We live our values: A note from CEI’s Executive Director
At Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, we talk a lot about deploying an entrepreneurial mindset to make a positive and lasting impact on the world around us. But what I’m most proud of is that this is not just something we talk about and try to teach our students, it’s also a skill and mindset […]
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Industry expertise leads to innovation and a growing business
David Hailey, the founder and CEO of Countalytics, doesn’t come from the traditional background of the founder of a tech company. David’s background is in auditing and consulting, as reinforced by his nearly two decades spent working as a risk manager at EY and a General Manager at Delta Airlines in their Corporate Audit department. […]
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The Highs and Lows of Entrepreneurship during Business School
When I came into my first year at Fuqua, second year of my dual-degree overall, I had decided it was time to embrace something different. Fresh off an internship at WeWork, I had entrepreneurial inspiration and an idea for applying techniques I learned during my internship to a new context. I wanted to develop a […]
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Entrepreneurial Mindset: the common thread from consulting to startup to Google
Tim Sestrich loves to tinker and fills his time creating side projects. This has always been true, even as an undergraduate where he devoted his senior project to building and launching an apartment search website that would compete with Craigslist for the University of Pittsburgh’s student body. Tim drew inspiration from the first post-dotcom bubble […]
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Building a health and wellness franchising powerhouse
Wayne Cavanaugh, the founder and current CEO of Ninja Nation, had his first experience as an entrepreneur as an undergraduate at DePaul University. Along with a few friends, Cavanaugh briefly ran a valet service for local restaurants before joining the workforce in the finance and private equity industry. This mix of entrepreneurial spirit and financial […]
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