Walker College of Business Entrepreneur Summit
Held each fall, the Carole Moore McLeod Entrepreneur Summit brings more than 50 alumni and area entrepreneurs to the college to share with students their personal experiences in starting a new business. Students also have the opportunity to compete in a contest to "Pitch an idea in 90 Seconds" to a panel of entrepreneur judges.
The 2010 Entrepreneur Summit was Friday, October 8, in Raley Hall.
*Please note: Presenters must be current or former business/non profit owners.
Businesses Represented
| American Athletics Appalachian Evergreens Armstrong Teasdale, LLP Art of Oil Avenue ISR Blue Ridge Business Brokerage Boone Brewing Boone Saloon Boone Take-Out Express Canyon’s of the Blue Ridge Restaurant CentDev Properties CMS Insurance & Financial Direct Digital DwellBox Evans Analytics French Swiss Ski College Global Shippers Association Green Light Brand Agents Handel Barr Learning High Country SCORE Ink Mountain Recycling Intersouth Partners Magic Cycles |
Milner Research Services Mission House Creative Myers & Chapman Moam Group Mortgage Harmony NeboWeb N-Tier Solutions One Marketing Resource PayStream Advisors Peabody's Wine and Beer Pirate Race Productions PrintMarketing SpeakEasy Communications Standard Holding Corp. Sunrise Grill North State Design Studio Training Industry, Inc. Union County Partnership for Progress Visioneering Sports Products Wells Fargo Yellow Dog Entertainment |
Pitch Your Idea
Registration is closed for this year's contest. Twenty finalists will compete at the Summit.
The Center for Entrepreneurship annually accepts current ASU student entries for the “Pitch Your Idea in 90 Seconds” contest, an event which gives $1,000 to the first-place winner, $500 to second place, and $250 to third. A review team narrows the entries down to 20, all of whom will then be invited to pitch their ideas in person before the judges. The event is sponsored by 3tailer.com.
2009 event
Matthew Szulik, chairman of Red Hat and the 2008 Ernst and Young National Entrepreneur of the Year, was the keynote speaker at the 8th Annual Carole Moore McLeod Entrepreneur Summit.
Szulik has served as chairman of Red Hat’s Board of Directors since 2002 and also formerly served as president and CEO of the company until late 2007.
