Why Marshall
Leadership
Dean Geoffrey Garrett
Dean's Cabinet
Boards
Real-World Learning
Human Leadership
Tech Fluency
Global Opportunities
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Teaching + Innovation
Experiential Learning Center
Open Expression Statement
Programs
Undergraduate Programs
Admissions
Degrees
BS Business Administration (BUAD)
Business Emphases
BS Accounting (ACCT)
World Bachelor in Business (WBB)
BS Business of Cinematic Arts (BCA)
BS Artificial Intelligence for Business (BUAI)
Undergraduate Minors
Graduate Programs
MBA Programs
Full-Time MBA (FTMBA)
Executive MBA (EMBA)
Part-Time MBA (MBA.PM)
International MBA (IBEAR)
Online MBA (OMBA)
Specialized Masters
MS Business Administration (MSBUSAD)
MS Business Analytics (MSBA)
MS Entrepreneurship + Innovation (MSEI)
MS Finance (MSF)
MS Global Supply Chain Management (MSGSCM)
MS Marketing (MSMKT)
MS Social Entrepreneurship (MSSE)
Master of Business for Veterans (MBV)
Master of Management Studies (MMS)
Accounting Masters
Master of Accounting (MAcc)
Master of Business Taxation (MBT)
Master of Business Taxation for Working Professionals (MBT.WP)
PhD Program
Accounting
Data Sciences + Operations
Finance
Management + Organization
Marketing
Graduate Certificates
GC in Business Analytics
GC in Financial Analysis + Valuation
GC in Management Studies
GC in Marketing
GC in Optimization + Supply Chain Management
GC in Strategy + Management Consulting
GC in Sustainability + Business
GC in Technology Commercialization
GC in Library and Information Management – Online
Executive Education
Departments
Business Communication (BUCO)
Faculty
Data Sciences and Operations (DSO)
Finance + Business Economics (FBE)
Leventhal School of Accounting (ACCT)
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (BAEP)
Management and Organization (MOR)
Marketing (MKT)
Institutes + Centers
Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
Peter Arkley Institute for Risk Management
VanEck Digital Assets Initiative
Institute for Outlier Research in Business
Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies
Incubate USC
USC Marshall Venture Fund
Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab
Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making
Center for Effective Organizations
Center for Global Innovation
Center for Investment Studies
Initiative on Digital Competition
Trojan Network
Recruiting
Undergraduate
Graduate
Career Services
Giving + Support
Alumni Engagement + Resources
Student Organizations
At the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, students learn a mindset that sets them apart and better positions them to make a positive difference in the world. This mindset is about much more than just founders and founding processes. It is about adaptable, flexible thinking; assessing and managing risk in dynamic, uncertain environments; and finding and pursuing new opportunities.
DEGREES + COURSES
Students first and always. The Greif Center offers a dynamic, innovative, and evolving slate of more than 50 different courses to USC undergraduate and graduate students across all disciplines.
The courses, which range from introductory to advanced and general to specific, allow our students to develop the skills, knowledge, and mindset essential to their professional lives while in school and after they graduate, whether that means founding a new business, joining a newly launched business, or being an active innovator in a more established firm. These courses can be found in our undergraduate, MBA, and MBV programs. We also offer two degree programs entirely focused on entrepreneurship: the Master of Science in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and the Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship.
MARSHALL UNDERGRADUATE MINORS
Entrepreneurship Minor
For non-business majors, this minor provides an understanding of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial mindset. To enroll in this minor, students must have completed a minimum of 32 units of college-level course work and have a minimum overall GPA of 2.75.
Social Entrepreneurship Minor
Provides students from all undergraduate majors with an understanding of social entrepreneurship and its relationship to government and public policy as well as an understanding of management skills specific to starting and maintaining a social enterprise.
UNDERGRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY MINORS
Game Entrepreneurism Minor (with the School of Cinematic Arts)
A minor for students interested in building a business in the games and digital media industry. Building on the business, production and management courses in the Interactive Media Division, this minor culminates in our advanced game project course and provides students with hands-on mentorship.
Innovation: The Digital Entrepreneur Minor (with the Viterbi School of Engineering)
Introduces students to the elements and concepts central to launching a digital venture, including digital disruption, ideation, high-tech product management, online customer acquisition, technology implementation, online business models, digital marketing and monetization.
Media Entrepreneurship & Economics Minor (with the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism)
Equips students with the interdisciplinary skills and critical frameworks to navigate ongoing transformation sweeping the media industry, with a particular focus on the key economics forces reshaping television, film, music, and news.
Performance Science Minor (with the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences)
This minor teaches the science, best practices and applied processes to instill a high-performance mindset though a multi-disciplinary curriculum spanning business, psychology, biology, philosophy, and athletics.
Technology Commercialization Minor (with the Viterbi School of Engineering)
Explores the economic, technological and entrepreneurial aspects of commercializing new technologies. Designed for students with varied interests who might start technology-based ventures ir work for new to established technology companies.
GRADUATE DEGREES
MS Entrepreneurship + Innovation
A highly experiential program for individuals with a passion for entrepreneurship in large or small organizations.
MS Social Entrepreneurship
A program for those seeking to leverage business concepts and skills to make a positive impact and solve societal challenges.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATES
Graduate Certificate in Technology Commercialization
Students participate in the entire spectrum of the commercialization process, from invention to venture funding, while potentially becoming stakeholders in a new technology venture.
NEWS + EVENTS
Sales Evangelicals
In their new book, Colin Coggins and Garrett Brown expand on the life lessons they teach in their popular and unorthodox business class.
From Ideas Into Action
USC Marshall/Greif Incubator helped bring a good idea into reality. Now Frontida Records has been recognized by the United Nations as a global digital solution.
50 Years of Entrepreneurship at USC
The Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies celebrates its 50th anniversary; it was the first integrated entrepreneurship program at a business school back in 1972.
A Case for Green Entrepreneurship
Greif Center’s latest case study wins a major award and puts spotlight on local snack food company.
Tackling It All
FACULTY
Our faculty are thought leaders, doers, and creators. They are academics, entrepreneurs, and domain experts, transforming how entrepreneurship is taught and business is done.
David Belasco is an accomplished entrepreneur, educator, and attorney. During his career, he:• Started, built, and sold companies in environmental clean-up and manufacturing;• Created Taking the Leap, a popular course featuring discussions with entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and creative talent;• Received multiple Golden Apple Teaching Awards, the Peer Achievement Award for Faculty, USC-Mellon Mentoring Award, Dean's Service Award, and Greif Center Lead Blocker Award; and• Began as a lawyer at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles. Dave is a graduate of USC and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as editor of The Law Review.
Dr. Anthony Borquez is an expert at building and scaling creative tech businesses. He is the founder of Grab, a leader in augmented and virtual reality. He also founded Blue Label Games, an early leader in mobile game development, later acquired by Konami.
Garrett is a fourth-generation Trojan who began his career as a lawyer representing entrepreneurs. His first sales role was at Fastpoint Games, where he eventually ran all Sales & Business Development efforts until the company was acquired. He then helped launch & scale Bitium, an enterprise software company, where he served as Chief Revenue Officer until they were acquired by Google. Garrett joined Google and learned countless lessons about the inner workings of one of the most recognizable companies on the planet. He’s now an active startup investor and advisor, and a founder of Agency18, a firm that helps companies, build, scale, and inspire sales teams. He is also co-author of the HarperCollins book, The Unsold Mindset.
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
We are a student-run organization dedicated to connectingthe USC community with the local community, as well as to exploring the relationship between business, service, and ethics.
Spark is a student organization working on cultivating an entrepreneurial community at USC & empowering others to turn their ideas into reality. We host events like the Startup Career Fair, 1000 Pitches, Break to Make, Hack Nights, and more!
Empowering the Trojan entrepreneurship ecosystem while empowering Trojans to succeed in the venture community.
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