Business

The Business: Entrepreneurship Academy teaches the fundamentals of launching a business. Students will get the opportunity to extend their financial literacy by delving deep into the world of startups. Students will also gain valuable hands-on experience and will be challenged to advance their analytical thinking. Led by some of the brightest Harvard students, our course will equip students with the tools necessary to bring these ideas to life. On the final day, students will present an innovative business idea to judges, simulating a startup pitch to investors.

• Create your own innovative startup idea and learn to adapt it to the current market.
• Advance your financial literacy and gain valuable analytical skills to conduct market and customer research.
• Dive into the components that structure a business plan and learn how to create one yourself.
• Conduct a SWOT analysis and analyze product-market fit for your business idea.
• Craft persuasive and informational elevator pitches to mock investors.
• Analyze a business school case study and apply your findings to your own business.

The Business: Management and Strategy Academy will teach students how to tackle corporate issues, from lack of profits to market penetration with a new product. Students will act as consultants, learning how to analyze business data to devise solutions to problems. By attending this Academy, not only will students better understand mergers and acquisitions and pricing strategies, but they will also study income statements and balance sheets, learn how to value companies, and determine how to assess annual business performance.

• Gain a deeper understanding of corporate problems and how to tackle them effectively with sound business logic.
• Think like a consultant by learning how to be a business optimizer and problem solver.
• Analyze the criteria for a successful launch of a new product, penetration of a new market, and the generation of positive cash flows for companies.
• Manage the logistical and operational components of a firm by diving into actual Harvard Student Agencies case studies.
• Interpret corporate income statements and balance sheets to understand the performance of a firm in the stock market and industry.