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15 Nov 2022
At The Fallon Challenge Emily and Rachel DuBois each won the $1,000 Rodney J Fallon scholarship for their pitch of Lucky Luc and Jacob Mennes won the $500 Audience Choice Award for Jakey’s Bears. Congratulations to all!
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The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship awarded us the Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center. We are proud of the services we provide to help students and alumni become successful entrepreneurs. #Entrepreneurship #makingadifference
27 Oct 2022
The Fallon Challenge is coming up on November 1st! Be sure to come by Hartman Hall 2021 for free @ChickfilA while you vote on the best pitches in this shark tank style competition.
17 Oct 2022
The women in entrepreneurship showcase with keynote speaker Tina Fox will be held 10/18 from 5-7:30 and is open to the public. See you there! @WomenForMadison @sccfva @ValleySBDC
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16 Oct 2022
Keynote Speaker Tina Fox will be joining us at the Women in Entrepreneurship Showcase. Join us to shop, network, and eat.
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RSVP to our Women in Entrepreneurship Showcase on Oct. 18th from 5-7:30 in Festival Ballroom to shop, network, and eat with successful women. @WomenForMadison @sccfva @ValleySBDC jmu.edu/cob/centers/center-f…
We welcomed 6 new members to our advisory council this weekend at our Fall 2022 GAC meeting. #entrepreneurs #JMU
16 Aug 2022
“But older entrepreneurs also may have financial advantages their younger counterparts don’t, says Suzanne Bergmeister, executive director of the Gilliam Center for Entrepreneurship.” Read more about the prospects of entrepreneurship later in life here. fal.cn/3r2vO
20 May 2022
Our executive director is doing great things not only on campus at JMU but also out in the global entrepreneurship community!
The 2022 @CNBC #Disruptor50 list is out, shaped by "a group of 55 leading thinkers in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship from around the world" including @JMUGCFE Suzanne Bergmeister.
fal.cn/3oHpB
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Bluestone Seed Fund Investment Committee has made a decision on its first investments deals for the 2021 Fall Semester. Three JMU start-up companies will receive $5,000 each in seed capital as part of the Fund’s inaugural investment cycle: Gewd Botanicals, Handicans, & Tow Ninja.
ALT Bluestone Seed Fund logo with a JMU campus photo in the background
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12 Nov 2021
What a great night! Robert Aguillen won the $1000 Fallon scholarship for his idea on affordable ergonomic guitars for the average player! The crowd's favorite was Christian Bowman, Zane Luker, & William Connor's idea to protect farmers' hearing while speaking to each other.
ALT Robert Aguillen with a female guest holding a sign that says The Fallon Challenge Rodney J. Fallon Scholarship
ALT Christian Bowman, Zane Luker, and William Connor posing for a photo with their academic advisor, Chris Bachmann
ALT William Bornschein, History major, presents his idea on industrial carbon capture filters
ALT Audience sitting in the Hartman Hall Forum, listening to the Fallon Family explain the Fallon Challenge on stage
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28 Oct 2021
Last week, our students had a chance to meet with other women entrepreneurs and learn from Noelle Allen ('00) on how she pivoted from finance and banking to starting two businesses in wine and the importance of networking.
Read more about our event: fal.cn/3joHK
ALT Noelle Allen speaks to a crowd during her keynote speech for the Women in Entrepreneurship Showcase.
ALT The Plant House owner, Kari Carpenter, explains the care and needs of her plant products to an attendee.
ALT A JMU student talks to an employee from Harmony Harvest Farms about their floriculture business.
ALT JMU students, staff, and faculty listens to Noelle Allen during her keynote speech.
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21 Oct 2021
This week we welcomed six talented students acting as venture capitalists to find the best and brightest JMU students to invest in their businesses.
Meet our 2021 Student Venture Associates: Jack Estep, Samuel Kenslow, Mya Baptiste, Sharara Faisal, Emil Iqbal, and Cuda Zmuda!
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13 Oct 2021
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we are livening up the center with Latin music as we work our way towards the weekend! 💃
Quote of the week: "Always believe that the impossible is always possible." - Selena Quintanilla-Perez
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"The GCFE’s first Open Coffee was full of synergy, ideas, and founders who had the opportunity to meet a highly successful JMU alum who has walked in our shoes and willing to help young entrepreneurs grow their business."
- Hafiz Bhuyan, President of SOE, Founder/CEO of Drivense
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We will be holding Open Coffee meetings every month, so stay tuned!
Today we welcomed our upcoming student entrepreneurs to our very first in-person meeting for our Incubator Program!
It was amazing to see our cohorts already supporting each other with connections and resources to take their ideas to the next step!
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20 Aug 2021
Have YOU registered for our Fireside Chat with David Epstein? jmu.edu/cob/centers/center-f…
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17 Aug 2021
The GCFE, along with @JMUCAL, @JMUCISE as well as @MadisonHonors @JMUresearch @JMUCSM hosts NYT's best-selling author David Epstein on campus on Sept 14! Register at davidepstein@questionpro.com to join us for this masked event! #entrepreneurship #jmu #godukes
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