Carlson Ventures Enterprise is dedicated to helping our sponsors uncover and understand new business opportunities. Our student teams research and analyze new markets, industries and innovations with the end goal of providing sound strategic advice with action-oriented recommendations.

Given the unique nature of entrepreneurship and business development, we’re quite flexible in designing projects and sponsorships. We know that sometimes a new venture takes more than a semester of work to get off the ground, and the program is equipped to work with sponsors on a long-term basis while establishing semester-based milestones for associate teams. While we cannot accommodate projects shorter than one semester, we do have flexibility for sponsors who prefer shorter engagements. We encourage you to consider Carlson Ventures Enterprise at every stage of a new venture, from research and conceptualization to financing and launch.

As Ventures Enterprise sponsor, you uphold the tradition of excellence at the University of Minnesota while getting to review the on-the-job performance of some of the best and brightest MBAs the Carlson School has to offer.