Entrepreneurship Major

Horn Entrepreneurship Class of 2023: youtube.com/watch?v=R8TMXM46C-0

Why major in entrepreneurship?

The Entrepreneurship (ENTR) major empowers students by providing them with the knowledge, skills, connections and resources needed to successfully launch a startup, foster innovation for an established company or develop sustainable solutions to important societal problems. Entrepreneurship majors learn how to recognize opportunity, generate ideas, validate business models, influence others, bring innovative solutions to market and launch and grow new markets.

opportunities for entrepreneurship majors 

*denotes exclusive opportunities for entrepreneurship majors

Stories & happenings

  • A collage of photos of past entrepreneursip activities like pitch party

    Exciting Opportunities for Student Entrepreneurs This Spring 2025

    February 03, 2025 | Written by Horn Entrepreneurship
    Spring is the season of growth, and what better way to cultivate your entrepreneurial dreams than by taking advantage of the many opportunities available this semester? Whether you're new to entrepreneurship, have a startup idea, or are already scaling your venture, there's something for everyone. Here's a look at what’s in store for students this spring.
  • Forbes 30 under 30: John Smothers

    December 03, 2024 | Forbes
    Smothers is a partner at Scribble Ventures in San Francisco, co-leading investment activities and firm strategy for the firm with $140 million in assets. He has led investments in Poolside, Motherduck, Checkmate and Streamline, among others.
  • 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professors Of 2024

    December 02, 2024 | Poets & Quants
    2024’s list features 19 women. They include Stephanie E. Raible, 41, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Faculty Director of Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business and Economics. This coming year, she will be a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at Management Center Innsbruck in Austria.
  • Meet Delaware's winners in the 2024 Technical.ly Awards

    November 26, 2024 | Technical.ly
    Delaware’s most nominated person this year, DiFelice is clearly well respected among UD entrepreneurship students. The longtime professor told Technical.ly he loves seeing his students bring impactful change to their communities.
  • Rising in entrepreneurship rankings

    November 13, 2024 | Written by Jen Hendrickson
    For the sixth year in a row, University of Delaware’s Horn Entrepreneurship has solidified UD’s ranking among the top entrepreneurship universities in the nation. In the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine’s Top 50 list for 2025, UD moved up to 27 from last year’s ranking of 31 and is third overall in the Mid-Atlantic region.