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Lessons in Entrepreneurship
People who start a business often say it’s what they learned after everything they learned in school that makes the difference between the success or failure of their company. What the Center does is reverse that comment by ensuring what students learn and experience while in college is what makes them successful in the future.
Terri Barreiro, Director, tells about the dreams of the Center. Read More.
The Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship is an entrepreneurship education resource that provides classes, coaching and assistance to entrepreneurs. It builds relationships among and between CSB/SJU students, faculty, alumnae/i, and community members to create and strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit.
Social Entrepreneurs and future nonprofit leaders assisted by the Center
The mission of the Donald McNeely Center includes reaching those with entrepreneurial visions to address social and community issues. The Center provides individual advice and coaching to students and community leaders. Read more about this work.
179 High School Students interested in Venture starting spent the last week in July at St. Johns's
The McNeely Center hosted Best Prep's Minnesota Business Venture summer camp July 25-31st. Nearly 180 high school students from across Minnesota attended this tremendous program designed and operated by Best Prep. The Center provided entertainment, volunteers, and Terri Barreiro did presentations on applying to college and adding philanthropy to a venture plan.
Donald McNeely, Inspirational Founder, 1914-2009
Donald McNeely, aged 94, passed away March 9th, 2009. He was the inspirational founder of the Donald McNeely Center for Entrepreneurship and a frequent advisor for staff and students. He will be greatly missed. For his life sto
Program Highlight
The McNeely Center has choosen the newest group of E-Scholars!
The McNeely Center welcomes the newest group of students to the program, the E-7's! Joining this group with be; Matt Wildenborg, Miguel Pena, Rebecca Scholz, Lauren Witt, Tyler Safranek, Dan Jaeger, Cody Denike, Wenni Lu, Gerald LeGarde, Trang Pham, Jessey Niyongabo and Liangyifeng Kong.
The sixth Co-hort of students start working on their buisness plans.
Keenan Brugh, Anne Carney, Ben Crist, David Forster, Kira Garrett, Sarah Hupperts, Jingkun Li, Ben McDermott, Jared Sherlock, Grady Sloan and Hao Li are meeting with center mentors and looking at opportunities in the community and will present their plans to a panel of volunteers on April 26th.
Eric Rego Big Idea Competition
The Eric Rego BIG Idea Competition is an annual competition for all CSB/SJU students who have a dream to make the world, or things in it, better. Individuals or teams can apply by submitting a venture idea description and presenting the idea in a 90 second “elevator pitch” The ten finalists will repeat their elevator pitch before a panel of business and nonprofit leader alumni/ae and selected Entrepreneurial Studies students during Celebrating Scholarship and Creativity Day. That event occurs every year at the end of April. Winners receive cash prizes and promotion of their idea on campus, to alumni and to local and regional community.
For more information and to apply online click here!
Current Events
- We host an Entrepreneurial Leadership Series Luncheon at the Minneapolis Club in Downtown Minneapolis. Our next luncheon is Thursday, May 13th, 2010. The featured speaker is Jeff Jirik. Call 320-363-2764 for more information.
- Remembering Eric Rego, E-Scholar first cohort. Eric graduated from St. John's in 2006 and was part of the first group of Entrepreneurial Scholars. Eric passed away in December 2008 and will be missed by everyone who new him. April 22nd, 2009 we had our first annual Eric Rego Big Idea Competition Twenty two students participated in the event. The panel of judges included Mark and Sonia Reed, Eric's parents, Katie Kalkman, a fellow E-1, and Kirk Studebaker and Jim Oricchio, who worked with Eric at Corrdinated Business Systems. For this competition, each student was to deliver a 90 second elevator pitch to the panel of judges. The students were judged on providing a clear image of the opportunity, describing the target market, explaining how they would obtain funds and on their delivery of their presentation. Prizes were awarded to first, second and third place. Third place winner was Matt Mulligan who won a $25 dollar visa card, second place was awarded to Anne Carney, who recieved at $50 dollar visa card and first place was awarded to Kira Garrett, who received a $100 dollar visa card for her pitch. The event was a huge success. We are honored to be able to remember Eric with such a great event. Our second annual competition will be on Tuesday, April 27th in the Sexton Commons at Saint John's University.
- The Center's annual report will be available after August 31st. If you would like a copy send an e-mail to entrcenter@csbsju.edu
Location: 350 Simons Hall, St. John's University, Collegeville MN 56321
Terri Barreiro, director, tbarreiro@csbsju.edu 320-363-2373
Kelli Gradin, coordinator, kgradin@csbsju.edu 320-363-2065
Jen Tong, office assistant, entrcenter@csbsju.edu 320-363-2764
EduCase, help line, educase@csbsju.edu www.educaseenterprise.org