Center for Entrepreneurship

The Center for Entrepreneurship at Fisher College of Business is an official academic center of The Ohio State University. In addition, the center facilitates entrepreneurial learning and experiences that will impact a global economy and stimulates economic growth by assisting new company formation and graduating students who possess strong entrepreneurial skills and experiences.

2010 Ohio Venture Capital Report	Business Plan Competition
Developing a Strong Foundation for Growth In 2010, the venture capital industry recovered strongly from its dramatic contraction in 2008 and 2009. Nationally, there was $23.3 billion in venture capital investment — a 20.0 percent increase over 2009 levels. With $567.4 million invested in 2010, Ohio accounted for nearly 2.5 percent of nationwide investments View and download the report	The competition has a reached across entrepreneurial silos and provided a platform to encourage business leaders to influence the development of ideas with commercial value. The business plan competition serves as the catalyst for bright, aggressive, and motivated entrepreneurial students. Learn more and get inspired: "Legacy of the Deloitte Business Plan Competition"

Our Vision and Mission

The Center for Entrepreneurship at Fisher College of Business is an official academic center of The Ohio State University. Launched in November 2001, the Center supports academic research, education and community engagement in entrepreneurship. The Center strives to advance both the science and practice of entrepreneurship so as to stimulate economic growth and development through new company formation, technology commercialization, and improved competitive performance of entrepreneurial ventures.

The founders of the Fisher Center for Entrepreneurship believed that the Center could be the global leader in the development and dissemination of entrepreneurship theory and practice. From this vision, the mission was derived. The mission of the Center for Entrepreneurship is to:

• advance scientific research and development in the field of entrepreneurship;
• provide the highest quality instruction in entrepreneurship, including grounded experiential learning opportunities; and
• stimulate economic growth by accelerating new company formation, enhancing technology commercialization, and improving the strategic and financial performance of high-potential entrepreneurial ventures.

Our mission is derived from three core values:

• to lead the advancement of science and practice in entrepreneurship;
• to educate aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs in the art and science of value creation; and
• to serve the entrepreneurship community (broadly defined) through the effective design and delivery of value-added programs aimed at strengthening the economy.

About Fisher College of Business

Ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top 25 business schools in the country, The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business offers full-time, part-time and executive MBA, Master of Accounting, Master of Labor and Human Resources and Master of Business Logistics and Engineering programs. The college of business was started in 1916, and was named Fisher College of Business in 1993, in honor of Max M. Fisher, a noted philanthropist, industrialist and alumnus of the college.