{"id":1624,"date":"2013-04-10T16:12:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T21:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2013-04-10T16:12:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T21:12:49","slug":"wildcat-ventures-provides-students-with-small-business-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2013\/04\/10\/wildcat-ventures-provides-students-with-small-business-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildcat Ventures Provides Students With Small Business Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

COBA does a lot of things well, but one of the things we do best is providing students with hands on, real world experience. A great example of this can be seen in one of our student organizations, Wildcat Ventures. Created in July of 2012, Wildcat Ventures is a series of \u201con-campus, student-run enterprises,\u201d as described by President Hannah Ostertag.<\/p>\n

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Hannah Ostertag<\/p><\/div>\n

Because Wildcat Ventures is a relatively new organization, Hannah has been involved in its development as well as its day-to-day operations. As a result, she believes deeply in the organization\u2019s purpose and vision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vision for this program is to create a series of businesses that are student-run and operated, providing an experiential learning environment for students to apply concepts learned throughout their coursework,\u201d explains Hannah. \u201cStudents in this program gain practical leadership development and business acumen through the planning, implementation, and development of student businesses on campus.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By the Fall 2013 semester, Wildcat Ventures will have launched four different enterprises: Connections Caf\u00e9, a t-shirt business, a phone-electronics repair business, and a sales and distribution business.<\/p>\n

As president, Hannah has learned more than she ever could have imagined, including the fact that surrounding yourself with talented individuals whose skills complement your own makes any task easier.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking at Wildcat Ventures really gave me a glimpse of what it takes to start a business,\u201d she elaborates. \u201cYou will have to work hard, extremely hard. You will have to live and breathe your business at times because if you don’t, the tasks that need to get completed won’t get done. There will be days when the challenges and barriers to your business seem overwhelming. But when you are reminded of your vision for the project, solutions to those problems can be found and those barriers can be overcome with enough perseverance.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to Dr. Litton, Hannah, and the rest of the leadership at Wildcat Ventures for providing this incredible opportunity.<\/p>\n

Be sure to get involved with Wildcat Ventures and support their businesses here on campus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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