What is Speaker Spot?
Every Tuesday, Entrepreneurship Society brings in a different speaker who is an entrepreneur and leader in their field. Speaker Spot is the extension of meetings, where you can find brief summaries of who and when the speakers visited, as well as information, lessons, and advice from their presentation. Kate Segrin compiles the information and adds her own insight.
About Entrepreneurship Society
OUR MISSION: Connect entrepreneurial minded students at the University of St Thomas to the people and resources that will aid in their business endeavors. In addition we facilitate events that inspire action and educate through doing. Simply put we Connect, Inspire and Educate.
CONNECT:
One’s resourcefulness is arguably the greatest entrepreneurial skill they can develop. This isn’t done in a classroom. Resourcefulness is a trait and therefore a habit that must be practiced. The Entrepreneurship Society’s main focus is to facilitate and catalyze this practice. We do this by surrounding members with proven Entrepreneurs and likeminded people, listing resources to tap into to develop skills, and finally by continuously funneling them opportunities such as internships or local events to take part in.
INSPIRE:
Entrepreneurs are by nature self-starters. The Entrepreneurship Society is also focused on pushing students to do. We push them to compete in school competitions and local competitions. In addition we create events that allow students to test ideas and fail in a fun supportive environment. The way we see it you have to be prepared to experiment, fail, learn, and repeat if you want to be successful.
EDUCATE:
Our last focus is educating students on entrepreneurial topics. We believe it is the school’s job to provide a fundamental education. Furthermore the Entrepreneurship Department has put together an amazing and immersive program far above what we could ever achieve. Having said that we do believe we can act as an information funnel that provides a place to get curated content specific to entrepreneurship. This is mainly done through our Facebook page. To be successful one has to be constantly learning, we just want to be a source for that consumption.
CONNECT:
One’s resourcefulness is arguably the greatest entrepreneurial skill they can develop. This isn’t done in a classroom. Resourcefulness is a trait and therefore a habit that must be practiced. The Entrepreneurship Society’s main focus is to facilitate and catalyze this practice. We do this by surrounding members with proven Entrepreneurs and likeminded people, listing resources to tap into to develop skills, and finally by continuously funneling them opportunities such as internships or local events to take part in.
INSPIRE:
Entrepreneurs are by nature self-starters. The Entrepreneurship Society is also focused on pushing students to do. We push them to compete in school competitions and local competitions. In addition we create events that allow students to test ideas and fail in a fun supportive environment. The way we see it you have to be prepared to experiment, fail, learn, and repeat if you want to be successful.
EDUCATE:
Our last focus is educating students on entrepreneurial topics. We believe it is the school’s job to provide a fundamental education. Furthermore the Entrepreneurship Department has put together an amazing and immersive program far above what we could ever achieve. Having said that we do believe we can act as an information funnel that provides a place to get curated content specific to entrepreneurship. This is mainly done through our Facebook page. To be successful one has to be constantly learning, we just want to be a source for that consumption.
About Kate Segrin
Kate is a freshman at the University of Saint Thomas in Minnesota. She is pursuing a double major in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. She is extremely involved in various clubs and organizations on campus. Kate is the president of the Entrepreneurship Society, and is an active member of the American Marketing Association, Computer Science Club, Residence Hall Association, Hall Council, and Tommie Ambassadors. In her free time (if she has any) she enjoys writing letters and emails to family and friends, designing logos, business cards, and assorted vector art in Adobe Illustrator, learning how to code, reading Bloomberg Businessweek, and marathon-watching shows on Netflix.