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Entrepreneurship at St. Olaf<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t
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Entrepreneurship at St. Olaf<\/strong> 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Creating Opportunities for Aspiring Entrepreneurs<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
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When Kate Tecku Field \u201910 pitched her business venture, The Kombucha Shop, on the November 18, 2018, episode of ABC\u2019s popular reality show Shark Tank, she wasn\u2019t sure if the \u201cshark\u201d investors would bite. But they did.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Anthony Valiulis \u201919 founded DaVinci Industries, which aims to provide retail stores with dynamic merchandise display systems. He\u2019s holding the company\u2019s first product, Acutrack.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Forbes has named Connor Wray \u201914 and Erik Brust \u201914 to its \u201c30 Under 30\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Anna Wolle \u201918 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. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLearn More\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t

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Tina Rexing ’95 is the owner of T-Rex Cookie & Coffee Caf\u00e9. Rexing decided she was tired of working in corporate America, so she chose to do what she loves \u2014 bake cookies.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Media and Public Relations: Marketing to Multiple Audiences
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