Ben Lawrence Ph.D., the Aziz Hashim Professor of Franchise Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the franchise industry.
Being such an emerging industry, the panelists recognized the need for new ideas from people of different disciplines and experiences. “There’s a shortage of talent – so there’s opportunity,” explained one of the panelist.
November 30th marked the Fall 2018 H.J. Russell Center for Entrepreneurship (HJRCE) Business Model Competition! The evening was packed with pitches from our ENI 3101 student entrepreneurs. Four teams pitched in the digital displays portion of the competition while five teams competed for the grand prize of $1,500 on the main stage.
VR isn’t just all fun and games – It’s a technology the potential to disrupt how businesses train, market, and sell. To gain better insight about the industry and how to monetize it, the Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute (ENI) collaborated for the “Make Money in VR” event.
A popular word for universities these days, and for good reason, is “interdisciplinary.” The idea is that you might need some business training to start a company, but you also need some sort of training in a certain industry or a certain area of expertise to bolster that kind of entrepreneurial mindset. We work with the Creative Media Industry Institute at Georgia State University in the College of Arts and Sciences to offer degrees and experiences in Media Entrepreneurship.
People often refer to Atlanta as “Hotlanta” or “The ‘A’”, but in the world of Fintech, the city’s nickname is “Transaction Alley”. Seven out of 10 transactions flow through Atlanta–with 50 billion transactions per year and grossing 80 billion dollars in revenue.
