Entrepreneurship
The MSU Research Foundation has a long history of providing resources and support for undergraduate entrepreneurship through our collaboration with the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship at Michigan State University. The same skills that make for successful entrepreneurs also make for successful humans - the Burgess Institute is the destination where students launch high-impact, entrepreneurial journeys. Burgess empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures. Along with many other supporters, the MSU Research Foundation has committed over $3M in funding to support the Institute.
The Burgess Institute programs, which are intended for MSU students, includes an
Engagement Track where students have access to and engagement with e-ship organizations, events, social ventures, and the option to join an entrepreneurial team. Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor and experiential programs designed to build within a student and entrepreneurial mindset.
Startup Track where students have an idea and want to start a business and pursue a discovery and launch program that helps students learn the basics of starting a company, receive mentoring and connect with the e-ship community.
Burgess is also home to Entrepreneurship minor, which is open to all MSU students across campus, regardless of major. Burgess also operates several spaces for students to come together such as the MSU Hatch incubator and the Entrepreneurship Lab located within the Minskoff Pavilion on campus