Entrepreneurship

Knowledge

Entrepreneurship is for everyone.

We offer all AU students courses, minors, specializations, and independent studies in entrepreneurship that are designed to help you develop creative problem-solving skills; build business, nonprofit, and social ventures that address significant world problems; and gain access to Kogod's growing ecosystem of entrepreneurs, resources, and partnerships for startups.

Support

We help you build and grow your venture.

The Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship Incubator helps graduate students, undergraduate students, and recent alumni build successful profit or nonprofit/social entrepreneurial ventures that are sustainable and can scale over time. The incubator provides accepted ventures with experienced mentors, networking and educational opportunities, workspace, resources, guidance, and a start-up financial grant.

Opportunities

Network with investors and experienced entrepreneurs.

The Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship provides opportunities for all students to participate in competitions, events, seminars, information sessions, and networking. Join a hackathon, compete in a venture capital investment competition, participate in DC Startup Week, or work for a Veloric Center venture to get start-up work experience.

We Know Success

American University Is Ranked in the Top 50 Best Graduate Programs for Entrepreneurs

In 2023, the Princeton Review ranked American University in the top 50 best graduate programs for entrepreneurs. The ranking takes into account schools' programming and graduates' success rates in the business world, the number of mentors available for students, and more.

February 18, 2025

American University’s Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship Launches Student-Managed Eagle Venture Seed Fund

The Seed Fund Allows Students to Invest in the Local Startup Economy

February 11, 2025

Venture Capital Investment: What It Is and How Business Students Can Get Started

From the classroom to the Venture Capital Investment Competition, Kogod prepares business students...

October 10, 2024

Building Your Own Brand and Path: NBA Star Jamal Mashburn Visits AU Campus

The Sine Distinguished Lecturer series offers Kogod School of Business students unparalleled access...

August 14, 2024

Entrepreneurship Takes Center Stage with Annual Mid-Summer Festival

Kogod School of Business and Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship host the Fifth Annual Startup and...

August 1, 2024

She Capital Backs Women Entrepreneurs and Advances Gender Equity in the Process

Kogod School of Business alum Anisha Singh's business, She Capital, leads efforts to empower female...

July 10, 2024

Charting a Unique Path

Kogod School of Business alum shares his journey from AU to founding a production company and...

We Know Success

Kogod Alum Named to Forbes' 2023 30 Under 30 List

Lacey Kaelani used what she learned from the Veloric Center Incubator to establish two successful startups, host a conference for women in blockchain, and gain national recognition for her contributions to consumer technology.

American University Ranked #46 Most Innovative School

In spring and summer 2023, US News & World Report asked top college officials to identify institutions in their Best Colleges ranking category that are making the most innovative improvements in terms of curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology, or facilities.

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