Format
In-Person
Stanford Ignite – Full-Time
Learn business fundamentals and get hands-on, practical experience to turn your ideas into successful ventures with this four-week, full-time program.
Apply By April 9, 2026
Start Date June 21, 2026
The fuel for future entrepreneurial success
An intensive, four-week, in-person program that’s academically rigorous, hands-on, and collaborative. Designed for working professionals and graduate students, it teaches you how to evaluate, develop and commercialize business ideas. Immediately apply new learnings by working on a team venture project with fellow innovators, including feedback from venture capitalists, angel investors, industry experts, and experienced entrepreneurs.
Key Benefits
Stanford Ignite – Full-Time is a certificate program that provides the business fundamentals you need to succeed at any entrepreneurial venture.
- Learn fundamental business concepts from core business frameworks to tactical skills.
- Reinforce and apply lessons learned by working on a team to develop a new product or service.
- Improve communication, elevator pitch, and presentation skills in a daylong communications bootcamp.
- Present your idea and get robust feedback from venture capitalists, angel investors, industry experts, and experienced entrepreneurs.
Who Should Attend?
- Graduate students currently pursuing a master’s, MD, PhD, or post-doc program in a nonbusiness field
- Professionals with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and some professional experience
- Those with formal graduate business training (e.g., MBA) or extensive managerial experience to be reviewed on a case-by-base basis
Meet the Faculty Leadership
This program is developed by Yossi Feinberg and taught by a team of tenured, strategically focused, cross-disciplinary faculty who are experts in their fields. Together, they bring cutting-edge research, thought leadership, and experiential learning to your program experience.
Yossi Feinberg
The Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Economics
Director, Stanford Ignite – Full-Time
Earn Your Certificate
Upon successful completion of Stanford Ignite, you will be awarded a Certificate of Completion in recognition of your achievement and the investment you have made in your education and professional development.
Applications due April 9, 2026
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