Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Key words: Mentoring, Coaching, Feedback, Entrepreneurship

The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) and Stanford Ecopreneurship Programs empower entrepreneurial students across the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Doerr School of Sustainability, and beyond. Through experiential offerings—including Stanford Venture Studio, Startup Garage, the Botha Chan Innovation Program, Ecopreneurial Summer Innovation Sprint (Eco-Sprint), and the Stanford Impact Founder (SIF-Eco) Fellowship—we support entrepreneurial students who are ideating, exploring, validating, and testing new venture ideas.

A core part of our approach is facilitating meaningful connections between students and experienced advisors who provide early, high-value feedback as founders test, refine, and evolve their ideas. These relationships shape the entrepreneurial process and may become long-term sources of mentorship and support.

Ways DCI Fellows can get involved:

Serve as advisors to the Venture Studio and Ecopreneurship active students. We will chat through options based on their industry/expertise. Interested advisors can find a detailed list of engagement opportunities, along with estimated time commitments, here.

Center for Entrepreneurial Studies: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/experience/about/centers-institutes/ces

• • • Specifically Stanford Venture Studio & Ecopreneurship

Contact: CES Email <ces@gsb.stanford.edu> , managed by Lauren Notarianni