Baby Steps (NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic)
NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic
The Entrepreneurship Clinic, based in the Poole College of Management and with support from NC State Innovation and Entrepreneurship, helps university founders turn their visions into reality and gain practical experience working with startups.
What is the Entrepreneurship Clinic?
Inspired by the hospital teaching model applied to entrepreneurship, the Clinic integrates research, teaching, and real-world experience. We provide students with the opportunity to work alongside the best startups and corporations while earning credit. Students get real-life experience and companies get to work with top interdisciplinary talent at NC State. Learn more about our classes here.
Furthermore, the Entrepreneurship Clinic hosts the Andrews Launch Accelerator, a startup accelerator program for recent NC State Graduates. Learn more here.
Announcement: Andrews Launch Accelerator Opens
This years applications to the Andrews Launch Accelerator have opened. To find it, visit the page below.
Andrews Launch Accelerator 1000+
Clinicians that have participated in project for company partners
$1M+
Of estimated economic output.
450+
Projects that have been completed by our clinicians.
What is the Entrepreneurship Clinic?
Inspired by the hospital teaching model applied to entrepreneurship, the Clinic integrates research, teaching, and real-world experience.
In the classroom, we provide students with the opportunity to work alongside the best startups and corporations while earning credit.
Beyond the classroom, we provide students with support for their entrepreneurial goals through our accelerator, our mentorship programs, and an incubator we host.
Students
Students from all colleges at NC State get valuable experience by working with real companies on some of their most cutting edge projects. During your time at the Clinic, students work on 4-8 week sprints with real companies. These sprints will develop core entrepreneurial skills like opportunity analysis (410), all the way to more specific skills like marketing, product innovation and research, and more (418/419).
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Companies
Companies have constant challenges to solve and not enough time to do so. Both startups and established companies come to the Clinic to get insights from bright student talent.
Students will dedicate time to learn how to navigate obstacles for the company and serve as independent work to overcome barriers in.
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#20 Worldwide Entrepreneurship Clinic!
Ranked as the 20th best Entrepreneurship Clinic globally, showcasing excellence in fostering innovation and guiding aspiring entrepreneurs. A testament to its commitment to cultivating a dynamic and impactful entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Get Involved with the Clinic
The NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic, embedded within the Raleigh Founded Warehouse location in downtown Raleigh is the closest you’ll get to the entrepreneurship scene while still being in an official NC State space.
Clinic Classes (Projects)
The NC State Entrepreneurship Clinic creates value for the entrepreneurship ecosystem through experiential learning. Part of fulfilling this goal comes in the form of classes hosted in the Clinic.
Clinic Newsletter
Learn more about what’s going on in the Entrepreneurship Clinic, get recommendations on content we share with our entrepreneurs, and more, by subscribing to the Clinic Newsletter.
Mentors Program
The mentorship program pairs our best mentors with our best students, enabling community members to share the knowledge and experiences with students that are trying to grow personally and professionally.
Andrews Launch Accelerator
Throughout the summer, we host a 14-week long accelerator program that helps Entrepreneurs that are either at, or recently graduated from (within 5 years), NC State.
“The students who interact with the Clinic learn to get out of the classroom and experience entrepreneurship.”
What’s new in the Clinic? 2023 ALA Cohort Announcement
Take a look at some of our most recent Andrews Launch Accelerator Cohort companies.
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Clinic Newsletter
Explore the Clinic Newsletter and learn more about what’s going on in the Clinic from day to day.
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Andrews Launch Accelerator Applications open soon
Learn more a out the Andrews Launch Accelerator program
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) How can I get involved with the Entrepreneurship Clinic? What types of support does the Entrepreneurship Clinic offer to entrepreneurs? Is the Entrepreneurship Clinic only for business students? Are there any prerequisites for joining the Entrepreneurship Clinic? Can entrepreneurs from outside the university seek assistance from the Entrepreneurship Clinic? More Questions? Get in contact today.
We’re always looking for new chances to connect with interested students, companies, mentors, advisors, and anybody else who feels they may be able to provide more value to the Entrepreneurship Clinic. Feel free to reach out to the Clinic’s program manager, Josh Guter ([email protected]) to get a conversation started.