Meet this duo of
entrepreneurs committed to helping out the Alexander McQueen-wannabes of
the world. Their mission: To revolutionize the traditional fashion
regime.
In an age where people
have taken power over record labels in regards to which artists they
want to listen to (after all, a lot of current Top 40 pop singers were
YouTube sensations before re
In the first five years of the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative,
521 ASU student-led teams applied to join the program that provides up
to $20,000 in seed funding, office space at SkySong, and mentoring to
help launch a business or non-profit venture.
image: Arizona State University students attending the Innovation Challenge Summit 2011.This year, 250 teams applied for the same 15 to 20 spots in the 2011-2012 Edson accelerator program.
Underneath the technical aspects, the advanced hardware, electric work and engineering, David Uhlman's goal is a simple one.David Uhlman, center, CEO and founder of Maker Bench, talks to event
attendees at an event at Hackspace at ASU Skysong in Scottsdale. Maker
Bench is a collaborative work space geared toward engineers and
builders. Photo by Kyle Patton "Let's just get together and build something," Uhlman says. "Less talking. More doing."
There are a lot of exciting and rewarding parts to starting a business: the rush of having that Big Idea, the freedom of being your own boss, the satisfaction of creating something from nothing. But there’s one part of building a business that is not a lot of fun for anyone: raising the money to get it off the ground. If you don’t come from a finance background, the loan and investment options are extremely confusing. And once you do sort out the options, it turns out most are not particularly well suited for a small, local business.
We've all been there: holding some item in the checkout lane, irritated to be buying it because we really only need it this once. But we inevitably whip out the credit card, use said item a handful of times at most, and then push it under the bed or into the garage to be forgotten. Waste of space. Waste of money.
