Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Trulaske is proud to launch the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The CEI brings together many offerings under one central hub so students can maximize their potential. Housed in the Management Department in the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, the CEI offers programming and events that promise a top-notch entrepreneurial education.
Dr. Sara Cochran has agreed to serve in the role of interim director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Sara is the Entrepreneurial Programs Manager for the University of Missouri System where she works with all four UM System universities to advance entrepreneurship education opportunities for students and faculty and oversees system-wide entrepreneurship initiatives. Sara is no stranger to Trulaske, and she has been teaching courses for the college for two years. Sara serves on the Board of Directors of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) and is a Fellow with the Direct Selling Education Foundation.
Stay tuned for more as the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation builds its programs and events with the college.
Entrepreneur Quest
Student entrepreneurs at the four University of Missouri systemcampuses will have the opportunity to win up to $30,000 apiece in a new competition, called the Entrepreneur Quest Student Accelerator. Each campus — in St. Louis, Rolla, Columbia and Kansas City — will pick 10 semifinalists for an eight-week educational program that begins in January. Each campus will then hold a pitch competition and award $15,000 for first place, $10,000 for second and $5,000 for third. In April, the 12 campus finalists will compete for another set of $15,000, $10,000 and $5,000 prizes. Original coverage in the Columbia Missourian.
At the Mizzou Entrepreneur Quest pitch competition on November 12, students from across Mizzou competed “Shark Tank”-style to be among the 10 semi-finalists to make it to the next round of competition next spring.
