Seth Hollar is an engineering professor and entrepreneur who is involved—fittingly enough—with North Carolina State's Engineering Entrepreneurship Program. He works with college students who want to start their own companies. Their current focus is EcoPRT. The budding … [Read more...]
Creativity, Art, and Innovation
Dan VanHoozer hasn't had a "normal" career path. He finished college thinking he wanted to be a teacher, but quickly realized he hated it. Instead he found a love of theater, which inadvertently led to a job in fundraising, which led to a job in marketing, which led to … [Read more...]
Talking Entrepreneurship at a Campus for Start-ups
Okay, but what is a start-up, exactly? And do all these tech companies really have slides and scooters and video games and stuff? And does that actually help you start a business? To find out, we visited American Underground, a start-up campus near TIP's main office. It's … [Read more...]
Start-Up Advice from a TIPster
“TIPster Kyna McGill is proving that STEM and business aren’t just for boys.” That’s what we said when we included Kyna McGill in Hat TIPs last year. At the time, she was a finalist in Warren Buffet’s Grow Your Own Business Challenge. Her business was an app that helps design … [Read more...]
Classic Reconsidered: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
It may be a bit odd to suggest that the classic work you should read about start-ups and business has nothing to do with start-ups or business, and yet here we are. But we're here for a good reason: entrepreneurs constantly recommend Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, … [Read more...]