The Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

At the Olin Business School, varied programs offer students the opportunity to learn the many facets of entrepreneurship both from academic and experiential perspectives. The curriculum is designed to teach students the fundamentals of starting a new business and provide them with ample opportunity to participate in the process in a real-world setting. Undergraduates and graduates collaborate with students across the campus in forming new ventures.

Olin, along with other Washington University schools, participates in programs and activities sponsored by the campus-wide Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Beyond training students to lead businesses in the future in order to strengthen the labor pool, the Center fosters networking, supplies resources for ideas to mature, and provides a forum in which these ideas can partner with venture capital. As an early resource along the idea-to-business path, the Center acts as a funnel through which the idea starts on its way to becoming a business. In this role, the Center serves the needs of both upstream and downstream "customers," with several customers appearing in multiple roles along this journey.