Welcome to Duke I&E
Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Duke I&E) inspires and empowers the Duke community to act entrepreneurially in all their endeavors. Whether you’re launching a company, tackling a wicked problem, or simply working to stand out in your career, an entrepreneurial mindset and skills help you do it with creativity, resilience, and purpose. As a partnership between Duke Interdisciplinary Studies and The Fuqua School of Business, Duke I&E provides students, alumni, and others in our community the best of what Duke has to offer innovators and entrepreneurs. With experiential programs, world–class faculty and researchers, and a powerful global network, Duke I&E works to help our community change the world.
Approach
We teach our community to innovate with an emphasis on:
- Curiosity and creative problem solving
- Empathy via deep understanding of customers
- Managing uncertainty through disciplined action
- Resilience and learning to fail
- Ethical understanding of purpose, values, and responsibilities
Entrepreneurial Action Is for Everyone
Duke I&E is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We work to address inequities in access to resources; to ensure representation in our community; to raise visibility by highlighting participation and success; and to ensure access to our programs and learning opportunities.
A Vibrant Hub for Entrepreneurial Activity
Our location in Durham and the Research Triangle lets us tap into a thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem. In partnering with nearby universities and other organizations for everything from research conferences to student service projects, we work to make both entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education more accessible and impactful.