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Close School of Entrepreneurship
The Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship is the first independent and degree-granting school of entrepreneurship in the United States of America. The Close School is a part of Drexel University, which is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This University redefines what it means to be an entrepreneur through its 21st-century curriculum. The Close School teaches Entrepreneurship as they like to say “as a habit of mind that you will learn to apply throughout your career and your life... Our students graduate with the knowledge, skills, self-reliance and resilience that empower them to create, develop and deliver solutions to real-world problems.” They are prepared to be ‘entrepreneurs’ in a wide array of contexts:  as an innovative member of an established company, in a start-up of their own, or in a small or growing business. The school has pioneered an approach to Entrepreneurship education that purposely focuses its curriculum on the development of an entrepreneurial mindset and innovative approach to both thinking and doing in life, career and profession.

History
Founded in 2013  at Drexel University, The Close School is America's first freestanding school of Entrepreneurship to offer degrees. The Close School of Entrepreneurship is also home to the Laurence A. Baiada Institute, a successful catalyst, and incubator for student business ideas that provides office space, mentorship, access to funding, and professional services.

Degree Earned
The academic degree that students are granted at graduation is a BA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The curriculum provided by the university encompasses the landscape of Entrepreneurship and requires that students explore their passions through a required minor from the minor programs. The university helps build an entrepreneurial attitude and incorporate innovative thinking. Entrepreneurship is about being proactive, opportunistic and innovative. Our approach challenges you to think and act as an entrepreneur within companies, startups or self-employment.

There are three concentrations in the degree :
 * New Venture Creation
 * Corporate Entrepreneurship
 * Social Entrepreneurship

Biada Institute
The Baiada Institute helps students translate the Close School’s innovative curriculum into real-life situations. The institute provides incubation and experiential programs for all interested Drexel University students .. The institute empowers students with all of the resources needed to start a venture. Inside the Baiada Institute, you can share the workspace with innovators from all schools within Drexel, learning and networking with peers to improve your ideas and company. Equipped with services that span from legal aid to formal mentorship and advising, the Baiada Institute helps students translate the Charles D. Close School’s innovative, groundbreaking curriculum into disruptive ideas and tangible companies.

Affiliated Startups

 * Avoh
 * Crowds
 * Fashion Buddy
 * GenZ, Inc.
 * Just Be Books, LLC.
 * Musa’s World
 * Sharing Excess, Inc.
 * WeWager
 * WhyFit
 * VyB Technologies, LLC.