Our Purpose

Our Mission

At Venture for All®, we aim to empower entrepreneurs, innovators, and organizations to learn, innovate, and thrive. Our comprehensive virtual programs guide participants from opportunity assessment to successfully launching and scaling a startup or driving innovation.

By focusing on startup creation, design thinking, customer discovery, and contemporary leadership development, we enable professionals to learn, innovate, and thrive. Venture for All® builds an empowered global community of entrepreneurs with the mindset and skills to turn ideas into impact. Our award-winning curriculum equips founders to advance from concept to launch to growth.

At Venture for All®, our purpose is to unlock human potential worldwide by empowering innovators and entrepreneurs. With the right opportunities and support, anyone can use entrepreneurial thinking to dream big and drive meaningful change.

Our complete curriculum provides hands-on education through online courses, coaching, and consulting. We guide participants step-by-step, from idea generation through launching and scaling new ventures or driving innovation.

By democratizing access to entrepreneurship and contemporary business frameworks, we empower professionals across industries and backgrounds to build purpose-driven organizations generating profit and social impact.

Our History

First launched in 2012 as a program within Columbia Business School, Venture for All® has spent over a decade educating thousands of students, founders, and innovators across 30+ countries.

In 2023, we successfully spun off as an independent company to continue fulfilling our global purpose. For over a decade, Venture for All has built a worldwide community dedicated to turning visions into reality and advancing economic and social good.

Our Founder, Dr. Jack McGourty, started Venture for All® during his ongoing position as an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School. His vision was to empower entrepreneurs beyond the classroom by providing hands-on education and support. He continues this vital mission through Columbia University courses and Venture for All® programs.

Our Founder

Dr. Jack McGourty is an experienced educator, entrepreneur, applied psychologist, and author empowering the next generation of innovators. As an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, he teaches transformative entrepreneurship, innovation, and venture creation courses.

Dr. McGourty founded Venture for All®, a global entrepreneurship education company equipping entrepreneurs, business owners, and corporate innovators with the knowledge, skills, and tools to turn ideas into impact. He has taught over 10,000 students and launched Columbia’s entrepreneurship undergraduate minor and the Columbia-Harlem Small Business Development Center.

Recognized for teaching excellence, Dr. McGourty received Columbia’s Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award and the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence. He co-authored the bestselling textbook Patterns of Entrepreneurship Management (Wiley 2020), now in its 6th edition.

Dr. McGourty brings both academic and real-world expertise. He previously held senior executive and board positions at a large public company. As Managing Principal of Assessment Alternatives Inc., he provided innovation consulting to organizations like 3M, Chrysler, and Intel.

You can learn more about Dr. McGourty’s background by visiting his LinkedIn profile.