Celebrating 15 Years of Shaping the Future of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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27
MBA
Courses
in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
#1
Charlottesville
is the Fastest Growing VC City in the U.S. - National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers
Crowdfunded Pitch Night
The i.Lab co-hosted the Crowdfunded Pitch Night, one of the festival’s most popular events. Ten local entrepreneurs were given three minutes each to pitch their projects to the crowd. The winner, Seniors Connect, earned the coveted final spot in the 2016 i.Lab Incubator class.
44
Mentors
#3
Ranked #3
MBA Program in the World for Entrepreneurship by Financial Times
Society for Effectual Action
The Society for Effectual Action, spearheaded by Darden Professor Saras Sarasvathy, is dedicated to the groundbreaking form of entrepreneurial thinking known as effectuation. Effectuation fundamentally reframes how entrepreneurship is researched and taught around the world, and how its principles are taught and applied in Darden’s entrepreneurial courses and programs. During the 2013-14 academic year, the society’s online platform, Effectuation.org, had 825 registered instructors and approximately 3,000 additional active members (which included practitioners, instructors and others).
15
Corporate Roundtable Members
$1M+
more than $1 million in
Scholarship Support
for MBA students
Tom Tom Founders Festival
Darden, through the Batten Institute and the i.Lab at UVA, has been a key supporter of the festival since 2013. As part of the School’s ongoing commitment to cultivate a world-class entrepreneurial ecosystem in Charlottesville, Darden expanded its support in 2016.
19
Internships
$110,000
in entrepreneurial competition prizes
24
New ventures in the i.Lab
Design@Darden
Design@Darden is an online community that advances knowledge and facilitates a vibrant exchange of ideas among people innovating the future of design and design thinking. By sharing inspirations, thoughts, tools and challenges, Design@Darden hopes to contribute to and enrich the global conversation around design thinking.
Forbes blog
The Batten Institute partners with Forbes to provide thought leaders from Darden and UVA with a direct channel to Forbes.com readers across the globe.
70+
more than 70 individuals named
Batten Fellows
$150,000
in Research Grants
$1 million
toward full-tuition MBA scholarships
Founders Summit
The Batten Institute sponsored the Founders Summit to help bring together an inspiring group of successful entrepreneurs to share their stories. The i.Lab hosted the panel discussion, "Building the Ecosystem: Startups, Capital and Community Ethos," moderated by Darden Professor and Chief Strategy Officer Michael Lenox. Panelists included Brendan Richardson, co-founder of PsiKick; Deb McMahon, co-founder of Scitent; and Noah Pittard, special counsel at law firm Cooley.
Charlottesville Entrepreneurs + Espresso
Entrepreneurs, faculty, staff and students gather in the i.Lab each month to hear advice from an experienced entrepreneur and a pitch from a new venture. This “caffeine-fueled” networking opportunity strengthens the entrepreneurial ecosystem by bringing together practitioners and academics alike.
$1.3 million
sponsored faculty