Throughout your Founder Path, get feedback on your idea, testing plan, business model, and more from experienced entrepreneurs and VCs by meeting 1:1 with Rock Executive Fellows, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs), Venture Capital Partners (VCPs), and Lawyers-in-Residence (LIRs).

FALL

Is becoming a founder right for me?

  • Meet with a Career & Professional Development (CPD) entrepreneurship coach (login required)
  • Attend Rock/CPD panel discussions, see Rock calendar for dates
  • Join a Rock Executive Fellows Panel Discussion on current trends in entrepreneurship (AI, Web 3, VC, etc.)

Learn about HBS resources to support your journey:

Plug into the entrepreneurship community:

  • Join an HBS club (E-Ship/Tech) during Club Fair
  • Apply for a Student i-lab Membership


JANUARY TERM

Learn how to start a new venture and accelerate your progress—participate in Startup Bootcamp

Take the Startup Toolkit Short Intensive Program (SIP).

Learn how to research business models, market sizes, and competitors by meeting with a Research Consultant at Baker Library—anytime.

SPRING

Pitch your startup for feedback and the opportunity to win prize money:

Build Entrepreneurship and Tech Skills:

Want to work on your idea over the summer? Apply to one or both of the following:

SUMMER

Work on your new venture:

  • Rock Summer Fellowship program is a rigorous and practical program where you apply the skills you are learning to your own startup.

Excited about your idea and want to pursue it in your EC year:

FALL

Accelerate your venture:

  • Apply for the Blavatnik Fellowship for commercializing technology out of Harvard research center and hospitals.

Choose from 30+ EC Courses in Entrepreneurship, including those that allow you to work in class on your venture:

  • Independent Project
  • Field X (provides funding)
  • Entrepreneurial Sales 101
  • Startup Operations (provides funding)
  • Launching Technology Ventures (LTV)

Get pro bono legal support for your startup:

JANUARY TERM

Sign up for Immersion Field Courses (IFC) to Israel, London, or Silicon Valley.

SPRING

Pitch your startup for feedback and the opportunity to win prize money:

Take more great EC Courses (i.e. Entrepreneurial Sales)

  • Building Web 3 Businesses
  • Entrepreneurial Sales 102
  • Field Y
  • Scaling Technology Ventures
  • Startup Operations Studio (provides funding)
  • Tough Tech Venture Labs
  • 5 Technologies that Will Change the World

Want to pursue your idea after HBS:

  • Apply for Rock Center Loan Reduction for founders who have qualified HBS loans.

Meet with Entrepreneurs in Residence

During the academic year, our EiRs provide startup counsel and advice to our students. These impressive entrepreneurs and investors have a wide range of backgrounds and diverse skillsets.

 

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