Entrepreneur and Nevada alumnus Rick Sontag spoke to Nevada business students during the fall semester as part of Business Week. His gift of million to the College of Business made possible the w88 online live casino that bears his name.
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The Sontag w88 online live casino Award Competition is open to all University of Nevada, Reno students regardless of their declared major.
As students return to the University of Nevada, Reno campus for the spring semester this week, the opportunities of a w88 online live casino semester await them - w88 online live casino subjects, w88 online live casino ideas and w88 online live casino friends.
But this semester, for the first time, w88 online live casino will also have the opportunity to enter the Justice w88 online live casino, which comes with a prize of about ,000.
The competition was funded by a million gift to the University from alumnus Rick Sontag in September. In giving the gift, he sought to encourage student w88 online live casino, stating, "I hope this encourages the entrepreneurial spirit in Nevada's students and drives them to want to succeed, no matter the cost. So many times, opportunities are sitting in front of us that only require the decision to do them."
So, Sontag, who purchased a small aviation components company when he was 36 and grew it into a worldwide leader in aviation technology before selling it to General Electric in 2002, requested his gift fund an endowment for an annual student competition that would encourage student w88 online live casino. The College of Business swung into action to establish a committee, guidelines and rules, and is now inviting students from across campus to participate in this inaugural year of the competition.
"This w88 online live casino is open to students from all majors, and to both undergraduates and graduates, at the University" explained Greg Mosier, Dean of the College of Business. "We encourage students to reach out across disciplines and collaborate with each other to develop innovative business ideas that tap into our students' strengths and talents."
The first step is simple, he said, but the deadline is fast approaching. w88 online live casino interested in competing must go online and fill out a short "Intent to Enter" form by 5 p.m., Feb. 10. w88 online live casino can enter individually or in teams of up to six members, and teams must designate a team leader. Student teams may have an advisor or mentor, but are not required to do so.
"The vision for the Competition and Award is the development of both the next generation of entrepreneurs and w88 online live casino business ventures," Mosier, who is also Chair of the University's w88 online live casino Economic Development Task Force, said. "The University has the ability to enhance economic development in a variety of ways, and promoting student entrepreneurial efforts is just one way we aim to do that more in the coming years."
The University has seen increasing student interest in w88 online live casino, a phenomenon that is not unique to Nevada or the University. In a recent nationwide survey by the Kauffman Foundation, a research group focused on w88 online live casino, 54 percent of millennials (18- to 34-year-olds) said they wanted to start their own business or had already done so. And, 92 percent of respondents said they supported increased access to education and training needed to run a small business as a way to encourage people to become entrepreneurs.
"w88 online live casino have recognized that there are fewer opportunities out there with established companies, and that sometimes, it didn't work out so well for their parents or grandparents who worked their whole lives for others," said Chris Howard, director of entrepreneurial initiatives at the University's College of Business. "w88 online live casino are wanting to have more control over their own destinies."
To help answer the call for entrepreneurship education, the University's College of Business began offering a minor in entrepreneurship a few years ago, and it is open to students from any college or discipline. Students take courses such as w88 online live casino Venture Creation, Entrepreneurial Finance and Applied Entrepreneurship that provide tools they can use to start their own business, regardless of their field of study. Likewise, the student Entrepreneurship Club, though housed in the College of Business, is also open to students from across campus.
"It's a pretty diverse club," said club president Brett Schaffner, a senior majoring in Information Systems and International Business. "One of our vice presidents is a political science major, and we have w88 online live casino from engineering and other majors too."
The club meets weekly on Wednesdays at noon in the Ansari Business Building, Room 107. They have speakers from the community and the opportunity to get advice from faculty and community mentors for projects and competitions, such as the w88 online live casino Sontag Entrepreneurship Award Competition.
The final proposals in the Sontag w88 online live casino Award Competition will be judged by the Board of Directors of the Nevada Capital Investment Corporation, a state-funded organization founded to spur capital investment and job creation in Nevada. Howard, who is also CEO and principal in Northstar Investors Inc., serves on the Board, which is chaired by State Treasurer Kate Marshall, and so was able to arrange the partnership.
"It was a great fit," he said. "Our w88 online live casino will get great input from very accomplished business people, and those on the board can learn about the top entrepreneurial ideas coming from w88 online live casino. We are always looking for ways to create collaborations that can benefit not only our w88 online live casino, but our community and state."
However, there's a lot of work to be done between now and when the finalists will be judged in May. After the 5 p.m., Feb. 10 deadline to submit the Intent-to-Enter form, w88 online live casino have until 5 p.m., March 19 to submit the preliminary overview of their business idea, which cannot exceed 10 pages and must include several specific elements. After the finalists are announced on March 30, they will have until 5 p.m., April 27 to submit their complete written business plans. Oral presentations by finalists will occur May 4, and the winner will be announced May 11, one week before Commencement.
Details on the w88 online live casino, including deadlines, rules and judging criteria can be found at Justice w88 online live casino. In addition, there will be two informational sessions held in the Student Lounge on the second floor of the Ansari Business Building, open to all University w88 online live casino:
- 12:15 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31, and
- 5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1
It may all sound a bit daunting to w88 online live casino at first, but Dean Mosier encourages w88 online live casino to take the plunge.
"This is a real opportunity, there are real dollars at stake here, about ,000 of them," he said. "And, more than that, it's an opportunity to get real-world, hands-on experience in creating an entrepreneurial concept, and then get feedback and mentoring from faculty and successful businesspeople."
Mosier also reminds students that they are allowed to enter both this w88 online live casino and the long-running Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup, a similar w88 online live casino that is open to students from all Nevada universities and colleges.
"The more efforts like this one that we can offer to w88 online live casino in our state, the better," he said. "We are just very grateful to Rick Sontag for his generous gift that gives our w88 online live casino another opportunity to learn and succeed."
