Entrepreneurship at St. Olaf seeks to support all students as they brainstorm, collaborate, and connect over meaningful ideas. Students practice the skills used by entrepreneurs and discover how to embrace failure, learning from mistakes and from refining ideas. We coach students to use their liberal arts education to come up with innovative solutions to complex problems. We, in turn, provide the support, guidance and connections that students need to be successful. When Oles persevere, their ideas change lives.
Entrepreneurship-related courses at St. Olaf
Semifinalists, four top-threes, and one winner in the Minnesota Cup (Student Division)
Lightbulb Moments
The Kombucha Shop
When Kate Tecku Field ’10 pitched her business venture, The Kombucha Shop, on the November 18, 2018, episode of ABC’s popular reality show Shark Tank, she wasn’t sure if the “shark” investors would bite. But they did.
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DaVinci Industries
Anthony Valiulis ’19 founded DaVinci Industries, which aims to provide retail stores with dynamic merchandise display systems. He’s holding the company’s first product, Acutrack.
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JonnyPops
Forbes has named Connor Wray ’14 and Erik Brust ’14 to its “30 Under 30” list of young entrepreneurs for their work with JonnyPops, a company that has gone from a dorm room startup to the shelves of national retailers.
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Teranga Strings
Anna Wolle ’18 relocated to Dakar, Senegal, to work full time on her musical startup company, Teranga Strings. Using a model that combines business and philanthropy, Teranga Strings enables students of all ages and from a wide range of backgrounds to study violin.
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Tina Rexing ’95 is the owner of T-Rex Cookie & Coffee Café. Rexing decided she was tired of working in corporate America, so she chose to do what she loves — bake cookies.
MGMT 232: Health Care Management
MGMT 237: Managerial Accounting
MGMT 250: Marketing
MGMT 251: Management
MGMT 252: Legal Aspects of Business
MGMT 256: Entrepreneurship
MGMT 257: Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formulation
MGMT 260: Innovation in New Zealand (Study Abroad)
MGMT 281: Corporate Finance
MGMT 383: Management Policy and Strategy
ECON 245: Healthcare Economics
CSCI 241: Hardware Design
CSCI 251: Software Design and Implementation
CSCI 263: Ethical Issues in Software Design
CSCI 284: Mobile Computing Systems
PHYS 160: Engineering Design
ART 228: Animated Art
ENGL 285: Digital Rhetorics and New Media Literacies
ENGL 287: Professional and Business Writing
ENGL 289: Journalistic Writing
ENGL 290: Exploring Literary Publishing
ENGL 291: Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 296: Screenwriting
ENGL 373: Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
MGMT 229: Arts Management
Media and Public Relations: Marketing to Multiple Audiences
Technology Innovation and Civic Development
Social Entrepreneurship
Theatre Education: Innovative Adaptations for Technical Production and Design
Activities and Sports Administration
Business Practices in Health Care
Sound Design and Technology
Cinematic Studies and Film Production
Management and Marketing in the Arts
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Put Your Ideas into Action
Do you have an idea that you are ready to prototype, or build a business plan around? Explore resources and find opportunities for building your venture here: Entrepreneurship Timeline & Resources.
Questions? Email us at piper.center@stolaf.edu.
Key Entrepreneurship Programs
Three St. Olaf students selected as Rossing Physics Scholars
‘Everything is Unlimited’: Ole earns Jeff Ubben Fellowship
Two St. Olaf students selected as Phillips Scholars
St. Olaf hosts 11th annual Ole Cup
Entrepreneurship Partners in Minnesota and Abroad
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