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Innovation + Entrepreneurs
A few weeks ago I received a meeting invite from one of my favorite Owen Professors: David Owens. He’s our resident innovation guru and soon to be . He had invited a small group of students to meet with two representatives from the Financial Services Forum to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. Plus, he was offering free lunch; so obviously I went.
I did a little research prior to the meeting to answer some questions like: What is the Financial Services Forum? What do they do? Why would they be interested in talking to me?
According to their website: “The Financial Services Forum is a non-partisan financial and economic policy organization comprising the CEOs of 20 of the largest and most diversified financial services institutions doing business in the United States. The purpose of the Forum is to pursue policies that encourage savings and investment, promote an open and competitive global marketplace, and ensure the opportunity of people everywhere to participate fully and productively in the 21st-century global economy.”
Basically, they were asking us for our ideas on how public policy can help promote small business creation in the U.S.
Posted in Hannah Johnson '12, Industry Insights, Uncategorized Tagged entrepreneurship, government, innovation, small businesses Leave a comment
Launching a Business: Rentstuff.com
Adam Albright is a second year MBA and co-founder of rentstuff.com. (www.about.me/adamalbright | )
Have you ever wanted to try something new on the weekend, like go camping or for a bike ride? As a student, opportunities such as these can be limited by minimal space to store gear or insufficient money to purchase equipment.
This problem led my co-founders and I (Adam Albright) to launch Rentstuff.com, a person-to-person rental marketplace that allows individuals and rental businesses to post items for rent. Now you can jump on RentStuff.com and rent that tent, or bike, or guitar that you want to try out. If you want to earn some extra cash, you can also lend out your stuff to others through our convenient, secure system.
Owen has been key in helping me launch this business. While being a student and entrepreneur can be extremely busy, there are some definite perks. Here are the ways Owen has helped me along the way:
- The Summer Business Plan Competition: In this annual competition students present business plans and the winner is awarded a grant to use for launching the start-up. Pitching RentStuff.com was a great experience, and the grant money was extremely helpful as we worked towards our launch in August 2011.
Posted in Guest & Alumni Bloggers, Why Owen? Tagged business school, entrepreneurship, starting a business Leave a comment
Owen Podcast Series: Michael Burcham, Entrepreneur Center
This edition of the Owen Podcast Series welcomes Michael Burcham, an Owen professor who happens to moonlight as the President and CEO of the Entrepreneur Center in Nashville. The Center operates as an incubator for the intrepid to flesh out their ideas, polish their business plan, prepare their pitch, and receive greater access to funding. The podcast discusses Mr. Burcham’s history as an entrepreneur, the common pitfalls of incubators, and the rising entrepreneurial class in Nashville.