Priorities:Oklahoma State University Student Priorities

Overview

Oklahoma State Univeristy aims to create a unique curriculum, bring our courses alive through experiential learning and help faculty and students start ventures. The School of Entrepreneurship and the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship engages the entrepreneurial community, while also being involved in the programs, making a meaningful contribution to each new venture in the state of Oklahoma. 

The Riata Center includes a dedicated staff of entrepreneurship professionals who foster the spirit of entrepreneurship through innovative outreach programs. The team is dedicated to high impact entrepreneurial outreach on the campus, in the region, around the State of Oklahoma, and across America. The Center is intimately engaged with the entrepreneurial community, and strongly committed to creating unique experiential learning opportunities for students.

With one of the most comprehensive academic programs in the world, the School of Entrepreneurship is a leading innovator in educating current and future entrepreneurs. Our faculty includes thought leaders who are changing the way entrepreneurs around the world approach new venture creation through their published research.

Oklahoma State University is beginning to bridge the gap by expanding the entrepreneurial opportunities for all students at OSU. In the past, business students had most of the resources for growing their business or idea. The first strategy for for enhancing innovation and entrepreneurship at OSU is the applied and potential. 

Link to Prezi overview of campus ecosystem.

Entrepreneurship Experience Expo

Informational Session (come see all the great projects, events, and clubs the School of Entrepreneurship has to offer!)

• Where: OSU Alumni Center
• When: Octoboer 7th, 2015. 2:30-5:15pm

Strategy #1: Applied

Tactic #1: Start-Up Weekend

• Description: 54-hour events where developers, marketers, designers, product managers and start-up enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups.
• Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
• Milestones:
  • Riata Center for Entrepreneurship will host on November 13-15, 2015 at Kicker World Headquaters.
  • Several businesses in town would be supporters.
  • Volunteers and faculty from each school would be available for help.
    
    

Tactic #2: Hands on Business Experience

• Description: Students will lead a self taught class on how to run and operate a legitimitly business, which will be a Coffee Cart.
• Team Leader: Kevin Christensen, Audrey Tompkins, Salah Hamim, Nathan Evans
• Milestones: 
  • Raise 10,000 through Phinathropete, OSU's crowdfunding platform..
  • Raise 25,000 to get scholarship endowed.
  • Raise the other 50,000 to buy/build the Coffee Cart, supplies, and licenses

Tactic #3: Entrepreneurship Club

• Description: E-Club is a resoursce and tool that students across campus can used to get more involved within the school. We teach students to be leaders of entrepreneurship within their respected majors. We hold and sponsor a morhirty of the great events Riata Center holds.
• Team Leader: Kevin Christensen
• Milestones: 
  • Sustain over 100+ active members
  • Provide more entrepreneurship events that students can be involved with.
  • Offer volunteer and internship opportunities to members.

Strategy #2: Potential

Tactic #1: Start-Up Weekend

• Description: 54-hour events where developers, marketers, designers, product managers and start-up enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups.
• Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
• Milestones: 
  • Riata Center for Entrepreneurship for host the event.
  • Several businesses in town would be supporters.
  • Volunteers and faculty from each school would be available for help.

Tactic #2: Net Impact Club

• Description: Net Impact is an international nonprofit organization whose mission is to make a positive impact on society by growing and strengthening a community of leaders who use business to improve the world.
• Team Leader:
• Milestones: 
  • Gather students who are passionate about international positive impacts.
  • Spotlight local businesses who have this mission.
  • Be present on campus for international awareness for different issues.

Tactic #3: International Social Impact Competition

• Description: Students will compete in a 3 minute TedTalk like presentation of how they want to change the world. 
• Team Leader: Jennifer Mayo
• Milestones: 
  • Gather sponsors for competition prize.
  • Create awareness and goals for competition.
  • Advertise in each school.

Impact

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