Five Goshen College students awarded $18,000 to pursue business ventures
Five student entrepreneurs from Goshen College who pitched their ideas “Shark Tank” style have been granted money to pursue their plans for starting their own businesses.
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Coffee Shop Offers Real-World Business Experience for Students – Good of Goshen
“The students make all the decisions: accounting, marketing, purchasing, hiring, training, technology, business analysis – everything.”
CEO of Chicago tech company Centro to share insights at Goshen College April 6
Shawn Riegsecker, founder and CEO of Chicago-based tech company Centro, will present insights from his entrepreneurial journey during the Business Innovators Luncheon on Monday, April 6. Hosted by the Goshen College Business Department, the luncheon will take place in the Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall from 12-1 p.m.
Student earns entrepreneurship grant with innovative hair accessory
This past December, Melia Watkins, a sophomore marketing major, won an entrepreneur scholarship through a competition offered at Goshen College. Watkins developed a product called Arilaya Beaded Cord, which consists of leather strands decorated with beads that is braided into the hair and secured with a bobby pin.
Goshen College entrepreneurs find success in the tea industry – Good of Goshen
How T-shirts, a Volkswagen van, and a mint tea blend changed the lives of three graduates: Niles Graber Alvarez '14, Corrine Graber Alavarez '13 and Hans Weaver '13
Three alums named to MEDA’s 20-under-35 young professionals changing the world list – MEDA
Daniel Penner '12, Hans Weaver '13 and Niles Graber-Alvarez '14 were named to Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)'s 2014 20-under-35 young professionals changing the world list.
Bootstrapping a $7 Million Company in Houston: Gaurav Khandelwal ’01, CEO of Chai One
I felt that the culture and heritage at Goshen College would be very rich. I really liked that so I decided to go to school there and study computer science. My parents did not pay for school, so I had to be enterprising and start businesses to pay for tuition. I did everything from selling kitchen knives to delivering pizza. Ultimately, I had a startup in my senior year of college which I was able to sell when I graduated.