Entrepreneurship students and alumni: Tova Feinberg, MBA ’22; Shannon Turner, MBA ’18; and Lloyd Yates, MBA ’22.
Excerpt from Olin Blog: On the strength of the many startups launched by recent WashU Olin students, the school once again snagged the No. 1 spot in Poets & Quants 2020 ranking of top MBA entrepreneurship programs.
For the second year in a row—and in the second year of the ranking’s existence—Olin placed ahead of 49 other schools evaluated in the ranking published by P&Q and Inc. magazine today. Olin also scored the No. 1 ranking for global entrepreneurship in 2019.
Some components of the Olin approach
Olin’s entrepreneurship program includes 21 courses specifically targeting the discipline. Meanwhile, fully 90% of the school’s MBA courses deal with content related to entrepreneurship.
Lloyd Yates, MBA ’22, founder of men’s clothing accessory site Tylmen, said he was drawn to Olin and its entrepreneurship program by the strength of its faculty, including Villhard. Tylmen’s direct-to-consumer line of accessories includes face masks that double as pocket squares. Read more here.