What do you teach? I teach E-Scholar courses -ENT480: Creating a World Class Venture and ENT481: Venture Apprenticeship and help with ENT482: Global Entrepreneurship along with: ENT200: Intro to Entrepreneurship BUS364: Innovation (1 section) BUS487: Social Entrepreneurship What are you working on? Anything and everything entrepreneurship related. Currently I have been busy pulling all the…Continue Reading Q&A with Kay Molkentin
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Alumni Spotlight: Dave Kolar (MBA ’91)
What are you doing now? Currently I am working as Founder & CEO of Portland-based venture-scale startup DINNERSTAR, a technology company connecting restaurants and consumers with the automated “Ultimate Curbside” experience. This patent-pending mobile-based technology helps restaurants reduce reliance on third-party delivery, opens an emerging and exciting channel of distribution, all at zero cost to…Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Dave Kolar (MBA ’91)
Pilot Venture Challenge 2021 Results
UP students pitch and win! The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation once again hosted its annual venture pitch competition, Pilot Venture Challenge, as a live, virtual event due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. However, that didn’t seem to deter students from developing invention and venture ideas to pitch. This year there was a record…Continue Reading Pilot Venture Challenge 2021 Results
Peter Rachor, a True Pioneer in the Innovation and Entrepreneurial Space.
When our Professor Peter Rachor was in high school, he was already well on his way to being an entrepreneur. One of his projects was selling 25-foot long telephone cords for the rotary phones attached to the walls of what seemed to be every home in America. We have one of these in our UP…Continue Reading Peter Rachor, a True Pioneer in the Innovation and Entrepreneurial Space.
Leader Certificate Program Awards
We want to congratulate all our students who completed the Leader Certificate Program. The University’s Leader Certificate Program is focused on preparing the next generation of leaders with the knowledge, tools, and mindset that model, motivate, and engage others to make right and just choices for the common good. There are three courses that make up…Continue Reading Leader Certificate Program Awards
Winners Announced – $100K Venture Competition
This year thirty-four teams participated in the $100K Challenge Venture Competition. We want to thank all our judges, mentors, sponsors, faculty and staff that helped to make the event a success and prepared the students for their outstanding presentations. All the judges reported the presentations were more advanced than any in previous year and the choices…Continue Reading Winners Announced – $100K Venture Competition