Saint Louis University

Student Competitions
With over $50,000 in prizes annually, these include competitions for 90-second elevator pitches, 10-minute new idea competitions, 15-minute innovation promotions, half-hour social venture concepts, and full business plan presentations. Elevator pitch, new idea and innovation competition winners at SLU go onto national finals in these events, while business plan and social venture winners get to present for investments to start their organizations.

Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization (CEO)
The Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization is SLU's campus-wide student group supporting entrepreneurship. CEO operates several small businesses to help students gain valuable experience in owning and managing working businesses, as well as helping students connect with people and resources that can help them get their own businesses started. Other student opportunities include the annual Kern Engineering Entrepreneurship Convention and the Self-Employment in the Arts National Meeting.

Center for Entrepreneurship
The goal of the Center for Entrepreneurship is to assist in building a region of entrepreneurs by both providing and supporting a variety of programs for current and prospective entrepreneurs at Saint Louis University, as well as throughout the region, the nation and the world. The Center connects SLU students to outreach, consulting, networking and internship opportunities in the region.

Billiken Angels
One of the few University-based angel networks in the country, the Billiken Angels invests funds and expertise in businesses that can “make a difference” in lives and in the economy of the region. The program exclusively focuses on growing the businesses of current SLU students and alums. The Billiken Angels also involve SLU students in finding and evaluating business opportunities.
Mentoring at SLU

The Entrepreneurship Program and Center for Entrepreneurship are firm believers in the value of mentoring, and work hard to make arrangements for their students and alums to share in the kinds of mentoring opportunities that can help make them happier, more rounded and more successful entrepreneurs. Programs include a Mentor-In-Residence at the Center for Entrepreneurship, in-class mentoring opportunities, and fun programs such as Eat With an Entrepreneur in which three students share a meal with a famous local entrepreneur from the students’ chosen industry.

Management 320 – Managing Ideas in Entrepreneurial Firms:
Students identify and develop the ideas and networks that can lead to successful businesses.

Management 321 – Managing Resources in Entrepreneurial Firms:
Students refine their knowledge of accounting, finance, human resources and law to lay the foundation for a successful business.

Management 421 - Business Plan Development:
Students develop, present and refine plans for their business with the help of entrepreneurs and experts from the business world.

Entrepreneurship Concentrations

• B.S. in Business Administration Entrepreneurship Concentration: an 18-credit hour major building on three core courses – Managing Ideas in Entrepreneurial Firms, Managing Resources in Entrepreneurial Firms, and Business Plan Development.
• Supporting Area in Entrepreneurship: a 12-hour minor in building on the same three core courses as the Concentration, but providing the flexibility to combine Entrepreneurship with the full range of business majors.

• Number 16, US News 2009-10 Undergraduate Business RankingsTop 25 Undergrad Program – Fortune Small Business
  
• Top 50 Schools for Women Entrepreneurs – Women 3.0

• Honorable Mention (along with Harvard, MIT & Stanford) – Princeton Review

• 23 Top-Tier National Rankings since 1994 in US News, Entrepreneur, and Success magazines.

• Model Entrepreneurship Program Award – US Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship

• Model Entrepreneurship Center Award – Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers

• Website awards or top-tier ratings from the Family Firm Institute, StudyWeb, Argus, SSRN and Emerald.

• Saint Louis University students and student teams have brought home awards from the Idea To Product Competition, Innovation Chase, the Beta Gamma Sigma, SIFE, and CEO conventions as well as several national business plan competitions.

School Type: Four Year, Private, Founded: 1818

Affiliation: Catholic (Jesuit)

Web site: http://www.slu.edu/index.xml

Student Profile:

Number of undergraduate, full-time students:
7,307   

Percentage of undergraduate, full-time male students, female students:
42% male, 58% female

Number of states represented by student body:
39 States Plus Guam and Puerto Rico

Number of countries represented by student body:
75

Percentage of international students:
7.4 %  

Percentage of minority students:
21.8 %

Number of students participating in entrepreneurship:
120

Faculty Profile:

Number of full-time faculty:
633

Student/Faculty ratio:
12:1

Athletics:

Athletic division, conference, number of varsity sports: (Fall 2009)
NCAA Division I, Atlantic 10 Conference, 20 varsity sports

Financial:

Cost of tuition:
$30,940

Percentage of students who receive some financial aid:
97%

Prof. Jerome Katz, Coleman Chair in Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Program, John Cook School of Business
Saint Louis University
3674 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108

314-977-3850

email: katzja@slu.edu

Debbie Barbeau, Assistant Dean
Director of Undergraduate Programs
John Cook School of Business
Saint Louis University
3674 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108

314-977-3895

email: barbeaud@slu.edu.

Website: http://business.slu.edu