Two-Year MBA BR Startup Suite
Our Startup Suite of Student-Run Entrepreneurship Services
BR Venture Fund
BR Venture Fund is a seed-stage venture capital fund focused on providing funding to early-stage, high-growth businesses with a Cornell connection and consulting with portfolio companies. By providing the means for entrepreneurs to create companies out of ideas, the fund embodies the most interactive and valuable learning experience possible for Johnson students.
- Faculty Advisors: Thatcher Bell and Tom Schryver
BR Consulting
BR Consulting was established to stimulate entrepreneurial activity within the Cornell community through the creation and growth of early stage businesses. We provide individualized services to our clients by matching the talents and skills of our pool of Johnson MBA candidates with the varied and diverse needs of our clients. Our goal is to provide quality real world projects for students and significant, valuable contributions to the start-up ventures.
- Faculty Advisor: Randy Allen
BR Tech Strategy
BR Tech Strategy is a student-led, for-credit program in which MBA teams consult with Cornell inventors to analyze commercial opportunities for early-stage university-generated technology. The club is a collaboration with Cornell’s Center for Technology Licensing to commercialize more Cornell technology, faster.
- Faculty Advisor: Tom Schryver
BR Microenterprise
BR Microenterprise is a student-run educational experience that spurs microenterprise development by assisting self-employed individuals reach their business goals. BRM partners with the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise to support microbusiness owners. By offering coaching to entrepreneurs, our goal is to contribute to the local community, supporting inclusive wealth creation and economic development.
- Faculty Advisor: Mark Milstein
The Executive MBA Metro NY program combines two delivery methods that emphasize collaboration expanding your leadership potential:
- Residential sessions—four in total, held on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York, and the metro NYC area
- Weekend classes—held at the Tata Innovation Center on the Cornell Tech campus in NYC, paired with a Saturday overnight stay
Every other weekend you’ll join classmates for in-person classes and fully immerse yourself in the program by staying in the Bentley Hotel NYC as a cohort. This format gives the program the feel of a residential MBA on the weekend, while allowing you to get back to work on Monday. Residential sessions help to unite the cohort as well.
EMBA Metro NY program timeline
The Executive MBA Metro NY program is 22 months in duration and is divided into four terms. Below is a snapshot of the typical sequence of the program, which includes residential sessions and weekend classes.
In the program’s final term, you’ll have the opportunity to travel abroad for the Global Business Study immersion.
Term 1
July
Begin the program with a week-long residential session at Cornell University’s campus in Ithaca, New York
Term 1
August–December
Classes are held every other weekend at the Tata Innovation Center on the Cornell Tech campus with an overnight stay at the Bentley Hotel NYC on Saturdays
Term 2
January
Term 2 begins with a residential session on the Cornell campus in Ithaca
Term 2
January–May
Alternate weekend classes at the Tata Innovation Center with an overnight stay at the Bentley Hotel NYC on Saturdays
Term 3
July
Your second year in the program kicks off with a residential session at the Cornell campus in Ithaca
Term 3
August–December
Alternate weekend classes at the Tata Innovation Center with an overnight stay at the Bentley Hotel NYC; courses are focused on innovation and entrepreneurship
Term 4
January
Your final term begins with the last residential session at Cornell University in Ithaca
Term 4
January–May
Complete the program with classes on alternate weekends and a Saturday overnight stay; courses are focused on global business and include traveling for the Global Business Study
Class schedules
Incoming classes for the Executive MBA Metro NY program begin in July.