The Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship
The Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship (CVBE) engages in research, education, and outreach activities focused on improving the business of veterinary medicine. The CVBE leverages the strengths of the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and thought leaders from across the veterinary ecosystem to solve some of the most pressing challenges facing animal health today.
CVBE Sparks Talks
The CVBE hosts a monthly video series, the CVBE Spark Talks, featuring experts in a variety of disciplines bringing new ideas and best practices from other sectors to the veterinary industry. All veterinarians, practice owners, and industry leaders are invited to attend.
Our Focus
The CVBE is organized around four strategic areas of focus, amplifying the impact of the center.
Education
Provide training to students and post-graduates to operate successfully in a complex and rapidly changing world
Economic Research
Develop a robust veterinary economics research portfolio to improve decision making and healthcare delivery
Entrepreneurship
Accelerate the translation of scientific innovation into commercial products
Intrapreneurship
Foster institutional innovation and improvement
Support us
Financial support of the CVBE's mission can come in many different ways, from individual gifts of any amount, to becoming a corporate member or creating an endowment.
Help prepare the next generation of veterinarians for business success.
Shifting one’s mentality from being a veterinarian, to being in the business of providing veterinary medical care — it just changes everything,”
– Jorge Colón ’92, D.V.M. ’95, director of veterinary business education Cornell CVBE
Veterinary business education at Cornell will send out a cadre of great veterinarians who know how to lead people, innovate and manage teams in a way that enables them to address these relevant problems in the world.”
– Wesley Sine, faculty director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute & professor of management and organizations
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