Why EMBA
Why EMBA?
1. Real-World Consulting or Entrepreneurship Projects
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Learn about our capstone thesis projects, the Strategic Management Research (SMR), Business Creation Program (BCP) and Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA).
2. Career Growth in Real Time
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Brandon Koretz (’13) (Left) was promoted four times at UCLA Health while enrolled in EMBA.
3. You'll Learn Globally
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4. We Support Entrepreneurs
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We have a history of world-class entrepreneurs, from Larry Fink (’76) of BlackRock to Alison Pincus (’02) and Susan Feldman (’83) of One Kings Lane to Guy Kawasaki (’79) of Garage Technology Ventures and Google. We opened our own UCLA Anderson Venture Accelator to support future entrepreneurs and our students. For your capstone project under the Business Creation Option your team, along with an advisor from the entrepreneurship faculty, will spend six months transforming your idea from a business plan to a functional startup organization.
5. You’ll Build and Engage Your Leadership Skills
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Form your leadership foundation with 40+ hours of leadership curriculum designed to help you recognize your unique ability to think critically and hold command of the situations you will encounter.
6. A Faculty of Caring Experts
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Each year, our faculty members publish papers in leading scholarly journals, receive recognition for research excellence, provide leadership in and beyond UCLA, and serve as inspirational teachers and mentors. Our graduates cite their teachers and advisors as major influences on their success. Our faculty are known experts on all facets of business and provide our students with sage insight that sticks with them throughout their careers. Read their work below.
7. We Bring You World-Renowned Leaders
Executives at the top of their organizations have come here to speak and meet with our students.
Tune in and watch our previous leadership speakers here.
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