by Andrew Graber | Apr 8, 2018 | VentureLab
Recently I had the opportunity to hear my co-founder, Mahlon Stoltz play one of our signature Māhlon cajons in an acoustic gig. Mahlon was on a 10-day tour with Nashville country artist, Kolby Oakley. He’d been playing with Kolby on tour for the past year or so....
by Levi Roberts | Mar 25, 2018 | Student Voice, VentureLab
Hey there! My name is Levi & I’m a co-founder of the military upcycling startup Chute. As we approach our first round of product testing scheduled for next week, let’s take a moment to reflect on how exactly we got here. Enter mid-October 2017 on a typical...
by Levi Roberts | Mar 21, 2018 | Student Voice, Uncategorized, VentureLab
Do you see the tsunami of opportunity approaching? I’m speaking, of course, of the Social Entrepreneurship Revolution. Generations Y and Z created a trend during the 2010’s of socially conscious for-profit businesses. Companies like Warby Parker and...
by Madeline Williams | Mar 21, 2018 | Student Voice, VentureLab
The Graphrite was a tool that the founding member, Keith Meikrantz, a senior mechanical engineer, created in order to sketch graphs for problems on homework and exams. Over the past year a team has formed around Keith’s idea which includes a computer engineering lead,...
by Andrew Graber | Mar 17, 2018 | Student Voice, VentureLab
Māhlon (MAY-lon) Acoustics is a brand that designs, handcrafts and sells wooden cajons and other custom music accessories. The story of how Māhlon Acoustics started is an interesting one. Mahlon Stoltz, my cofounder, is a musician, artist and craftsman living in...
by Austin Zick | Mar 8, 2018 | VentureLab
As an English major, the world of business and entrepreneurship is a rather mysterious, untouchable frontier, one that I’ve not explored and never really felt any desire to. My sophomore year I began studying graphic design, and as we reached the class section...