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Wuerch: Monitoring, acting on key trends
Published: April 05, 2013
Ryan Wuerch, founder and chief executive officer of Solavei, was guest speaker at the CEO Club’s meeting on April 2, 2013 at the NC State Poole College of Management. This was a bit different than other CEO meetings, as Wuerch was speaking from Tulsa, Oklahoma., via Google Hangout, with several Read More
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Startup Madness is Here
Published: March 26, 2013
After months of planning, 22 teams from 14 schools who are in - or will soon be in - the Atlantic Coast Conference are meeting up at Raleigh Hub this evening, March 26, for a bit of networking. Tomorrow, they meet again for the actual Startup Madness bracket-style competition at Read More
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Ken Gill, founder of CPI Security, Provides Insight, Advice to Student Entrepreneurs
Published: March 21, 2013
Ken Gill, founder of CPI Security, was guest speaker at the CEO Club’s meeting on March 13, at the NC State Poole College of Management. In his opening remarks, Gill provided his thoughts on what it means to be an entrepreneur. “To be an entrepreneur means that you have to Read More
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Jenkins MBA alumnus Ty Hagler Launches 3D Animation Video Project for Client
Published: March 21, 2013
Ty Hagler, NC State Jenkins MBA-TEC alumnus recently launched a 3D animation video project for Mustard Tree Instruments®, a client of his company, Trig® Innovation. “This was our first time accepting an animation challenge, and we have been deeply appreciative of the opportunity to continue to expand our capabilities,” Hagler Read More
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Four Tips for Collegiate Entrepreneurs
Published: March 21, 2013
Michael Zapata, a Poole College Jenkins MBA alumnus, was interviewed recently about how the entrepreneurship and technology commercialization concentration in the Jenkins MBA program helped prepare him for his career as an entrepreneneur, focusing particularly regarding his company, Protochips. Zapata also provided a few suggestions for today's collegiate entrepreneurs. Get Read More
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Jenkins MBA’s Tech Focus Puts Alumn Michael Zapata on Entrepreneurial Path
Published: March 21, 2013
Among the cluster of offices in a commercial park near NC State University's campus is one office with a simple sign on its door: Protochips Inside, employees are creating the world’s most advanced holders, stages and specimen supports for electron microscopy; semiconductor technology is at the core of what they Read More
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Entrepreneurs at ACC Schools Gearing up for Startup Madness in March 27 at NC State
Published: March 21, 2013
Startup Madness, a collegiate entrepreneurship competition now in its third year, will be held on March 26 and 27 at the new James B. Hunt Jr. Library on North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus. This entrepreneurship competition – at which the student teams will be presenting their prototypes – is Read More
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Entrepreneurs: How to Train your Brian to Stay Positive
Published: February 24, 2013
This article posted at Entrepreneur magazine may be of interest to entrepreneurship students and those already on the path to new possibilities. "As an entrepreneur, conquering challenge and failure is essential to the success of your business. You can learn to cultivate that resilience by training your brain to stay Read More
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Tethis, a tech startup launched by TEC alumnus Scott Bolin, achieves funding milestone
Published: February 18, 2013
Tethis water treatment systems, a startup working to commercialize a water treatment technology developed atNorth Carolina State University, has achieved a major funding milestone. The year-old company, led by CEO Scott Bolin, an alumn of the NC State Poole College of Management JenkinsMBA program and its entrepreneurship and technology commercialization Read More
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Collegiate Entrepreneurs Invited to Startup Madness at NC State
Published: February 18, 2013
Poole College is lead sponsor for the 2013 Startup Madness, a competition for collegiate entrepreneurs at the ACC affiliated schools. At NC State, Lewis Sheats, lecturer in entrepreneurship, is coordinating entries for this competiton. Teams entering this competition will be presenting a working prototype to a panel of judges. Read Read More
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Tips for Collegiate Entrepreneurs, from a Recent Graduate
Published: February 18, 2013
Scott Bolin is a recent TEC alumnus (he graduated from the NC State Poole College's Jenkins MBA program in 2012) who recently received $800 in private funding for his startup, Tethis, Inc. You can read the Tethis story here. Bolin also agreed to provide a few insights he has gained Read More
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Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Offers Networking, More
Published: November 16, 2012
North Carolina State University’s Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) chapter, based in Poole College, is a network of students from all majors across campus that brings diverse thought and background to the organization. It provides entrepreneurs the opportunity for local and student entrepreneurs to meet and share ideas, and broaden their Read More
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Jenkins MBA HiTEC Alumnus Launching Company Based on Team Project
Published: October 15, 2012
The Entrepreneurship Collaborative (TEC) is the NC State Poole College’s home for innovative start-ups and budding entrepreneurs, serving as an ‘entrepreneurial ecosystem’ that reaches far beyond the NC State University campus. The latest example of their work is Tethis Water Treatment Systems, a new venture that got its start in Read More
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NC State Student Team Wins Inaugural Social Business Plan Competition
Published: September 27, 2012
Pennies 4 Progress was shining brightly at the first annual University of North Carolina Social Business Plan Competition. The non-profit’s team members, NC State students Ryan O’Donnell, Brandon Narybouth, and Kevin Miller, won top prize at the state-wide competition. That was no small feat, considering there were 31 teams competing Read More
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Four of NC State’s Fast 15 New Ventures have Poole College Jenkins MBA Roots
Published: June 29, 2012
Four of the first group of Fast 15 award recipients selected through NC State’s Springboard Initiative got their start with a bit of help from HITEC concentration students in the Poole College of Management’s Jenkins MBA program. Those four are Oryx Bio, Polymer Braille, VaporPulse, and Xanofi. View the complete Read More
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Jenkins MBA Teams Win First, Second Place in NC State’s 2012 LuLu eGames’ New Venture Challenge
Published: May 04, 2012
First and second place in the 2012 Lulu eGames’ New Venture Challenge category at NC State University went to two teams of entrepreneurship students in Poole College’s Jenkins MBA program. The competition results were announced during the LuLu eGames reception held Monday, April 30, 2012. The annual competition is managed Read More
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Fracking, Vaccines Projects among Poole College Showcase Winners
Published: April 26, 2012
Two Jenkins MBA high tech entrepreneurship (HiTEC) project teams received first and second place in the graduate division of the NC State Poole College of Management’s Fourth Annual Leadership and Innovation Showcase, held April 24, 2012. The winning teams were selected from the 29 graduate level entries submitted in this Read More
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A 90 Second Pitch, a Great Learning Experience at National CEO Conference
Published: March 01, 2012
Extroverts, ambitious students, thinkers, engineers, and some liberal arts majors – those are among the students attending the national Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) annual meeting in fall 2011, said Josh Bielick. He was among those attending, representing NC State’s chapter of the CEO Club. “You couldn’t really take anyone at Read More
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Poole College Announces Jenkins MBA Program’s Entrepreneurship Fellowship Recipients
Published: February 24, 2012
Michael Teal, Barton Strawn, and James H. Locus III, were awarded Entrepreneurship Fellowships this fall by the North Carolina State University Poole College of Management’s Jenkins MBA program. As part of their fellowships, the students are assisting faculty and other student teams in the Jenkins MBAprogram’s entrepreneurship and technology commercialization Read More
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Jenkins Helped Me Segue from Technology to Business,” Bobby Bahram ’01 Says
Published: February 24, 2012
Bobby Bahram (Jenkins MBA ’01) is a successful serial entrepreneur. Since graduating from the Jenkins Graduate School of Management in the NC State University Poole College of Management in 2001, Bahram went on to cofound RadarFind Corporation, a venture capital-backed healthcare IT company in Research Triangle Park, acquired in 2009. Read More
