Admissions for the founding cohort of 2023 have concluded!
Ankit Agarwal

Co-Founder

Harvard MBA
Senior VP, Urban Company
Consultant, BCG

India’s only business school for the startup leaders of tomorrow!

By the alumni of Harvard Business School
and Kellogg School of Management

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Varun Limaye

Co-Founder

Kellogg MBA
Product Leader, Amazon
Head of Data, Pratham

Backed by the entrepreneurial leaders of today

The startup ecosystem comes together to build a new age startup focused business school
  • Kunal Shah

  • Vidit Aatrey

  • Abhiraj Bahl

  • Varun Khaitan

  • Mekin M

Learn by building real businesses and immerse yourself in Bengaluru’s vibrant startup community

Live, learn, thrive at our Bengaluru Campus
Reimagined learning experience
Build multiple real businesses, participate in hackathons and do live projects with real startups, supported by case based lectures with Top B School faculty
Learn from
future employers
Startup CXOs, leaders and industry practitioners, who will help you develop exact skills to be successful in the startup world.
Personalize
your journey
1:1 mentors from leadership positions at the biggest startups, choose learning pathways tailored to your ambitions
Get strategic roles
at top startups
Your future employers will be your teachers, network with the startup ecosystem, build career skills, and land organization building roles at the most exciting startups out there.
Reimagined learning experience
Build multiple real businesses, participate in hackathons and do live projects with real startups, supported by case based lectures with Top B School faculty
Learn from
future employers
Startup CXOs, leaders and industry practitioners, who will help you develop exact skills to be successful in the startup world.
Personalize
your journey
1:1 mentors from leadership positions at the biggest startups, choose learning pathways tailored to your ambitions
Get strategic roles
at top startups
Your future employers will be your teachers, network with the startup ecosystem, build career skills, and land organization building roles at the most exciting startups out there.

Learn directly from CXOs, founders and senior leaders at startups

Become a Startup Leader

Develop an entrepreneurial mindset and become a leader that will build India’s next biggest companies

entrepreneurial mindset

noun

/ɒntrəprəˈnɜːriəl ˈmaɪndset/

a set of skills that enable people to identify and make the most of opportunities, build customer centric solutions, overcome and learn from setbacks, and succeed in a variety
of settings

  • Startup Leadership
  • Technology Building Blocks
  • Business Foundation
  • Structured Problem Solving
  • Leveraging AI for Business
  • Product Management
  • Sales Mentality
  • Data Fluency
  • Tools & Enablers
  • New Age Industries
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Personality Development

Post Graduate Program in Startup Leadership

A 12 month immersive business program for the startup leaders of tomorrow
Program type
Full Time, In Person ( Offline)
Location
Bengaluru
Duration
12 months
Start Date
September 2023
Cohort Size
60

We are looking for 60 outstanding individuals

The Mesa Experience

A transformative experience, designed to prepare you for success in life, as a startup leader and a future founder

We promise our students great jobs.

Personalized placement strategies that are tailored to every student.

Learn from experts working at companies which could be your future employers!

Do you have questions about our admissions process, fees, or scholarships?

At Mesa School of Business, we are dedicated to removing financial barriers that may prevent the highest caliber individuals from reaching their full potential. Our founding cohort will consist of exceptional and promising candidates.

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FAQs

No, we do not provide a degree or a diploma. Instead, we equip you with the skills, connections, and job opportunities necessary to develop a successful career as a startup leader or future founder.

Mesa’s immersive training programs provide individuals with the skills, connections, and job opportunities necessary to develop a successful career in the tech industry. Our industry-led curriculum and personalised mentorship enable individuals to acquire the skills and experience required to secure top tech jobs. However, success ultimately depends on an individual’s hard work and dedication to their goals, supported by Mesa’s career assistance resources.

We focus on top startup jobs, including roles such as Founder’s Office, Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR), Product Management (PM), P&L Leaders, and Special Projects Leaders, among others. These roles typically offer an average CTC of over 20L and provide a platform for growth and development as a startup leader or founder.

Once we understand a student’s background and aspirations, we connect them with an industry expert who has followed a similar path. If a mentor is not found to be useful, we will find another one. Our goal is to provide students with the guidance necessary to succeed as a leader in the startup ecosystem.

We believe that extensive, transformational programs require in-person contact hours. Although our program also includes asynchronous learning, all synchronous learning occurs in-person in a vibrant startup community and environment in Bengaluru.

We work with students to create a target list of 20 companies/roles based on their experiences, skills, and background. We then tailor learning pathways and exercises to prepare them for these jobs, and personally reach out to recruiters at these companies to secure job interviews.

We have kept our founding cohort extremely small, with only 60 students. Each of these students will receive personal attention from both founders, who will help them develop market-relevant skills, connect them with appropriate mentors, and help them secure their dream job.

Our application process will go live soon! Register to attend an info session with us, and we will keep you updated as soon as the application link goes live!