Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program

The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program teaches you essential skills and effective strategies for working in and managing innovative organizations – and for starting new ones. In online innovation courses designed to engage and inspire, you will learn by doing from some of Stanford’s best in the field.

Be prepared to get out of your chair and use your whole brain, because creativity and innovation take practice.

Want to learn more? Submit an inquiry to ask us questions and receive further information about this program.

Earning the Certificate

Earn a Stanford Professional Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Courses may be taken in any order and are self-paced. You have the flexibility of taking individual courses within the program or earning the certificate by completing eight courses. (The free introductory course, Introduction to Innovation and Entrepreneurship, does not count towards the eight courses). If you are unsure of where to start we recommend XINE229 – Leading Innovation or XINE232 – Scaling Excellence: How You Can Help Make It Happen.

Each course consists of online lecture videos, self-paced assignments, and a final exam. A discussion forum allows you to interact with the teaching team and others who are enrolled in the course. The teaching team also provides feedback on select assignments.

You can earn Professional Development Units (PDUs) for taking courses in the I&E program to maintain Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification

Eligibility

• Leaders of innovative teams, or teams that wish to be innovative
• Professionals from startups, Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and the public sector
• Marketing, sales, finance, and project management teams
• Engineers and project team leads who want to be more creative
• Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs

Benefits

• A greater understanding of the tools that every innovative organization needs to succeed
• A wider and deeper set of innovation skills, customized to fit both your organization’s needs and your career goals
• A greater understanding of the best and most current research on innovation and entrepreneurship
• Deeper insights into the people you are serving – a powerful tool for innovation
• The joy of learning from and engaging with some of Stanford’s smartest and most entertaining teachers
• Personal feedback and advice from Stanford’s team of innovation coaches
• A greater capacity to keep honing your innovation skills for years after you’ve completed the program – we teach participants how to keep learning and, in turn, to teach what they learn to others

Application process

The program requires an accepted application. Applications may be submitted online. Sample Application

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