On Friday (3/20) our group had the fortune to visit the Edward Lowe Foundation in Cassopolis, MI and meet with Dino Signore and George Nelson. The Lowe foundation was created by the Michigan entrepreneur who invented Kitty Litter. Edward Lowe was an inventor, and after his own success he wanted to help other entrepreneurs. From his […]
Flextime in Austin was highly eventful. With South by Southwest going on, there was plenty to explore in the startup community. Thursday night we started off strong with the Startup Crawl which was a great way to mingle with dozens of startup companies in the time frame of very few hours. Adam, Simba, Eric, and myself […]
On Saturday, our final day in Austin, we had some time to reflect on our travels. We began the day by having a coffee meeting with Sean Branagan who is the director of the Newhouse Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University. He is also the creator of Student Startup Madness at SXSW which is […]
After a drive into boulder with incredible views and a meeting with the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, we had what would be our first taste of Boulder hospitality. Charlie Lindgren at The Studio was kind enough to meet with us at the drop of a hat and show us their space. The Studio is a coworking […]
Each of us read one of three books, wrote a summary, and created a short video to describe what we thought were the three most important points in the book. We then gathered at the Lee Honors College to view all of the videos, and engage in discussion about what we all thought were the […]