Campus Entrepreneurship

Just received a news an update that the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative at ASU has awarded another round of seed financing to student entrepreneurs on campus. According to the East Valley Tribune,
Sixteen fledgling businesses operated by Arizona State University students have received a total of $200,000 in grants from the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative to [...]

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I began researching the subject of campus entrepreneurship for two reasons; 1) entrepreneurs and their ideas (especially campus entrepreneurs) are fascinating and fun to learn about and 2) my belief (based on observed behavior of campus entrepreneurs) that the campus offers many assets and institutions that can be leveraged by entrepreneurs for advantage.

Some school [...]

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ASU has clearly placed entrepreneurship at the center of its agenda, so I was not surprised to read that four campus entrepreneurs in Tempe, were working with the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative, to launch “Green Taxi Cab.” They will start with 2 Toyota Prius cabs. The article by Ryan Calhoun is here. The companies website [...]

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