Entrepreneurship Club
The Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club) is one of the most active on campus. We are an organization dedicated to fostering the innovative entrepreneurial spirit and vision in the Jones School community. Our members have interests in many different areas of new venture creation, from founding or managing a start-up to investing, advising, or serving as a corporate partner. We feel that learning to build and grow sustainable ventures is a crucial aspect of one’s business education, and we strive to provide our members with a lifelong learning and support network to minimize risk and maximize success.
To these ends, the club offers numerous opportunities for involvement. These include:
- Guest lectures on constructing a sound business plan
- Panel events offering valuable insights from successful entrepreneurs and venture capitalists
- Visits to successful local start-ups
- Networking events with local, national, and international entrepreneurial organizations
- The Velocity Entrepreneurial Career Conference
- Participation in the annual Venture Capital Investment Competition
- Direct involvement in administering the Rice Business Plan Competition, the largest and richest in the world
Through these activities, we offer our members valuable insight from industry and thought leaders in venture capitalism, angel investment, young entrepreneurship and innovative and independent thinking. We structure our events to appeal to both full time and professional MBA students and embrace both career changers and career enhancers.
We believe that the world of tomorrow belongs to those with the vision and passion today. In our quickly changing environment, innovative vision and leadership are needed more than ever.