What we do

Courses for Credit in Degree Programs

  • Global Enterprise (required)
  • The Global Business Plan (elective/required for all entrepreneurship focus area students) 
  • Entrepreneurship - Valuation of the Private Firm (elective)
  • Entrepreneurial Financing and Forecasting (elective)
  • Managing the Global Family-Owned Business (elective)
  • The Entrepreneur/CEO Founders Seminar (elective)
  • Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies (elective)
  • Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprise (elective)
  • Critical Domestic and International Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs and Managers
  • Corporate Partners
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Emerging Market Women Entrepreneurs Consulting

Entrepreneurship is a Focus Area in the MBA Degree Programs Academic Areas


Walker Center Pillars

Global Entrepreneurship

  • Entrepreneurs in Residence
  • Thunderbird Entrepreneurship Network (TEN) (student club)
  • Enterprise Scholars
  • Global Research

Global Family Enterprise

  • Global Family Enterprise Program
  • Family Business Club
  • Global Research

Global Innovation and Sustainability

  •  Business Plan Competition
  • Thunderbird Global Incubator
  • Global Research 

Enterprise Capital

  • Thunderbird Private Equity Symposium
  • Thunderbird Private Equity Forums
  • Thunderbird Angel Network (TAN)
  • Private Equity Venture Capital Club

Global Financial Services

  • Wealth Management Summits
  • Certificate of Fiduciary Governance
  • Editorship of the Journal of Private Equity