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Seeking Entries in the 3rd Annual Sigma Nu Tau National Student Entrepreneur-of-the-Year Award Competition: Entry Deadline is 1/15/2015
Are you a student running your own business?
- Do you think you have applied principled entrepreneurship in creating and operating your business venture?
- Do you believe you have made an impact on the community?
- Do you want your business to be known nationwide?
Each year, about 3 million students graduate from colleges or universities seeking jobs, and our highly motivated student entrepreneurs really make a difference in the business world! We want to hear your success story as a young entrepreneur!
Who is eligible to enter?
- All full- or part-time students attending a school with a Sigma Nu Tau Entrepreneurship Honor Society chapter
- Student entrants must have a business or organization that is currently operational, i.e, a going concern
- The Sigma Nu Tau faculty advisor should nominate the student entrants (up to 3 nominees from each school, 1 student in each of 3 categories)
For more information about the program and the nomination/application process, please visit our official website or click LINK
You may also check out the inspirational stories from last year's award recipients by clicking LINK
Prize $$$ Increased for 2015 Student Entrepreneur-of-the-Year Program!
The Sigma Nu Tau board met on October 16, 2014, and voted to increase the prizes for the Sigma Nu Tau National Student Entrepreneur-of-the-Year Awards Program for the 2015 program.. There are three categories that students can enter, and previously the top winner in each category received only a letter and a plaque, and the grand prize winner won $500 and glass award. For the competition that ends on January 15, 2015, the top winner in each of the three categories will each win $300 and the grand prize winner selected from the top winners in the three categories will win an additional $500 (for a total of $800).
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Award Program Honors Student Entrepreneurs!
We hope that all Sigma Nu Tau Faculty Advisors will nominate and encourage their student entrepreneurs to enter this year's Student Entrepreneur-of-the-Year Awards Program! We also urge all student entrepreneurs to speak with their Sigma Nu Tau faculty advisors about entering the competition. Every competition you enter and every award you win will build your business acumen, your confidence, and your resum�!
Interested in Starting a Sigma Nu Tau Chapter?
Would your university like to be the first in your state or region to establish a Sigma Nu Tau chapter on your campus? You will gain a competitive advantage by being able to offer special programs and awards to your students!
If you would like to establish a chapter at your university so that you can recognize outstanding students, faculty members, entrepreneurs, and honorary members, please visit our website (sigmanutau.org) to learn more about the process.
Wishing you well in the new year!
Sincerely,
Nancy J. Church
Nancy J. Church, Ph.D.
President and Executive Director
Sigma Nu Tau Entrepreneurship Honor Society
(518)-564-4169
P.S. Does your school have any news that you would like to be included in our e-newsletter? If so, please send it to me at [email protected].
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Current Entrepreneurship Articles of Interest
Social Media Tips & Tricks
Social media sites are a company's key asset to making sure that their consumers are aware of the company's products and services. There has been a drastic increase in adult participation in social networking sites. So understanding social media and which social media outlet will best benefit your company is important.
Some popular social media sites:
- Facebook
- Twitter
- LinkedIn
- Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Snapchat
The "Social Media Toolkit" for success:
- Don't indulge in "vanity metrics"
- Follow your followers
- Tie it to your CRM system
- Look for long-term impact
Drell, Lauren. "Measure for Measure." Measure for Measure., Oct. 2014.
READ FULL ARTICLE LINK
How to Become a Leader, Not a Follower
Dreaming big and acting big are two ways that can set you apart from ordinary managers. Being charismatic and thinking outside the box will gain the respect of your team so that you can lead them to success.
Tips for being a more compelling leader:
- Establish clear territories and borders for leaders
- Set objectives bigger than their own performance
- Due dates faster than what is reasonable
- Stair-stepping their development--Increase capabilities through challenges
Searcy, Tom. "4 Ways To Build Leaders, Not Followers." Inc.com. September 5, 2013.
READ FULL ARTICLE: LINK
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Mission of Sigma Nu Tau:
To promote, recognize, honor, and reward academic excellence in entrepreneurship and to encourage and recognize the practice of principled entrepreneurship
4 Types of Membership:
Student
Faculty
Entrepreneur
Honorary
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Sigma Nu Tau Chapters
2009
#1 - SUNY Plattsburgh
Founding Chapter
2011
#2 - Kent State University
#3 -Belmont University
#4 - California State University-San Bernardino
#5 - Clarkson University
2012
#6 -High Point University
#7 - Claflin University
#8 -Suffolk University
#9 - Middle Tennessee State University
#10 - Baruch College
#11 - John F. Kennedy University
#12 - Rowan University
#13 - Illinois Institute of Technology
2013
#14 - University of Baltimore
#15 - New York Institute of Technology
2014
#16 - The George Washington University
#17 - Husson University
2015
Coming soon....
#18
#19
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Entrepreneurship
Morsels
"You can't borrow somebody else's work environment - you'll be miserable at it."
- Tariq Farid, Founder of Edible Arrangements[Source: Keegan, Paul. "The 5 New Rules of Employee Engagement." Inc.com. Dec. 2014]
"Being sustainable means people trust you, but it also means making a profit"
-Esther Dyson, Chairman of EDventure Holdings
[Source: Ransom, Diana. "Esther Dyson on Finding Your Purpose and What's Next for Entrepreneurship." Inc.com. Dec. 2014]
"I try to follow the energy. Where did it go, and why did it go there?"
-Eileen Fisher, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Eileen Fisher
[Source: "How I Did It: Eileen Fisher." Inc.com. . Dec. 2014]
"The best way to become a billionaire is to help a billion people."
-Peter Diamandis, Founder of XPrise
Source: Ransom, Diana. "Peter Diamandis on Fighting Regulation and What's Next for Entrepreneurship." Inc.com., Dec. 2014]
"We now understand that there is a method to what entrepreneurs do and it is an extraordinarily powerful way to transform the world. Entrepreneurship is about putting human nature to work to build a better world. This method will be taught in schools, as science is. It is not about teaching future entrepreneurs-it's about building an entrepreneurial society. And solving problems using the principles of entrepreneurship."
-Saras Sarasvathy, Professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business
[Source: Ransom, Diana. "Peter Diamandis on Fight- ing Regulation and What's Next for Entrepreneurship." Inc.com, Dec. 2014]
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Leadership Campaign Donors
2012-2014 Club
Mrs. Diane R. Carroll
Dr. Nancy J. Church
Dr. James Csipak
Dr. Richard Gottschall
Dr. Lise Heroux
Mr. Mark Kaiser
Dr. Augustine Lado
Mr. Rick Leibowitz
Ms. Karen Stehlin
Ms. Rebecca Van Auken
Mr. Fiorenzo Villani
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