Two Spanish among the ten business schools with the best MBA for entrepreneurs

The ranking evaluates indicators such as the percentage of MBA graduates who have launched a company, the percentage of women entrepreneurs, the rate of entrepreneurs who raised at least one third of equity through private investors instead of using savings or going to funds of family or friends, the survival rate of the companies launched in 2014 or earlier, the impact of the MBA training in its stage as entrepreneurs, the support of business schools to entrepreneurs both in the implementation of the start up as in access to funding or talent for their human teams, etc.

The International MBA of IE Business School has 90% of foreign students who come from 65 countries this year, with 5 years of average professional experience. 

The program, which is taught in English and Spanish, is 1 year long and allows students to tailor their program, depending on their interests and professional development plans. Students can be trained as 'creators', with an entrepreneurial approach, or as 'transformers', if they want to develop their career as managers in the corporate world. 

In addition, they can choose from more than 150 elective courses to personalize their training experience, they can develop consulting projects or work on social projects in South Africa, Ethiopia, Peru or Brazil. 

International MBA students can also participate in the Post MBA Long Exchange Program, a 3-month exchange to choose among 58 business schools around the world.

 

They can also expand their network of contacts in the Global Network Week, travel with the Venture Lab to know some of the entrepreneurial ecosystems of other countries or present their business projects in the Venture Days that IE organizes in Shanghai, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Providence , Berlin, Tokyo or Lisbon, among others. In total, the program proposes 66 international destinations to enrich the MBA experience.

"We have always worked for our MBA graduates to have a strong entrepreneurial mindset. Being considered the best MBA in Europe in the FT ranking highlights our positioning as a reference MBA for entrepreneurs who want to challenge the status quo, "says Erik Schlie, vice-dean of the International MBA at IE Business School.
 

Business initiative 

For its part, IESE highlights that it is a school created by and for entrepreneurs in which entrepreneurship has always occupied a prominent place in academic work. 

In this field, IESE created the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Initiative Center (EIC) which, in addition to its academic work, carries out support activities for the entrepreneurial initiative in different areas at local and European level. 

Examples of this are the Fundación Bertrán Business Initiative Chair, the participation as a sponsoring partner of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Spain, the participation in EFER (European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research) and the Pan-European Growth Plus association of high-growth entrepreneurs. (Europe * s 500).

IESE has also developed the investment fund Finaves, and has set up a network of private investors (business angels) in Barcelona and Madrid to help create new companies.