The Innovators’ Spark
Saturday, July 17, 2021 from 9am to 3pm. All students are welcome. Are you excited about developing your entrepreneurial mindset during your time at Fuqua? Whether you have an idea for a new venture, you plan to invest in others’ innovations, or you will transform existing companies by bringing big ideas to life, you are […]
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Laurel Djoukeng MBA ’20 and Patrick Pierson-Prah MBA ’21 awarded CEI entrepreneurship grants
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) has awarded Fuqua alumni Laurel Djoukeng MBA ’20 and Patrick Pierson-Prah MBA ’21, student loan assistance from the Fuqua Entrepreneurial Grants to support these alumni in their roles as founders. Djoukeng is founder and CEO of Sparc, which connects people who have similar interests and arranges live engagements […]
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Anyone can be an entrepreneur, and I can be an entrepreneur!
Himani Bhat is a student at Duke University and completed the New Ventures Development course taught by CEI Executive Director, Prof. Jamie Jones. “I’m just an average woman who listened to the universe when it told me to believe in myself.” Lisa Price, founder of Carol’s Daughter Coming into New Ventures: Development, I was initially […]
Read Post The Best “F” word
Becca Kuperschmid is a sophomore at Duke University and completed the New Ventures Development course taught by CEI Executive Director, Prof. Jamie Jones. Failing sucks. I mean what entrepreneur wants to be told her startup is doomed? After spending sleepless nights working through concepts and allocating an egregious amount of emotional bandwidth to an idea, […]
Read Post The Power of the Pivot = Perspective and Grit
Mary Laci Motley is a student at UNC Chapel Hill and completed the New Ventures Development course taught by CEI Executive Director, Prof. Jamie Jones. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill A pivot in business is defined as a change in direction when the concept of a company or service is not […]
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