Gain the knowledge and skills you need to bring a new idea to commercial reality

Recent Alumnus Profile Sean Pfitzenmaier, MBA 2006  Co-founder, Social Sauce Undergraduate: Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech Pre-Stern work experience: 5 years in the aerospace industry Stern specializations: Management and Finance Club involvement: President, Social Enterprise Association; Technology & New Media Group; Emerging Markets Association Favorite Stern course: New Venture Financing Summer internship: FATE Foundation (Lagos, Nigeria) ------------------------------------ "When writing the initial business plan for my company, Social Sauce, the Stern faculty were an immense help. For example, my business partners and I talked strategy with Professor [Adam] Brandenburger and financing with Professor [Alexander] Ljungqvist. Their initial guidance was instrumental in helping us to secure financing, build a team and release a product all on our own. In addition, the Stern Business Plan Competition was a tremendous learning experience, allowing me to learn the ins and outs of writing, presenting and defending a business plan."

NYU Stern's Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies offers a comprehensive program of courses and practical experience for future entrepreneurs – those who plan to start their own business, run a family business and those who will be taking over a small organization and hope to make it grow.

Select Businesses Started by Stern Alumni
Butter Beans, Inc. - Belinda Di Giambattista, MBA '05
Chaiken Clothing - Julie Chaiken, MBA '93
Cosi - Andy Stenzler, MBA '84
Naya Jeevan for Kids - Asher Hasan, MBA '07 and Saad Tabani, MBA '08
Rickshaw Dumpling Bar - Kenny Lao, MBA '04
SimulTel - Sid Rastogi, MBA '00
Social Sauce - Jamie Lin, MBA '06, Sean Pfitzenmaier, MBA '06, Howard Tsao, MBA '06 and Yvonne Tsao, MBA '06
TransPerfect Translations - Liz Elting, MBA '92 and Phil Shawe, MBA '93 

Student Podcasts

Hear more about the Entrepreneurship experience at Stern from students Tom Catherwood and Saliha Brandenburg:

	The Power of the Alumni Network
	The Importance of Thinking Critically

• Watch an MSNBC interview featuring winners of the 2009 NYU Stern Business Plan Competition
• Read about Kenny Lao, MBA '04 and founder of Rickshaw Dumpling Bar, on Fox Business and Crain's "Forty Under Forty"
• Read a blog by alumnus Derya Rose, MBA '09, as he sets up a business plan for the Yachana Foundation in Ecuador

NYU Stern Business Plan Competition

• Gain practical guidance, networking and financing to turn new venture ideas into reality
• Participants partake in the Fall Entrepreneurs Boot Camp and Selling your Idea Workshop to gear up for the first phases of the competition
• Winners receive the $75,000 Rennert Prize, named after benefactor Ira Leon Rennert, a Stern alumnus and successful entrepreneur
• View the business plan competition process from start to finish  

Student Clubs
Entrepreneurs’ Exchange (EEX)
Social Enterprise Association (SEA)

Related Specializations
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Law and Business 
Product Management
Social Impact and Innovation
Strategy