Kellogg Entrepreneurship Club

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Welcome
 
The Kellogg School of Management is renowned for its holistic and interdisciplinary approach to teaching and fostering entrepreneurship. The foundation of this approach is Kellogg’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program which offers a wide variety of courses on the process of entrepreneurship taught by world-class faculty. PEEK’s Entrepreneurship Group supplements this curriculum by organizing a series of activities which foster a vibrant community of student entrepreneurs.

In addition to the club activities, Kellogg students interested in entrepreneurship can consider getting involved with:
   •
Levy Institute
   • Joint Degree Program in Design & Innovation with McCormick School of Engineering
Alumni Leaders
 
Kellogg is proud to have alumni that have made impressive impact through entrepreneurship. Listed below are a few of these alumni:
  • Edwin G. Booz, co-Founder Booz Allen Hamilton
  • James L. Allen, co-Founder Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Arthur Andersen, Founder of Arthur Andersen
  • Andris Zoltners, Founder of ZS Associates
  • Patrick Ryan, Founder/Exec Chairman of Aon Corp.
  • Andrew B. Parkinson, Founder of Peapod.com
  • Thomas L. Parkinson, Founder of Peapod.com
  • Stephen Hafner, Founder/CEO of Kayak.com
  • Gordon I. Segal, Founder/CEO of Crate & Barrel
  • Henry W. Adams, Founder/CEO of Sportvision
  • Patrick Burns, Founder of Savi Technology
 
In Their Words
 “I certainly found in my career that the basic skills that I learned at Kellogg helped me as an entrepreneur. “
Tom Bedecarre ‘80, Founder/CEO AKQA
"Entrepreneurs are the future of our economy. As their numbers have grown, so has the Kellogg School's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program. Our entrepreneurship offerings are constantly evolving."
Dipak C. Jain, Dean, Kellogg School of Management; Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies; Professor of Marketing  
"We let students know that the entrepreneurial spectrum is much broader than what they may have heard." Steven Rogers, Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship