Spirit of Enterprise Center

Where the Spirit of Enterprise Thrives
Celebrating the Ethics, Energy and Excellence in Entrepreneurship

The Spirit of Enterprise Center is in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. The center is part of the L. William Seidman Research Institute, an affiliation of seven research centers that serve the business community with creative and intellectual resources.

Like the business school, our core values are thought leadership, real world application, technology, global perspectives, community and ethics.

 We apply those values every day. We bring together students and businesses to accelerate entrepreneurship within the communities we serve.

1. For students, we create real-world experience that complements their comprehensive education at one of the top business schools in the nation.
2. For businesses, we foster and strengthen entrepreneurship.
3. For communities, we join them as advocates and partners as we work to make the nation’s fifth-largest metropolitan region a leader.

In all we do, we celebrate the ethics, energy and excellence in entrepreneurship. We showcase the best in Arizona business each year at the prestigious Spirit of Enterprise Awards.

We ask the Spirit of Enterprise Center supporters to join leaders like investment banker Wm. Polk Carey. His philosophy is  “…We invest for the long run, and we believe in doing good while doing well.”

When you invest your time, talent or treasure in the Spirit of Enterprise Center, we are committed to ensuring you a worthy return.