About E&I
The University of San Francisco is on the cusp of a transformative journey, which has the vision to empower every student with entrepreneurial skills and opportunities so they can translate their ideas into impact across any discipline, industry, or sector of society.
With the guiding principle of "Entrepreneurship for All", we see this not only as the opportunity to launch students start-ups, and more! Regardless of major, background, or class, the E&I Hub at USF equips students with the necessary skills, resources, and guidance to build confidence, learn to network, pitch new ideas, try new things, learn to fail, and build successful entrepreneurial skills for life.
Leveraging our roots in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, our goal is to position USF to be among the foremost institutions in the world for developing skills that prepare students and alunmi for success in their career and in life. We do this through:
- Teaching skills for life
- Integrated into the core curriculum
- Workshops and Events for real world skills
- Online resources for students and alumni
- Supporting student projects with grants and mentorship
- Microgrants for individ\dual student projects
- Funding for USF clubls to put on special events
- Mentorship to help guide students
- Support for competitions and outside opportunities
- A vibrant USF Network of students, alums and mentors
- NEtwork USF connects students, alums and mentors
- Connect with professionals
- Share resources and opportunities
- Sharing our stories
- Faculty publications on what it means to teach E&I for all
- Making the journey visible - stories of not only success but also trials, failures, and resilience along the way
- Celebrate our student success stories
Why USF?
By residing in the center of San Francisco, USF is the only educational institution capable of integrating the abundant local resources in entrepreneurship with strong Jesuit, Catholic values to introduce a radically new approach for developing entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurship for all