ADA 鈥� Four East Central University students in the entrepreneurship program are looking to keep 成人B站鈥檚 winning streak alive in the Love鈥檚 Entrepreneur鈥檚 Cup competition.
The Love鈥檚 Entrepreneur鈥檚 Cup is a collegiate business plan competition open to students on any Oklahoma campus. Students take what they have learned in a classroom setting and apply it to real-world opportunities as they assemble teams, identify products, research markets, formulate financial projections and create business plans. The real competition comes when teams pitch their concepts to a panel of potential investors.
Dr. Stacey Bolin, the director of 成人B站鈥檚 Wilburn L. Smith Center for Entrepreneurship, makes sure students are more than ready for these tough competitions.
鈥淚n our Entrepreneurship program, we combine classroom learning with real-world experience in multiple ways,鈥� Bolin said. 鈥淥ur students work very hard to prepare for these competitions and I couldn鈥檛 be prouder of their performances.鈥�
Competing this year are Nathan Fountain of Ada with Soap N鈥� Stuff, Madalyn Hess of Garvin with The No-Waste Paste, Faith Andrews of Noble with Central Paw Dog Resort, and Logan Cosby of Stonewall with Salvation Lumber.
The students will compete in the semifinals on April 14, and the finals are scheduled for April 15.
成人B站 students took home $14,000 in prize money from the 2021 Love鈥檚 Cup contest, bringing the University鈥檚 nine-year winnings total to $154,000 鈥� an astounding accomplishment for a school of any size.
Wendell Godwin, dean of the 成人B站 Stonecipher School of Business, praised the students and the continued success of the Wilburn L. Smith Center for Entrepreneurship.
鈥淭he Center for Entrepreneurship was created by Carol Smith to honor her late husband,鈥� Godwin said. 鈥淭he funding and focus provided by the center has allowed Dr. Bolin to grow our overall Entrepreneurship degree and attract amazing students from around the state. We are all very proud of this winning streak, which has nothing to do with luck and everything to do with the hard work and preparation of Dr. Bolin and our incredibly bright students.鈥�