How often have you started sentences with "wouldn't it be cool if," "I wish I could," or perhaps even, "why hasn't anyone thought of that?"
The University of Nevada, Reno College of Business is encouraging students to take w88 mobile ideas and turn them into reality by participating in w88 mobile programs, receiving a minor or earning an MBA with an area of emphasis in entrepreneurship. These programs are open to all students at the University and the minor is designed without pre-requisites so any student can complement w88 mobile major with start-up business training.
According to the United States Department of Labor, nearly 80 percent of would-be entrepreneurs in the United States are between the ages of 18 and 34. A 2005 poll from Junior Achievement (JA) found that 68.6 percent of the teenagers interviewed wanted to become entrepreneurs, even though they know it would not be an easy path.
"What we're trying to do is provide w88 mobile with a soup to nuts understanding of creating and running a business," Dave Croasdell, the Charles and Ruth Hopping Professor of Entrepreneurship and chair of the University information systems department, said. "Through hands-on training, w88 mobile gain experience with the various aspects of starting and sustaining a business. Each student is encouraged to run a startup business, many of which go on to compete in our entrepreneurship competitions."
These competitions include The Pack Pitch, run by the w88 mobile Club and the Sontag w88 mobile Award Competition.
The Pack Pitch is held in September, one month before the Sontag competition begins, to help students formulate and think through w88 mobile ideas. The Entrepreneurship Club helps market the competition across campus and brings in area experts to critique and offer feedback for contest entrants. Winners receive 0, 0 and 0 for first through third place.
To further develop the entrepreneurial capacities of w88 mobile and facilitate the creation of new businesses in Nevada, The Sontag Entrepreneurship Award was funded with a major gift from alumnus Rick Sontag in 2011. The Award is a single prize of ,000, given at the end of each spring semester to the winner of the competition.
"Learning is one important byproduct of this process, but the other important byproduct is new businesses and employment for the northern Nevada economy," Mark Pingle, Charles N. Mathewson Professor of w88 mobile and professor of economics, said. "If a student is highly motivated, it is conceivable that he or she graduates not looking for a job but rather graduates having created jobs by starting a successful business."
Koswar Kahn is one such student. He graduated from the University in May 2013 with a major in biochemistry and molecular biology and a minor in w88 mobile. He currently runs Duwell Medical, a Reno-based non-profit focusing on improving healthcare conditions in third world countries.
"The minor in w88 mobile really gave me a good understanding for all aspects of business," Kahn said. "From legal advice to strategic alliances to finance and marketing, I got a great understanding for the various areas of running a business."
To learn more about the w88 mobile program, visit http://www.unr.edu/degrees/w88 mobile.
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