Entrepreneurial Fellows are role models and mentors for entrepreneurship students. They participate in classes and outreach programs and are liaisons with the business community. Mentor Matching Adjunct instructors help match student teams with industry mentors early in the fall semester. Many successful business leaders are eager to extend their knowledge and information in support of student business plans. Besides advising and assisting the teams, industry mentors often provide valuable leads, contacts, and access to industry-specific information.
Many mentors also serve on the boards of directors of the new ventures.
With people, pranks, and peanuts. Even though I was earning considerably less, I still owned the boat. Fred Wagenhals, CEO of Action Performance Companies, has been in business for himself since he was 21. A prolific inventor, Wagenhals created the mechanical bull John Travolta rode in Urban Cowboy. Action Performance, founded in 1989, is the nation's leading marketing, licensing, and distribution company in the dynamic motorsports market.