Public Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog - Harvard Business School

By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Course Number 1623 This is a course about building for government in private startups and inside governments themselves. We wrestle with the question of if (and how) entrepreneurial techniques can be brought to bear on some of the toughest problems and at some of the largest scale. Through a mix of mainly cases-based discussion, and also some hands-on sessions, we meet many private govtech founders who are building products and services to solve public problems as well as public officials – mayors, ministers, innovation officers and the like – sometimes buying these new tools or making their own. This course is designed for students who may found, join, or fund private startup companies that sell to (or around) governments to solve giant problems or who may want to become extreme innovators inside government at some po

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