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“A Bigger Deal on Campus”

Filed under Career Exploration
Posted by Libraries, March 29, 2007
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Kelly Spors, Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2007. http://www.collegejournal.com/careerpaths/findcareerpath/20070320-spors.html

Students across the country learning how to turn their ideas into profits. Do you have a business idea that would take off, but you’re feeling held back by a lack of funding? Some universities and colleges are rising to the occasion to offer support to students with feasible business proposals. An Arizona State University program, for example, gives out $200,000 to “student ventures” every year.

One recent ASU recipient, a graduate business student, came up with an idea for a TV show about renovating homes in an environmentally and socially conscious way. The student and his friend submitted their business proposal to a new campus program called The Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative, which brings “business concepts to life.” The group approved their proposal and provided them with $15,000 to start their business, a campus office space, and training seminars on business topics. The graduate students also met up with the chief executive of a local e-commerce business. The pilot show has since been completed, and now the students are trying to sell the show to a cable network.

While Simmons doesn’t offer a program like this [yet!], there are plenty of resources on campus to help you learn more how you can succeed in the business world. Start by reading this full article, and visit our eLibrary page on entrepreneurship at http://my.simmons.edu/library/collections/
career/entrepreneur.shtml.

—Anne Detwiler