Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Action
At the Schulze School, we teach students to use entrepreneurial skills to solve problems that matter and create value for others. Learn to:
- Identify and evaluate new opportunities
- Transform innovations into sustainable businesses
- Forge connections with fellow student innovators and seasoned entrepreneurs
- Build a solid foundation for long-term success.
Schulze is more than a school—it’s a hub of innovative thinking that engages students, seasoned entrepreneurs, small businesses, change makers and leaders. Innovators from all disciplines come to the Schulze School to explore new opportunities, make connections and turn their ideas into reality.
Schulze Innovation Fund
William C. Norris Institute


Entrepreneurship Means More Than Start-Ups
As trained innovators and problem solvers, intrapreneurs serve as entrepreneurs and innovators within existing organizations.
Meet the Ecopreneur Who Loves to Talk Trash

Dr. Avinash Malshe Receives 2022 Ireland Award
Dr. Avinash Malshe, professor of marketing, has been announced as the recipient of the 2022 John Ireland Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Teacher-Scholar. The award recognizes the exemplary academic achievement of tenured members of the St. Thomas faculty who have demonstrated a sustained commitment not only to their respective disciplines, but also to… The post Dr. Avinash Malshe Receives 2022 Ireland Award appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
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Outside Consultant: What Are Some of the Most Important Characteristics of an Entrepreneur?
This "Outside Consultant" column by Alec Johnson, an associate professor of entrepreneurship, ran in the Star Tribune on May 16, 2022. There is troubling belief that entrepreneurs have some sort of special vision of the future of opportunities, and it just not so. In fact, it’s this type of myth that serves to dissuade potential entrepreneurs. Over my… The post Outside Consultant: What Are Some of the Most Important Characteristics of an Entrepreneur? appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
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Realizing Dreams: 2022 Graduate Commencement
It’s a walk they’ve been looking forward to for months, years even. More than 1,100 St. Thomas graduate students were awarded their degrees today, May 22, with 700 of them participating at a duo of outdoor commencement ceremonies. "You have been through a great deal, and yet here you are completing these degrees and celebrating… The post Realizing Dreams: 2022 Graduate Commencement appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
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