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tilize Young Entrepreneur Program To Help Solve Problems The University of Dayton offers an undergraduate program in entrepreneurial studies. As part of their program, graduating seniors use their training and acquire real-world experience by
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working with large and small businesses as a consultant to help solve business problems. The typical candidate business in the program is privately held and has at least 5 full time employees. Projects include market segmentation, cycle time improvement, quality systems, service refinement, etc. Consulting assignments are done with oversight from an experienced faculty mentor. UD students and their mentors are seeking consulting projects for the January quarter. If you have at least 5 employees and would like to participate by sponsoring a student or student group in an assignment, please contact Rob Franks by e-mail at rfranks263@yahoo.com or call 513 293-0945.
There are no out-of-pocket costs to sponsoring businesses. Your commitments are to: • Clearly define the scope and objectives of the project • Provide information and data about the problem for analysis • Attend a formal, concluding presentation of the student findings and recommendations This is a great way to help a budding entrepreneur and solve a nagging business problem!