Entrepreneurship Socity at the University of Notre Dame

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The E-Start-Up Companies Division exists to give students real-life experience in working in or advising start-up companies at the university. The division's objective will be to do whatever is necessary to facilitate and support viable start-up companies throughout campus and to learn from Irish Angels Investors. Their activities may include operating or consulting Notre Dame Student-Run businesses such as Dorm Books Ventures and Rah-Bra Inc. Being exposed to real-life entrepreneurs is an exceptional way from students to get their "hands dirty" and jump up the learning curve.

This section of the organization may also help operate the Notre Dame NASDAQ Business Plan Training Sessions and McCloskey Business Plan Competition. Anyone interested can aid in the preparation, strategy, and operations of their annual NASDAQ Business Plan Competition. There are roughly 2 training events every month with high profile entrepreneurs and executives leading the activities for both semesters of the year (Wednesdays). There is a culminating event in April, where business plan finalists compete for the $25,000 prize. This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your knowledge about entrepreneurship and a great opportunity for exposure to accomplished business leaders.

Far too often, entrepreneurship is conceptually misunderstood to involve only micro-ventures and small, individually-owned businesses. Students majoring in finance and accountancy seem to be more susceptible to believing that entrepreneurship is not applicable in their field of study than the average business student, partially due to the fact that many of these students will go on to work in a well-established, reputable accounting firm or investment bank. Although these students may not launch their own businesses after graduation, innovation and creativity-concepts central to entrepreneurship-are key components of a student's marketable skill set, and are of great value in the workplace. Grace Club Finance, one of The Notre Dame Entrepreneurship Society's "start-ups," is designed to attract finance and accounting majors to the club, introducing them to the entrepreneurial mindset. Grace will allow students to put the concepts learned in accounting and finance coursework to use in assisting The Notre Dame Entrepreneurship Society and other clubs in managing and growing their financial resources. Throughout the upcoming year, Grace Club Finance will strive to :

• To eventually become an independently functioning student quasi-business
• Function as an relatively exclusive (application process), high caliber organization
• Recruit the top finance and accountancy majors from the Mendoza College of Business
• Maintain the highest degree of professionalism in research and general operations

Students will learn how to conduct high-level research using the university.s technological resources, and use the information they gather as a platform for making informed team-based investment decisions. Through careful and responsible portfolio management and financial accounting, students will gain insight into how entrepreneurship applies to their field of study.