Inspiring the world through entrepreneurship and innovation

…in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation research and dedicates unparalleled resources to students, faculty, alumni, scholars and community members interested in pursuing entrepreneurship and innovation at any stage in their career and in any type of business environment.

REDEFINES BOUNDARIES . . .

CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

CENTER FOR RESEARCH

Building broad and lasting

ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS inspired by the principles of

DESIGN THINKING and EFFECTUATION

entrepreneurship.darden.virginia.edu

DARDEN’S CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP MBA ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMS

CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP

in scholarships awarded to entrepreneurial students annually

OVER $1 MILLION

RANKED TOP

• Design-inspired classroom and prototyping lab

• U.Va. innovation hotspot

• World-class incubator

i.LAB

EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS

• Competitions

• Boot camps

• Funded internships

• Global alumni network

DARDENRANKED FACULTY#1

MBA PROGRAM#3

DARDEN RANKED

IN THE WORLD The Economist 2012

among entrepreneurship programs in 2010, 2011, 2012Entrepreneur Magazine,The Princeton Review

10RANKED TOP

of Darden i.Lab incubator companies

remain viable five years out

46%

The Princeton Review 2011

of Darden students take entrepreneurship and

innovation classes

70%EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS

• Competitions

• Boot camps

• Funded internships

• Global alumni network

THE INSTITUTE’S CENTER FOR RESEARCH IS A GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADER IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION THAT ADDRESSES SOCIETY’S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES

CENTER FOR RESEARCH

BATTEN FELLOWSOver 60 scholars,

policymakers and business leaders, including Nobel

Prize winners and award-winning authors

OVER $1.5 MILLION in faculty support and salaries annually

RESEARCHERS

• Generate intellectual capital published in outlets including Batten Briefings and Forbes.com

• Support faculty research

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS

VENTURING Supporter for 15 years

BATTEN GRANTSMore than 150 grant-funded research projects undertaken by more than 75 scholars since 2000

Interactive education, research-informed programs

Experiences with impact

Purposeful dialogue among leaders to create and sustain robust entrepreneurial ecosystems

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FORUMS EVENTS

FINANCEFaculty Leader

Susan Chaplinsky

SUSTAINABILITYFaculty Leader

Andrea Larson

EMERGING MARKETSFaculty Leader

Greg FairchildGROWTHFaculty Leader

Edward D. Hess

EDUCATIONFaculty Leader

Saras Sarasvathy

Faculty Founder

Saras Sarasvathy

Faculty Founder

Jeanne Liedtka

E-CONFERENCE

INNOVATORS’ ROUNDTABLE

IDEAS TO ACTION

ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE

PUBLIC POLICY

INTELLECTUAL CAPITALOver 200 books, academic articles, working papers,

cases, technical notes, and Batten Briefings around ...

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www.darden.v i rginia.edu/batten

pinterest.com/eplusi

linkedin.com Innovators, Designers & Entrepreneurs in Action

twitter.com/BattenInstitutetwitter.com/dardenEshiptwitter.com/DesignatDarden

The Batten Institute was established with gifts now totaling over $100 million from the late Frank Batten Sr. and his family. Mr. Batten, a U.Va. alumnus, was a visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was also the founder of The Weather Channel.

“My intent is to enable and challenge the Darden School to become a preeminent educator and thought leader of entrepreneurship and innovation.”

Batten Institute University of Virginia Darden School of Business P.O. Box 6550 Charlottesville, VA 22906

+1-434-924-1335 batten@darden.virginia.edu