Entrepreneurship & Innovation Initiative

The University of San Francisco is on the cusp of a transformative journey, which has the vision to empower every student with entrepreneurial skills and opportunities so they can translate their ideas into impact across any discipline, industry, or sector of society.

Combining USF Values with San Francisco's Competitive Advantages

Why USF?
Inverting the Paradigm
Entrepreneurship for All

Why USF?

By residing in the center of San Francisco, USF is the only educational institution capable of integrating the abundant local resources in entrepreneurship with strong Jesuit, Catholic values to introduce a radically new approach for developing entrepreneurs.

Inverting the Paradigm

Rather than focusing on the 1% to disrupt society, we will elevate the 99% to sustain society. Applying this perspective leads us to focus on activities such as: implementing entrepreneurial skills in courses across campus to reach 100% of students, and building custom AI tools to help students learn and apply these skills.

Entrepreneurship for All

Once students are ready to take their project ideas out of the classroom and into the real world, they can join our campus incubator to receive additional support, including access to micro-grant funding so they can convert ideas into tangible outcomes and participation in pitch competitions so they can make real progress toward milestones while gaining meaningful mentoring.

The E&I Initiative

Leveraging our deep roots in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, our goal is to position USF to be among the foremost institutions in the world for developing skills that prepare students and alumni for success in their careers and in life. We will accomplish this by following these values:

Impact

Enhancing the condition of others and driving positive change.

Developmental

Expanding our reach and rising the tide for all.