Shark Tank Meets Utah State

USU Campus—Students in the Entrepreneur Leadership Series class gathered in the Eccles Conference Center on Wednesday April 1st to watch four fellow classmates pitch their business ideas to angel investors in Utah State’s very own Shark Tank. As the students filed into class, the atmosphere was full of excitement for those pitching and hoping tow in monetary prizes, mentorship, and the opportunity to be featured in Forbes Magazine. Aggie entrepreneurs knew this Shark Tank event could mean the difference between failure and success for their start-up businesses.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1244/thumbnail.jp

ELS Speaker Nicole DeBoom: Balancing Dreams and Reality

What do you get when you take a triathlete and turn her into a business woman? Nicole DeBoom.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1223/thumbnail.jp

Entrepreneur Lecture Series: Davis Smith, Founder of Cotopaxi

After graduating with his bachelor\u27s degree from Brigham Young University, Davis Smith and his wife decided to take an unpaid internship in Peru. While in Cusco, they met many locals who played barefoot in the city center. One in particular named Edgar, insisted on shining Davis’s tennis shoes with his shoe shining kit to earn money. Davis, intrigued by little Edgar’s persistence, allowed the little boy to shine his shoes. The day before Davis and his wife left Cusco, they found Edgar crying in despair. When asked, Edgar explained that his shoe shining kit had been stolen the night before. Davis gave Edgar the little money he had in his pocket, and the next morning as Davis and his wife were leaving, he saw that Edgar had bought a big bag of candy that he was now selling individually to the other children in the street. Davis felt compassion towards the rough circumstances these children faced and knew he would be back one day to help them.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/huntsman_news/1224/thumbnail.jp