Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford Ignite – Part-Time

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Entrepreneurship

Application Deadline Approaching

Last date to apply: October 22, 2026 · Program starts on January 10, 2027

About Programme

Stanford Ignite – Part-Time is the ultimate in learning by doing. The eight-week, part-time program culminates with a presentation and feedback session with venture capitalists, angel investors, industry experts, and experienced entrepreneurs. You will engage directly with Stanford GSB faculty during real-time lectures and Q&A sessions focused on the fundamentals of business. Participants can immediately apply new learnings by working on a team venture project with fellow innovators and receive ongoing small-group feedback from the faculty director, entrepreneurial mentors, and communication coaches.

Programme Content

Learn what it takes to formulate, develop, and commercialize new ideas.

Leveraging Stanford’s deep connection to Silicon Valley, Stanford Ignite – Part-Time exposes participants to leading-edge research and frameworks in areas that span all business operations.

Program Highlights

Below are just a few of the sessions you’ll experience as part of the program.

Business Models – Gain an introduction to the process of business model development through a case-study analysis from a variety of industries.
Marketing – Find out how market research enables participants to better understand customer needs, hone in on unmet client expectations, and validate hypotheses about the market.
Product-Market Fit – Explore how consumers evaluate fit between company offerings and their needs, both functional and symbolic.
Accounting and Financial Statements – Dive deep into the elements of the financial reporting environment and the role of the primary financial statements to identify key relations among them.
Pricing – Learn more about the unifying framework for value-based pricing, which focuses on understanding the economic value created by a company’s product or service to its target markets.

Programme Objective

Learn fundamental business concepts from core business frameworks to tactical skills.
Reinforce and apply lessons learned by working on a team to develop a new product or service.
Improve communication, elevator pitch, and presentation skills in a daylong communications bootcamp.
Present your idea and get robust feedback from venture capitalists, angel investors, industry experts, and experienced entrepreneurs.

Programme Audience

Graduate students currently pursuing a master’s, MD, PhD, or post-doc program in a nonbusiness field
Professionals with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and some professional experience
Those with formal graduate business training (e.g., MBA) or extensive managerial experience to be reviewed on a case-by-base basis

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