Why global entrepreneurs choose Hult

10% of Hult students from the Class of 2015 started their own business. Entrepreneurial values are at the heart of Hult’s philosophy and we do everything we can to encourage students who want to start their own business. From our curriculum, to our professors, to our events – we support students on their entrepreneurial journey. So whether it’s inspiration, skills, or practical tips – students have access to what they need to start their own business. As the startup industry booms – we are seeing an ever-increasing demand for an entrepreneurial education amongst our students. Our MBA and Master of International Business programs now both offer specializations in Entrepreneurship and last year almost 50% of students chose the startup track over the corporate track when it came to their capstone project The Business Challenge. This seven-month long project challenges students to bring their own idea to market, be it a new product, service, or social enterprise. They are then mentored by local entrepreneurs and business owners before presenting their idea to a panel of executives, global entrepreneurs, and well-known founders of social enterprises. The challenge isn’t just an academic exercise, but the first step to launching your own business. And our events help to enrich that process. Here is a snapshot of just some of the events run last month at our global campuses to support students with entrepreneurial ambitions: San Francisco: From business school to startup San Francisco is synonymous with startups, entrepreneurialism, and innovation. It is part of the DNA of the city, and the Hult campus welcomes a steady stream of local entrepreneurs and startup founders, as well as the Silicon Valley giants. Hults San Francisco campus is in the heart of Americas most entrepreneurial city. Many students come to Hult San Francisco with ambitions to start their own business upon graduation. Four alumni who have successfully launched startups in the city joined us on campus to share their experience and give advice to current students. The panel included Matt Slater, a Master of Finance alumni from the Class of 2014, who is now CEO and Founder of Bitcoin derivative, Hedgy. Hedgy has raised $1.2m in new seed funding and is causing some excitement on the digital currency scene. Matt and the other panelists talked through the steps required to take a business from an idea to launch. They gave tips on navigating silicon valley, how to approach accelerators and pitch to investors as well as technical advice on agile prototyping and development. They also shared experiences of the impact on international students trying to start a business or work in startups on a visa. London Entrepreneurship Series Alumni panel: Entrepreneurship  Ã¢â‚¬â€œ my experience from 0-1 London is now one of the capitals in the world for start-up businesses and February saw our London campus launch their Entrepreneurship Events Series. The series kicked-off with a panel of 4 alumni who are now running their own companies, including Julian Marquardt–Baladurage, a Master of International Business alum from Class of 2013, who won â€Å"Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2015† and is now Managing Partner at MBJ Technologies. Professional panel: Start-ups: What the investors are looking for The next event in the Hult London Entrepreneurship Series was moderated by Charlotte Mason, Angel Investor and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Hult. She has helped thousands of companies raise seed funding and has an angel investment portfolio of 14 companies. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Pavegen that recently closed  £2m of equity crowdfunding. Many of our professors are successful entrepreneurs themselves and bring years of firsthand experience to the classroom. A panel of London-based investors join Hult Professor of Entrepreneurship Charlotte Mason who is an Angel Investor herself Professor Mason was joined by panel of London-based investors, including Peter Cowley, a serial entrepreneur angel investor who recently won ‘UK Angel Investor of the Year in 2014-2015’. After a discussion and QA around how students can maximize their chances of getting investment in their business, students were invited to present their own start-up ideas in a start-up workshop arena. This gave students the opportunity to network, exchange ideas, and know more about the different startups coming from the Hult alumni community. Boston Sips and Tips: How to Start a Business on Your Visa Status Over at our Boston campus, students were treated to a unique and highly relevant event for international entrepreneurs in the U.S. The Visas and Compliance Team in Boston hosted the second annual Sips and Tips: How to Start a Business on Your Visa Status event. Hult Boston students are given advice by a local immigration attorney on how to start a business on a visa. Boston-based immigration attorney, Leslie DiTrani, presented visa options that future entrepreneurs could consider when wishing to start a business, including the little known about L visa. This was followed by a QA with Leslie and the Visas and Compliance – all in the informal setting of our on-campus bar. Amadou Sy, an MBA student at Hult Boston said of the event: â€Å"It was so useful seeing all the different solutions that I hadn’t been exposed to up until this point. Leslie was so accessible and said she would be willing to take answer any of our questions over email.† Read more about some of the startups coming out of Hult Boston. We are incredibly proud of our alumni who have gone on to disrupt the startup scene with their innovative ideas. Read more about their successes and experiences in these articles: EMBA alum Alan Newton talks about the Hult entrepreneurial spirit in this blog. Read Master of International Business alum Christine Souffrants inspirational story.   Adventurer, Entrepreneur, and Hult MBA alum Colin Pyle talks about his latest venture. Dubai-based entrepreneur Mohamed Abd El Azeem  is a Hult MBA alumni whose cosmetics business now has 3 branches in the U.A.E and global expansion plans. We profiled 3 exciting startups from the Class of 2013. If you would like to find out more about Hult’s global business programs,  download a brochure here. Hult offers a range of highly skills-focused and employability-driven business school programs including a range of MBA options and a comprehensive one year Masters in International Business. To find out more, take a look at our blog 13 benefits and challenges of cultural diversity in the workplace. Download a brochure or get in touch today to find out how Hult can help you to learn about the business world, the future, and yourself. Hult Rotation offers you a chance to study in a truly global way. Our rotation program allows you to study and be immersed in some of the finest cities in the world. 📠¸: @jasminmanzano . Hult Rotation offers you a chance to study in a truly global way. Our rotation program allows you to study and be immersed in some of the finest cities in the world. 📠¸: @jasminmanzano . Each year, Hult seeks to enroll a talented and ambitious incoming class from all over the world. We look for diverse students with a wide range of experiences, perspectives, and interests—students who will thrive in our unique educational atmosphere. Are you ready for a truly global experience? 📠¸: @iambrunadiniz . Each year, Hult seeks to enroll a talented and ambitious incoming class from all over the world. We look for diverse students with a wide range of experiences, perspectives, and interests—students who will thrive in our unique educational atmosphere. Are you ready for a truly global experience? 📠¸: @iambrunadiniz . We’re excited to start 2020 on a ranking high! Hult is proud to have been placed #28 in Poets Quants 2020 rankings for Best Undergraduate Business Schools in the US. Taking a huge leap of 32 places from our 2019 position, we’re also very happy to have secured top positions in key categories like: life-changing experience, practicality of the degree, and global immersion. . With five global campuses, a student body of over 130 nationalities, and a learn-by-doing approach—Hult offers a student experience like no other. . We’re excited to start 2020 on a ranking high! Hult is proud to have been placed #28 in Poets Quants 2020 rankings for Best Undergraduate Business Schools in the US. Taking a huge leap of 32 places from our 2019 position, we’re also very happy to have secured top positions in key categories like: life-changing experience, practicality of the degree, and global immersion. . With five global campuses, a student body of over 130 nationalities, and a learn-by-doing approach—Hult offers a student experience like no other. . â€Å"I’m from an engineering background and needed a whole new skill set for the industry I wanted to switch to. I learned a lot about myself and how I deal with being out of my comfort zone. I learned both soft and hard skills, from how to work in very diverse teams to key accounting metrics and strategy. I was surprised by how weak I was at certain tasks in English or how strong I actually was in other areas. Hult gave me opportunities to try new things and meet people from places I never thought I would have friends. . My internship experiences gave me the chance to broaden my view of different cultures and different companies. I had the opportunity to work and live with people whose values differed from people in my home country. I thought that this would be difficult, but it gave me the chance to reflect on my own values and assess if they were a result of my home country environment or if they were intrinsically mine. . Diederick ter Kulve (@diederick.terkulve) Netherlands Masters in International Business . â€Å"I’m from an engineering background and needed a whole new skill set for the industry I wanted to switch to. I learned a lot about myself and how I deal with being out of my comfort zone. I learned both soft and hard skills, from how to work in very diverse teams to key accounting metrics and strategy. I was surprised by how weak I was at certain tasks in English or how strong I actually was in other areas. Hult gave me opportunities to try new things and meet people from places I never thought I would have friends. . My internship experiences gave me the chance to broaden my view of different cultures and different companies. I had the opportunity to work and live with people whose values differed from people in my home country. I thought that this would be difficult, but it gave me the chance to reflect on my own values and assess if they were a result of my home country environment or if they were intrinsically mine. . Diederick ter Kulve (@diederick.terkulve) Netherlands Masters in International Business . Say a big hello to our Bachelor of Business Administration program cover star, Elisa Orus Plana âÅ" ¨ . â€Å"I’m excited for the future—especially that I cant predict whats going to happen. Maybe Ill end up in Mexico working for a trading company or maybe in Africa, developing my own business. Everything is possible, and the options are constantly changing. I love the idea that Im never going to be stuck doing the same job until the end of my life if I dont want it to be like this. . Hult really supports me and my ambitions and truly believes that we deserve to be considered as professionals as well as students. Here, I get to express not just my opinions but all elements of myself. From my creative side with the Fashion Society to my finance and business sides in Trading Club and the Management Consulting Club. We get a different type of learning here. Not just essential knowledge and theory, but practical skills and mindset. The school is always evolving. We’re encouraged to innovate and to always look for new ways of doing traditional things. We learn how to be more confident and become aware of how we can impact our environment. The school aims to help you become a better version of yourself and to stand out from the crowd.â€Å" . Elisa Orus Plana French Bachelor of Business Administration Class of 2021 Say a big hello to our Bachelor of Business Administration program cover star, Elisa Orus Plana âÅ" ¨ . â€Å"I’m excited for the future—especially that I cant predict whats going to happen. Maybe Ill end up in Mexico working for a trading company or maybe in Africa, developing my own business. Everything is possible, and the options are constantly changing. I love the idea that Im never going to be stuck doing the same job until the end of my life if I dont want it to be like this. . Hult really supports me and my ambitions and truly believes that we deserve to be considered as professionals as well as students. Here, I get to express not just my opinions but all elements of myself. From my creative side with the Fashion Society to my finance and business sides in Trading Club and the Management Consulting Club. We get a different type of learning here. Not just essential knowledge and theory, but practical skills and mindset. The school is always evolving. We’re encouraged to innovate and to always look for new ways of doing traditional things. We learn how to be more confident and become aware of how we can impact our environment. The school aims to help you become a better version of yourself and to stand out from the crowd.â€Å" . Elisa Orus Plana French Bachelor of Business Administration Class of 2021"> During the final days of 2019, you probably reflected on what you’ve accomplished this year—and even this decade—and what you’d like to achieve in 2020. Let us know in the comments below. During the final days of 2019, you probably reflected on what you’ve accomplished this year—and even this decade—and what you’d like to achieve in 2020. Let us know in the comments below. â€Å"The first time we did group work on the program, I went head-to-head with a colleague. It taught me a lot about how I see people, how people see me, and how conflict can be resolved in a kind and productive way. The best feedback you get, when delivered constructively, is the most critical because it really feeds into how you lead. I’ve completely reversed my leadership style—the result is so much richer and more powerful when you lead from behind and lead with strength. . Studying in tandem with working, whilst challenging, gave me the perfect platform to directly apply learning concepts into my business environment, the competitive landscape, and the real-estate industry as a whole. When I started the program, I was very happy in my corporate role. But my courage and aspirations grew to the point that I took on a whole new direction. Having my career coach, Joanna, as a sounding board allowed me to really be strategic and get to know myself. She coached me thro ugh all the interviews, the research, and the questions. It went in parallel with what I was doing academically and after six months everything just clicked. . I went into the EMBA knowing I had nothing to lose and I’ve come out with everything. Great strength, global friends, amazing learning, mentors from professors, a job I love, and the knowledge that I can set my mind to achieve anything and with the right support and resources I’ll get there.† . Kashani Wijetunga British, New Zealand Sri Lankan Associate Director Senior Strategy Consultant CBRE EMBA Class of 2019 . â€Å"The first time we did group work on the program, I went head-to-head with a colleague. It taught me a lot about how I see people, how people see me, and how conflict can be resolved in a kind and productive way. The best feedback you get, when delivered constructively, is the most critical because it really feeds into how you lead. I’ve completely reversed my leadership style—the result is so much richer and more powerful when you lead from behind and lead with strength. . Studying in tandem with working, whilst challenging, gave me the perfect platform to directly apply learning concepts into my business environment, the competitive landscape, and the real-estate industry as a whole. When I started the program, I was very happy in my corporate role. But my courage and aspirations grew to the point that I took on a whole new direction. Having my career coach, Joanna, as a sounding board allowed me to really be strategic and get to know myself. She coached me thro ugh all the interviews, the research, and the questions. It went in parallel with what I was doing academically and after six months everything just clicked. . I went into the EMBA knowing I had nothing to lose and I’ve come out with everything. Great strength, global friends, amazing learning, mentors from professors, a job I love, and the knowledge that I can set my mind to achieve anything and with the right support and resources I’ll get there.† . Kashani Wijetunga British, New Zealand Sri Lankan Associate Director Senior Strategy Consultant CBRE EMBA Class of 2019 . â€Å"It was now or never. I knew that I’d have likely stayed in my neighborhood for years to come if I didn’t take this opportunity. I’d not lived or studied outside of the U.S. before. So I left my job as a global strategist at an advertising agency and moved halfway around the world. I’ve come back a more culturally aware, well-versed person. I’ve realized that everything is a learning experience and an opportunity for growth. Ill definitely carry this mindset with me into the future. Technology and social media allow us to be different people in several places at once. Im excited to see how I can establish myself in whatever city Ill be lucky enough to call home and still maintain deep connections with people all over the world. I’m inspired by my classmates every day. Hearing some of their life stories and how getting this degree fits into their greater mission has been very humbling. My biggest challenge has been finding the ‘right’ path for me. There have been rooms Ive felt like I shouldnt be in, but now Im proud to feel as though I truly belong, wherever I am.† . Dwayne Logan, Jnr. American MBA Class of 2019 . â€Å"It was now or never. I knew that I’d have likely stayed in my neighborhood for years to come if I didn’t take this opportunity. I’d not lived or studied outside of the U.S. before. So I left my job as a global strategist at an advertising agency and moved halfway around the world. I’ve come back a more culturally aware, well-versed person. I’ve realized that everything is a learning experience and an opportunity for growth. Ill definitely carry this mindset with me into the future. Technology and social media allow us to be different people in several places at once. Im excited to see how I can establish myself in whatever city Ill be lucky enough to call home and still maintain deep connections with people all over the world. I’m inspired by my classmates every day. Hearing some of their life stories and how getting this degree fits into their greater mission has been very humbling. My biggest challenge has been finding the ‘right’ path for me. There have been rooms Ive felt like I shouldnt be in, but now Im proud to feel as though I truly belong, wherever I am.† . Dwayne Logan, Jnr. American MBA Class of 2019 . Happy New Year, Hultians! . Happy New Year, Hultians! .