Two Entrepreneurship CAMs had 47 students…that’s 43 percent of all second year MBA candidates.
19 students in CAM I went to Austin and met with John Butler of ICC, Joe Longino of White Oaks, the managers of the Tech Ranch and the UT Incubator, and many others
28 students in CAM II went to Silicon Valley and toured Tesla, met with Bill Harlan of Bond Winery, Dan Gordon of Gordon Biersch, Peter Mercatullio of SRI and many others
47 students visited AVID Medical and Mike Sahady in Toano
56 presentations were made to both CAMs by guests including entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs, capital providers, investors and CEOs
42 Executive Partners served as mentors to students and judges for business plan presentations
Among other entrepreneurship activities:
16 students are working on 12 entrepreneurship consulting projects for profit and non-profit institutions
16 Undergraduate Business students took a course in entrepreneurship taught by Dick Ash
4 new clients were added to the James City County Incubator
More than 70 people attended and participated in the Alan B. Miller Entrepreneurship Center Launch in October, including the opening speech by Thomas Jefferson himself
4,883 people received the first newsletter sent by the Entrepreneurship Center, which featured the Launch ceremonies and provided links to videos on the new website.
21 members of the MBA Entrepreneurship Club toured the James City County Incubator, managed by W&M
11 students attended meetings of the New Dominion Angels and participated in the presentation evaluations
28 Executive MBA students took the Entrepreneurship course.