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Advice from EAC’s Established Business Finalists

March 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The Entrepreneurship Advancement Center held its 2nd Annual Entrepreneurship Celebration Awards  on February 28. Finalists in each three categories participated in interviews with separate judging panels. These awards celebrate the achievements of innovative business owners who conveyed an entrepreneurial spirit as they have grown their businesses. Nick Carter of AddressTwo was the winner in the Established Business category.

Hear the established business finalists share their advice. They include tips on starting and growing their own businesses for other entrepreneurs and small business owners who are on their entrepreneurial journey. The established businesses are past early hurdles of starting their business, have few employees, yet are increasing annual revenues.

Finalists

 

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3rd Annual Wabash College Entrepreneur Summit

January 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The 3rd Annual Wabash College Entrepreneur Summit will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013, 9:00am-4:30pm on the Wabash campus in Crawfordsville, IN. There is no cost to attend, but advance RSVP’s are required and space is limited.

Check out event details and RSVP at www.wabash.edu/careers/summit

We still have a few openings for breakout session presenters as well.  If interested in presenting, you’ll see a Request For Proposals link on the site.

If you have questions, please contact Scott Crawford, Director Career Services, at crawfors@wabash.edu Phone Number: 765-361-6355

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EAC to Host The Lean Startup Conference on December 3

November 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Starting at Noon on December 3, join people from around the world for the livestream of The Lean Startup Conference taking place in San Francisco. This is your chance to hear from the top thought leaders in the lean startup community without  having to leave Indiana.

Click here for full details on the Conference Speakers you will hear. New speakers are added weekly and the agenda will be posted soon.

Register by clicking here. Your $30 registration fee includes:

  • Access to the conference speakers through livestream
  • Lunch, breaks, dinner
  • Networking opportunities

Flexware Innovation in Fishers will be the host site. Registration is limited so save your spot today!

PS: Did you know that if you attended the conference in San Francisco, the one-day registration fee is $899! This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss!

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Applying Lean Startup to A Variety of Businesses

May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Source: amazon.com via Cathy on Pinterest

According the Eric Ries, there is an incredible demand out for actionable, practical lessons in how to apply The Lean Startup ideas to not only technology but a wide variety of businesses. This book, to be released this fall,  is an attempt to help with that demand. They have taken the information and questions they have learned from interviews, nuggets, hacks, insights and case studies and translated them into actionable tactics for entrepreneurs of all kinds.

What are your experiences with the lean starup process? What questions do you have about the application of these ideas to your business?

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Startups will create the needed jobs

October 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

EAC is focused on supporting new businesses. Our mission continues to be supported by research conducted by the Kauffman Foundation showing that startups have been and will continue to be the key to job creation and economic recovery. Entrepreneurs and their new/young companies create the jobs the US economy needs for economic recovery. Read more at: http://www.kauffman.org/uploadedFiles/where_will_the_jobs_come_from.pdf 

 

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