Consulting Services

The Center for Entrepreneurship Studies provides the following consulting and advising services for BSC students, faculty and local entrepreneurs:

• Entrepreneurship Intern Program - CES will provide students with resources to find internships in an entrepreneurial business setting. A faculty member will work with BSC's Career services to create internships and supervise the students.

• Consulting Center - Students, with faculty supervision, will act as consultants to assist regional and small businesses with various issues for a semester. The Consulting Center will select particular cases from all the business requests, and group students to examine the problem(s) facing the business by matching the student's interests and/or strengths. The student team will then meet with the owner to formulate the business issue. The team has frequent interaction with the client and the faculty member overseeing the project to develop the methodology, conduct the necessary research and analysis and draw conclusions. The resulting recommendation(s) will be delivered in a final report and presented to the business owner and faculty member. The program gives students the invaluable experience of reality testing their classroom learning.

• Entrepreneur in Residence Program - CES will recruit a successful entrepreneur each year to spend time on campus, allowing students and faculty to benefit from his/her experiences and expertise. The Entrepreneur in Residence will make visits to classes, conduct school-wide presentations, advise faculty on their efforts to develop and conduct workshops, as well as other entrepreneurial-related activities and advise students interested in creating their own business.

• Small Business Development Center - CES has a partnership with the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center. The MSBDC has representatives on campus the first Friday of every month. Click here for more information.