Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year.

Alumni Overview: Becca Williams, Class of 1998
Becca Williams created a new venture which gave her the freedom — and the 10-hour workweek — that she needed to raise her young children.

Entrepreneurial Fellows: Steven Miner and Seton Claggett
These McGuire Center alums volunteer their time as mentors, business plan judges, and guest speakers.

 Read more in our Testimonials.
 

The Value of Entrepreneurship

 Findings Summary: The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: An
      Evaluation of the Berger Entrepreneurship Program at The University
      of Arizona, 1985-1999
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 The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: An Evaluation of the
      Berger Entrepreneurship Program at The University of Arizona,
      1985-1999
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The Success of the McGuire Center

The McGuire Entrepreneurship Program is the #1 ranked undergraduate program in the nation according to Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review, and is ranked #6 in the world at the graduate level by Financial Times. The McGuire Center is also one of only four schools to remain in the top-tier grouping for four consecutive years.

The entrepreneurship program ranks #2 among public programs and #6 overall in the U.S. News & World Report undergraduate business school rankings. In the U.S. News graduate business school rankings, the program ranks #6 among public schools and #13 overall.

 View more information on the McGuire Center's top rankings.

 
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