Current Events for Fall 2008
Franchising 101 ... Working toward Your Dream
Wednesday, October 15 from 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Presented by Barney Greenbaum, Strategic Advisor of FranNet
Find out about franchising as an alternative to traditional employment , industry categories, investment levels, fees. Learn about legal regulations governing franchising that protect the buyer. Get a strategic approach to defining your personal business model and selecting the business opportunity that's right for you.
Meet the Entrepreneur
Friday, October 17, 2008 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Eric W. Wiedenmann, President of Market Development Group, Inc. will present "Key Ingredients to Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur"
at 3:30 PM in the Ridenour Center of the Dauch College of Business and Economics
on October 17, 2008.
Mr. Wiedenmann comes to us from Danville, California. He has been a management consultant, coach and executive seminar leader for a wide variety of clients including Fortune 500 companies, mid-sized and smaller firms. He has held a series of senior positions including Vice President of Marketing and Sales with Fortune 500 companies (Maco, Avery, Dennison, British Petroleum, and entrepreneurial companies. He holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern Univeristy and a B.S. in Economics and Marketing from Ashland University where he graduated with honors. He is author of "How to Increase Sales in a Down Market."
To learn more, click here: Eric Wiedenmann
Current Events for Summer 2008
Young Entrepreneurs @ Ashland Camp
July 14-18
The Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at Ashland University hosted the 2008 Young Entrepreneurs @ Ashland (YEA)Camp from July 14 through 18, 2008. This week long day camp that provides a hands-on, academic enrichment program in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Expertise. This camp is offered to students entering eighth through twelfth grade.
YEA Camp students experience simulated stock trading and development of stock portfolios on the stock exchange, conduct e-commerce transactions, practice developing new ideas and strategies, engage in product development from ideation to fabrication, develop marketing and sales techniques using video and computer generation materials, explore ethics and standards in business law, learn resume writing techniques and highlights, and enhance leadership and management skills.
The YEA students visit businesses to learn about products and be given a real business problem to solve. They
reach out to senior citizens to create products that can assist the seniors. Students are exposed to entrepreneurs to hear the experiences of those entrepreneurs in starting a business. YEA students are exposed to proper dining etiquette.
Tuition for this week long day camp is $200 with family discounts for more than one student.
For more information visit our website at www.ashland.edu/yea or call 419-207-6976.
EEC Immersion Week
August 10-15
Five Ashland University students (Ted Brink, Kris Kennedy, Justin Johnson, Al Yambor, Kirk Weldy) were selected to attend the EEC Immersion Week at John Carroll University from August 10-15, 2008. They were accompanied by Read Wakefield, Director of the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Member Universities of the EEC include Ashland University, Baldwin Wallace College, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, John Carroll University and the University of Akron.
The consortium of universities selected 35 students (from various disciplines throughout their universities) to participate in an intensive week long entrepreneurship academy from August 10-15 at John Carroll University. The students learned about various aspects of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship by attending two sessions a day.
The students lived in a dormitory for a week and immersed themselves in topics and shared information with each other. They formed teams and created a new product or service never before presented at any other competition. At the end of the week they presented their ideas and plans to a team of judges for prize money.
Last year’s Ashland University team developed a web based provider service which many of the judges felt was a very good project. The students brought this project back to AU to continue with a business plan and to seek financing to make this concept a reality. The five students were David Dauch, Kristen Striker, Katie Moore, Brian Mozena and John Fox. Joe Fox has since joined the team. They have formed a company called Mozena, LLC.
For further information on the EEC Immersion Week either contact the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at 419-207-6976 or refer to the EEC website, www.eecneohio.com.
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