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Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship
The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship engages leading industry experts and faculty to educate students and provide them with experiential opportunities to learn all aspects of entrepreneurship. To support these critical goals, the Pillsbury Institute offers students, entrepreneurs, and faculty an expanding range of courses, programs, and activities focused on advancing students’ entrepreneurship knowledge and mastery.
Engagement
At all stages of ideation, the Pillsbury Institute offers students, entrepreneurs, and faculty a broad range of courses, programs, and activities in which to engage. Learn More
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Giving Opportunities
Support an academic entrepreneurial program or finance a space where students can brainstorm and collaborate on business ideas and ventures.
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Members
Become a member and help the Pillsbury Institute provide professional expertise for student entrepreneurs.
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Event Sponsorships
Help students develop their entrepreneurial spirit and sponsor an event, program, or internship at the Pillsbury Institute.
Learn moreHappening at the Institute
Why your upscale restaurant server still takes your order by hand, even though technology abounds
There's one type of establishment where it's unlikely your order will be taken by a device: fine dining restaurants.
Travel industry is still searching for ways to make eco-friendly habits stick
Claire Cutting, director of sustainability for Marriott International, spoke at the Sustainable Tourism Entrepreneurship and Destination Asset Management Roundtable.
Student entrepreneur Rob Karp is miles ahead
Rob Karp '19 was all of 14 when he turned his passion for airlines and his prowess for numbers into a...