After the internet collapsed in 2001, I returned to b-school at U of C and started reading about the CA gold rush; trying to make sense of the bust. One lesson I learned was that when rushes/booms are on, a sure fire way of making money was ‘mining the miners.’ My favorite from the gold [...]
Mining ‘Me Too’ Univ. Admins for Green
March 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Campus Eco-System, Campus as Market, Tips & Tools
Tags:Alan Merten·CO2 emissions·George Mason University·green business opportunities·greenwashing·student entrepreneurs
Social Venture Campus Entrepreneur — UVA, George Mason
February 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Entrepreneur Profiles, Students
Received this email from a social venture campus entrepreneur, Dean Davastar:
I’m an MBA student myself at Mason and I’ve been running a social entrepreneurship firm for about two years and am about to officially finalize opening a branch at George Mason University. We started at UVA and we work towards global prosperity and multicultural understanding. [...]
Tags:campus entrepreneur·Dean Kastar·George Mason University·Komak·social ventures·UVA
My New Startup…
January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Campus Eco-System, Entrepreneur Profiles, General Thoughts
I am not ready provide details, but I plan on launching a new company this year in late Q1 or early Q2… It will be an online based business and is not directly related to my research or what I have found on campus over the past 3 years of part-time enrollment in the PhD [...]
Tags:George Mason University·my new company·startup·student entrepreneur