5 Business Plan Writing Tips
On Thursday, January 31 the Ain Center hosted the first Mark Ain Business Model Workshop of the semester. Building on the fall Foundry Forum workshops, this series is designed to help entrepreneurs prepare for upcoming business plan competitions. This workshop – The Genius of a Business Plan: Be Different and Be Better – covered a number of techniques and tricks for writing the best business plan possible. We boiled down the workshop into a few key points.
Artistry and Entrepreneurship: Learning from Eric Booth
The Ain Center for Entrepreneurship recently co-hosted a workshop for entrepreneurial educator Eric Booth with Eastman’s Institute for Music Leadership and the Barbara J. Burger iZone. Eric Booth shared a problem-solving framework that he utilizes to work through everything from pressing social issues to small problems.
ENT Club Highlight: Meliora LaunchPad
The start of a new semester meant the inauguration of new leadership for one of the University’s entrepreneurship clubs. Meliora LaunchPad held their general interest meeting on January 25, welcoming new members and setting their agenda for Spring 2019.
The Importance of an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Each and Every Industry
As part of an annual Simon School program, Wallace Gundy (MBA candidate, Ain Entrepreneur Scholarship recipient, and Ain Team member) traveled to the West Coast to visit a number of companies and enterprises in a variety of industries. One thing she noticed? To be successful, entrepreneurship has to exist in all of them.
Creative Collisions
Last semester, the Ain Center held the inaugural Creative Collision Challenge, a one-day competition that brings together students from a variety of backgrounds to tackle a pressing social issue. MBA candidate and Ain Teamer Gregory Scott competed in the Challenge, taking home third place with his team Bee Aware.