Extreme Entrepreneur Tour Visits Feb. 26
In celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week, Fairmont State University is bringing
the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour to campus on Tuesday, Feb. 26.
Hundreds of high school students, college students, alumni and the community are
invited to take part in the day's events from 3 to 7 p.m. at Colebank Hall on the
main FSU campus. The event is hosted by the School of Business at Fairmont State University
and the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team. Local financial sponsors include
Wells Fargo, Monongahela Valley Bank, WV Vision Shared and the INNOVA Commercialization
Group with the West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation. Other co-sponsors
and exhibitors at the event include the U.S. Small Business Administration, the West
Virginia Small Business Development Center Network, NASA, the Coordinator of Entrepreneurship
Education for the West Virginia Board of Education and the Entrepreneurship Center
at West Virginia University.
The Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, the first-ever national collegiate entrepreneurship
tour, is presented by VenturePort.org and sponsored by Inc. Magazine. Founded by award-winning
25-year-olds Michael Simmons and Sheena Lindahl of Extreme Entrepreneurship Education,
the tour is comprised of many of America's top young entrepreneurs who have made,
earned or sold a company for millions and/or made a huge impact before the age of
30. The vision of the tour is for all of America's college students to graduate with
an entrepreneurial mindset.
Activities during the tour include inspirational keynote speakers talking about "how
they did it" and lessons learned; a dream action workshop, where participants will
create an action plan; a speed networking contest, where attendees will share their
ideas and partner up; and a panel of Extreme Entrepreneurs will take audience questions.
"This event will provide inspiration and practical advice," said Rick Harvey, Interim
Dean of the FSU School of Business. "Both emerging entrepreneurs and students of all
disciplines are invited to attend to learn how they can apply the entrepreneurial
mindset to their lives regardless of career choice."
For more information about the day's events, visit www.extremetour.org or call the FSU School of Business at (304) 367-4261.
