USF St. Petersburg will partner with LocalShops1 to present a general election forum for St. Petersburg mayoral candidates focused on economic development and the concerns of small businesses. The forum, free and open to the public, will be at 6 p.m., Sept. 10 at the USFSP University Student Center Ballroom, 200 6th Ave. S. A public reception preceding the forum … Continue reading
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USFSP Entrepreneurship Program leader named Florida’s small business advocate of the year
Daniel James Scott
Daniel James Scott, associate director of the USF St. Petersburg Entrepreneurship Program at the College of Business, has been named the Florida 2013 Small Business Advocate of the Year. The award honors the work Scott has done through the Entrepreneurship Program, recently named the Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program in the United States. It is awarded annually by the Small Business … Continue reading
USFSP Entrepreneurship Club members win second national championship in a row
Winning Entrepreneurship Club members Chris Carpentier, Mark Lombardi-Nelson, Lazar Anderson, Brown Charite and Kevin Mircovich are congratulated by Entrepreneurship Director Bill Jackson during Entrepreneurship Day.
Members of the USF St. Petersburg Entrepreneurship Club at have won a prestigious national competition for the second year in a row. The Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO) Startup Simulation Challenge requires a team of students to take a new business and make the right decisions to out-perform nine other teams from across the country. The computer simulation took two months. … Continue reading
USF St. Petersburg Entrepreneurship Program wins national honor
Nathan Schwagler, Dr. William Jackson and Daniel James Scott
The Entrepreneurship Program at the USF St. Petersburg College of Business has been named the Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program in the United States. The award was presented Saturday to Program Director William Jackson, Ph.D., by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship at its annual conference in San Francisco. The award comes less than three years after the … Continue reading
College of Business students make strong showing at Startup Weekend Tampa
Startup Weekend Tampa team (l-r) left to right: Amanda Dicicco, Lazar Anderson, Chris Carpentier, Chris Mcelveen, Todd Broyles.
A team that included three USF St. Petersburg students made a strong showing at the recent Startup Weekend Tampa event with their idea for a mobile app to buy distinctively local products. USFSP College of Business students Lazar Anderson and Chris Carpentier pitched the initial idea, called Localmark.it, and were soon joined by three others, including USFSP freshman entrepreneurship major … Continue reading