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Adversity Meets Ingenuity for Food Entrepreneur

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Portrait of Lewis Sheats at the eClinic

Sep 7, 2021

Getting Started with Entrepreneurship: Recommendations from Lewis Sheats

Knowing how to take the first step with entrepreneurship can be tricky. Having resources can help give you the confidence to make that move.  Lewis Sheats is a serial entrepreneur,… 
Mother and daughter smiling at Zoo

Aug 26, 2021

Alumni Startup Partners with Zoos and Prepares to Raise $5M to Keep Families United with Kid-Friendly Interactive Expeditions

As a student, Brandon Kashani got started with entrepreneurship through the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program and the eClinic. Now his startup, Trakid, is nearly halfway to their goal of raising $5M. 

Aug 24, 2021

Innovating and Inspiring: Meet Faduma Osman

First-year engineering student Faduma Osman’s parents brought her family to the United States from Somalia for a better life, and she’s seizing every opportunity. 

Jul 26, 2021

Poole College Alums Turn Passion for Produce into a Big Business

Brother and sister duo Will Kornegay and Laura Hearns, both graduates of the Poole College of Management, are making waves in the food industry by combining two of their passions – reducing farm excess and fighting hunger with their company Ripe Revival. 
Collage of the 2021 ALA cohort

Jul 16, 2021

Meet the Newest Startups Heading to the Andrews Launch Accelerator

By Caroline Barnhill Over the last decade, NC State has become one of the top schools for entrepreneurship in the nation. And with dozens of budding entrepreneurs graduating each year, Poole College of Management’s Andrews Launch Accelerator (ALA) program helps selected startups get off the ground with funding, resources and guidance. Through a 14-week summer program,… 

Jun 29, 2021

Treasure From Trash

Park Scholar Emily Neville ’20 majored in political science and minored in French, but now she’s rocking the design and textile worlds with Reborn, her company that turns old clothes and scraps into fashionable keepsakes. “Everybody’s got things piled up in their closet that they aren’t going to wear anymore,” she says. “Those things don’t need to wind up in the landfill.” 

Jun 14, 2021

Two NC State MBA Students Among the Best and Brightest in the Country

Poets & Quants released their 2021 Best and Brightest Online MBA list which included two NC State University Jenkins MBA students, Ken Rhone and Jessica Crowley. 
NC State Bell Tower

Jun 14, 2021

2021 Entrepreneurship Scholars Announced

NC State Entrepreneurship Scholarships are awarded to hardworking NC State students who have outstanding achievements in or involvements with entrepreneurship activities. 
Portrait of Michael Evans at 321 Coffee

May 12, 2021

Coffee and Statistics To Go

The online Master of Statistics program allowed Michael Evans to pursue a degree while working at 321 Coffee. 

May 11, 2021

Adversity Meets Ingenuity for Food Entrepreneur

Food entrepreneur Will Kornegay used quick thinking and the support of others to turned bad timing with one business into a new venture and a chance to help others who can’t always afford nutritious food.