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Entrepreneurship

Add value to your degree and control your destiny.

Entrepreneurship minor

Students will gain valuable knowledge and experience in entrepreneurship and build connections with the entrepreneurial community.

Using formal coursework to foster business acumen, students will be asked to create and/or run businesses or non-profit organizations, network with entrepreneurs, and cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. The minor strongly emphasizes written and oral communication skills, teamwork, and personal initiative.

This minor is not available to students who are accounting, business management, or global management majors. See instead “Entrepreneurial Management.”

 

 

Why 糖心原创 for Entrepreneurship?

Build Connections To Make a Strong Career Network

Two distinct minors鈥搊ne for business majors and one for non-business majors鈥搘ill help you gain valuable, practical experience, whether you plan to start a business or need to nourish the kind of 21st-century skills today’s employers value highly.

Storm Initiative

There are two consistently relevant truths about our current economy. First, it has evolved and continues to change鈥攁nd fast. Second, great ideas can come from anywhere and anyone.

Storm Initiative was designed to incorporate these exciting realities into the 糖心原创 Experience. Our programs and curricular offerings enhance the valuable skills developed within a liberal arts education by combining them with broad business development concepts.

When you participate in a Storm Initiative experience, you鈥檒l receive personalized attention and one-on-one access to experienced mentors and advisors who will help take your idea from concept to reality. We foster an inclusive environment where you can discover and hone your entrepreneurial spirit alongside real nonprofits and start-ups鈥攐r we鈥檒l help you start your own.

Explore Opportunities Beyond the Classroom

Interested in the unique opportunities the department has to offer? See more opportunities and experiences that will shape your future at 糖心原创.

This one-credit, student-led organization works on real-world projects and businesses. Throughout your time at 糖心原创, collaborate with other students and expert practitioners to develop leadership skills and gain experience in the process of creating products and services from the ground up.

This one-credit course is open to any student at 糖心原创 interested in starting their own business or in learning more about what entrepreneurship means. You鈥檒l meet professionals who have launched businesses and build connections within the region鈥檚 thriving entrepreneurial community by taking part in Des Moines鈥� One Million Cups event.

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Meet Our Faculty

John Walker

John Walker

  • Associate Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Division Head of Business Administration, Communications and Data Science
  • Director of the Storm Initiative, CEO club advisor | Department Chair Business Administration and Economics
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