entrepreneur

Feb. 14: Soccer game entrepreneur shares journey

PULLMAN, Wash. – Pullman entrepreneur Aziz Makhani will discuss how he obtained funding to develop and market KickShot, his educational board game based on soccer, at 9:10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in CUE 114 at Washington State University. The class, Entrepreneurial Finance 426, will be open to the public.

Seminar: Marketing in the Real World of Small Business

SPOKANE – WSU’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is offering a seminar that is a necessary primer for small business owners who want to grow sales and profits.   “Marketing in the Real World of Small Business” seminar is designed to provide a roadmap for sustained growth and a greater bottom line.   Join the SBDC […]

Alumnus support program with gift

PULLMAN – The College of Business at WSU has received a $1 million gift from Don and Mary Ann Parachini in support of students and faculty in the Entrepreneurship program. The gift established a scholarship endowment and a distinguished professorship. “The Parachinis’ gift will help to produce graduates who have the desire and ability to […]

Chinese scholars participant in entrepreneurship forum

PULLMAN — Washington State University’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies will co-host the second Sino American Forum on Entrepreneurship and Management Aug. 4-5 in Pullman.The forum will be held in the Samuel H. Smith Center for Undergraduate Education, Room 518. Representatives from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, China, will also attend.“The forum was […]

$3 million gift establishes Entrepreneurship Institute

PULLMAN — With the purpose of assisting students who are interested in entrepreneurship and to give them the tools and experiences needed to pursue their entrepreneurial goals, Harold and Diana Frank have donated $3 million for the establishment of the Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute in the College of Engineering and Architecture. The institute will […]

Entrepreneur delivers Burtenshaw Lecture

“Can you be both a leader and an entrepreneur?” That’s the question to be discussed by Joseph P. Micatrotto, chairman, president and CEO of Micatrotto Ventures, Inc., at the annual Burtenshaw Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, in Smith CUE 203. A reception will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the CUE atrium, second floor. […]

Business, entrepreneur leader named latest Fulbright Scholar

Jerman Rose, director of external programs for the College of Business and Economics at Washington State University, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar with a five-month assignment to lecture at Can Tho University in Vietnam. Rose will draw on his expertise in entrepreneurship when he consults with CTU faculty about developing an entrepreneurship curriculum […]