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N.C. college sophomore brings in millions recycling phones
Lee Lowden finishes up classes at Wake Forest University by early afternoon each day and heads to the campus mailroom, where he signs off on dozens of packages that hold used iPhones and BlackBerry devices. Lowden started his Buyback Boss smartphone recycling business last August and has since purchased 3,000 old phones in this country and sold them to buyers overseas. He’ll top $1.5 million in revenue this yea read more
Eighth Annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award Recipients
Each year in the spring, we hold an annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards Banquet. This is an invitation-only banquet co-hosted by the Entrepreneurship Society and the Center for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship and was created to celebrate the achievements of students, faculty, staff and an entrepreneurial member of the Wake Forest community. This year the Annual Banquet was held on read more
BE FEARLESS: Failures and Potholes Pave the Pathway to Success
“To tackle today’s big and ever-changing social challenges; we have to take risks, be bold, and fail forward. We have to Be Fearless.”
–The Case Foundation
These are the wise words of key note speaker and The Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award recipient, Jean Case, spoken at the Eighth Annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards Banquet, which was held on April 11, 2013 in the Magnol read more
i2i Competition Winners Announced
On April 7, 2013, student teams gathered on the Reynolda Patio to compete in the annual Inspiration to Innovation (i2i) Competition, which encourages all participants to solve real world problems in both an imaginative and innovative way. This year the competition focused on wooden pallet waste because of the recent ban of wooden pallets from all general landfills by the North Carolina Department of Environment and N read more
Communication in Entrepreneurial Settings
A new semester at the Forest welcomed me back with open arms after a semester spent studying abroad in Florence, Italy. A Communication major and Dance/Entrepreneurship double minor, it was back to the old grindstone of reality, and I was anxious to see what my new class schedule had in store for me. As I registered for classes ‘a hop, skip, and a country away’ for the spring 2013 semester, one class part read more
Inquisitiveness and Entrepreneurship
“We must always find a way to re-infuse innovation. Don’t ever get too comfortable. Continuously ask questions—these are applicable to any business, not just entrepreneurial ventures.”
—Mike Sinsheimer, Founder and CEO of Flash Purchase
On Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Mike Sinsheimer paid a visit to Wake Forest University’s Winston Hall as part of this semester’s E-Lab Speaker S read more
WFU Student and founder of Glider, John Marbach, featured in BBC News
WFU student and founder of Glider, John Marbach, was recently featured in BBC News for the successes of his start-up, Glider. Glider aims to weed out the bacn (the not-quite-junk mail messages that land in your inbox) so you can get back to work. Congratulations, John on this incredible recognition! Read more about John's story here. read more
Connecting Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship over the Long Haul
On Tuesday, February 26, Winston Hall housed yet another very special visitor. Wake Forest Grad and Innovator in Residence at Chick-Fil-A, Steve Nevidek made a visit to Wake Forest’s Reynolda campus to share with students the importance of innovation in growing and sustaining a company. Steve graduated from Wingate University in 1985 with a BS in Communications and from Wake Forest University, in 1987 with an M read more
Spring 2013 New Venture Seed Grants
The spring 2013 New Venture Seed Grants have been announced! All of the individuals were required to go through a competitive application process in which they presented their plans and proposals to a grant committee consisting of faculty and administrators. This spring, a total of sixteen proposals were selected to receive funding. Congratulations to these New Venture Grant recipients!
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A Second Successful TEDxWakeForestU
Wait Chapel saw two big crowds on Saturday, February 23. The 1,250 or so people inside for TEDxWakeForestU: Defining Our Future and the hundred or so outside rolling the Quad after Wake Forest’s huge win over No. 2 Miami. Click here to read more. read more
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