Campus Entrepreneurship

I have been watching this competition since its inception and always consider entering. From the land of the young, technically risky, and forward thinking comes the Silicon Valley Boomer Business Competition. The contest is co-sponsored by the Leavy School of Business and if I remember correctly, it is open to all. There are two categories [...]

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Just came across an article by Nichole L. Torres on Entrepreneur.com that offers some advice to those who would like to capitalize on the campus as a market place. From the piece,
“College is a time to explore new trends-to wear the hottest fashions, create the newest drink and jump onto the latest entertainment fad. You’re [...]

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There has been much talk in recent years about Social Entrepreneurship. The Skoll Foundation, founded by Jeff Skoll (eBay’s first employee and first president), stated mission “is to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs.”
What is a social entrepreneur? According to the Skoll Foundation website,
“Entrepreneurs [...]

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I am working down in Tallahassee, FL this week with some of their great leaders. While here, I have learned about the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship at Florida State University’s College of Business. The JMI offers mentoring, entrepreneurial roundtables, and tips for entrepreneurs. Anybody out there ever used this resource?

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Check out this piece describing a cool program being built at ASU; The Edson (no not Edison) Student Entrepreneur Initiative “provides funding, office space and training for teams of students across the university, from any discipline, to explore their innovative ideas for business products and services in partnership with faculty, researchers and entrepreneurs from the [...]

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Mark Zuckerberg is 22 years old and leads 200 employees as the CEO/Founder of Facebook.com; the company he founded while at Harvard about 3 years ago. If you are a college student you likely use it. Nice interview, by Andy Kessler of the WSJ. with him, though I remember articles like this back at [...]

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Really fascinating piece in the WSJ the other day about Prof. David Teece of the Cal Business School who has made a small fortune serving as an expert witness. Even more interesting is the fact that he brought many other economists along for the ride by forming a company (which is now publicly traded) that [...]

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From Sam Fox Krauss of the Daily Princetonian, an article introducing some of the entrepreneurs of Princeton and some of the ways the school aims to meet the entrepreneurial fix of the students. Clubs, courses, etc. From the piece,
“The Entrepreneurship Club and a few classes serve as resources for current Princeton students to learn about [...]

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The sixth annual 5 Ventures Business Plan Competition has announced its 10 semifinalists. Pretty interesting range of plans… a health food maker, an auto safety firm, and one an automated parking management system

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For years managing and owning properties in college towns and around educational institutions has been a common activity for edu entrepreneurs (ee)… A camp friend of mine named Brad used to rent out an entire house, then rent out the rooms separately.. Yes he covered his own rent and made some beer money.
Alternatively, Sam Zell [...]

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