Interview with Lauren Eaves and Scott Diekema, Co-Founders of The Meantime Coffee Co.

When a small group of UNC students team set out to launch a full-service, student-run coffee shop on campus, there were a lot of days they thought it would never happen. Hear about the entrepreneurial path these students traveled to get their idea off the ground. What was hardest about learning to operate a business? Why are they are big believers in organizational values? And how are they handling change management?

Coulture Magazine, the premier fashion lifestyle publication at UNC-Chapel Hill, has taken the campus by storm. What began as a conversation over lunch between Alexandra Hehlen and Remington Remmel — both recent Carolina seniors — blossomed into a full-fledged operation with 180 staff members. Created by students for students, the popular magazine offers hands-on opportunities for students to develop skills in modeling, photography, writing, design and other areas. Learn about the ups and downs the team went through to bring the magazine to where it is today.

Latest episode of On The Heels of Innovation with Ted Zoller

How is a builder different from an entrepreneur and an innovator? And how can you build something - a new business, nonprofit, social enterprise or initiative - that can make an economic and social impact? Listen as Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of Gallup, and Dr. Sangeeta Badal, Principal Scientist - Entrepreneurship & Job Creation Initiative, at Gallup, discuss tools and techniques that can help you better understand your best approach to building something of your own. Based on findings from their book Born to Build, Clifton and Badal discuss building teams, technology and work ethic, and how a focus on building can power the next generation of the American economy.

Link to book, Born to Build: www.amazon.com/Born-Build-Jim-Cl…ton/dp/159562127X

LinkedIn of Jim Clifton: www.linkedin.com/in/jimcliftongallup

LinkedIn of Dr. Sangeeta Badal: www.linkedin.com/in/sangeeta-bhar…waj-badal-98042a

This episode features entrepreneur Taylor Rhodes, class of 2002 alum of the UNC Kenan Flagler Business School MBA program and CEO of SMS assist, a company at the intersection of the cloud and facilities management. He shares his story and discusses the importance of teams and mentorship to the entrepreneurial process. From serving in the U.S. Marine Corps to building great teams in the business world, Rhodes talks about why a focus on team culture, an eagerness to learn and a passion for hard work are ingredients for success.

Connect with Taylor

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/taylorrhodes/

More Info: http://innovate.unc.edu/podcast/

On this episode of On The Heels of Innovation: Next Gen series, we talk to Ritwik Pavan.

Ritwik is a sophmore at UNC Chapel Hill majoring in Business Administration and Computer Science.

Ritwik is also the CEO and Founder of Linker Logic Technologies INC, a tech firm that specializes in IT services ranging from software and enterprise application development to data services and management.

Ritwik's main target is to turn his client's vision to reality, whether it is a mobile application, software or cloud platform and allow them to cater to their customers and business partners a unique platform that holds the highest standards in today's market.

Get in touch with Ritwik:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ritwikpavan/

Twitter:twitter.com/ritwikpavan?ref_src…erp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Bill Aulet is the Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and Professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Bill has degrees from Harvard and MIT, and is a board member of MITEK Systems (NASDAQ: MITK) and XL Hybrids Inc. (Private). He is also a Visiting Professor at University of Strathclyde (Scotland). On July 1, 2017, Bill was named a Professor of the Practice at MIT Sloan, the first at the school in the area of entrepreneurship since Alex d’Arbeloff held that title in 2003. For his efforts, Bill has earned external recognition as well including Boston 50 on Fire, 2017 Favorite MBA Professors from Poets and Quants, and 2018 Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professorship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University.

For more information:

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-directory/detail/?id=9118

The very first episode of On The Heels of Innovation!

The very first episode of On The Heels of Innovation!

The very first episode of On The Heels of Innovation!