by Johnathan Erickson | Oct 29, 2016 | Challenge & Inspire, ENTR102: Technology for the Entrepreneur, Student Voice
Entrepreneurial vlogs Casey Neistat is a film maker and entrepreneur who started on you-tube in 2010. He was born in Gales Ferry, Connecticut on March 25, 1981 and moved to Manhattan, New York City when he was 20. More recently he has founded a video sharing platform...
by Alex Halton | Oct 24, 2016 | Challenge & Inspire, ENTR102: Technology for the Entrepreneur, Student Voice
Stella & Dot: Stella & Dot is a jewelry company that has become extremely successful and is now ranked as an Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Company. It has also gotten rave reviews and has been featured in many publications and shows. However, it’s not the average...
by Andrew Graber | Oct 23, 2016 | Challenge & Inspire, ENTR102: Technology for the Entrepreneur, Student Voice
Have you ever heard of the brand Honest Tea? In 2013 the sales of Honest tea were worth a whopping $112 million. But in 1997, just 19 years ago, it was simply two men and an idea. Seth Goldman, an active young man, was continually searching for the perfect drink to...
by Hannah Hastings | Oct 23, 2016 | Challenge & Inspire, ENTR102: Technology for the Entrepreneur, Student Voice
Entrepreneurship is generally seen as the field for people who want to make some fancy new product no one has ever seen before. Entrepreneurs are all those millionaires who discovered a new way to butter toast or improved the coffee maker. So when I tell people that I...
by Caroline Parker | Oct 19, 2016 | Challenge & Inspire, ENTR102: Technology for the Entrepreneur, Student Voice
Social entrepreneurship brings such a joy to me because it’s basically a legal, modern-day version of Robin Hood. I spent many a childhood afternoon watching the charming Disney version of tale, and although Robin Hood is the dictionary definition of a thief, I found...
by Aresman MacLaren | Oct 16, 2016 | Challenge & Inspire, ENTR102: Technology for the Entrepreneur, Student Voice
One important aspect of being an entrepreneur is having the ability to adapt. Many entrepreneurs tend to create and stick to just one idea, and although that can be good for creating additional quality products, it can also cause them to fall behind or lose track of...