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Brock School of Business Students and Alumni Launching New Ventures
September 4, 2014
For Immediate Release:
Contact:
Kara Kennedy, Director of External Affairs,
205-726-4070 or Cell (205) 370-1677
[email protected]
Birmingham, Ala. –Several Samford’s Brock School of Business entrepreneurship
students and alumni from Samford Unviersity’s Brock School of Business are preparing
tol aunch or have recently launched new companies.
Rob Jackman, a 2013 graduate of the Brock School’s entrepreneurship program, has
raised the money needed to open an Iron Tribe fitness center. He and his partners will
open two locations in Greenville, S.C. While in school, Jackman worked as a personal
trainer at Gold’s Gym in Vestavia Hills, Ala. Since graduating, he has been a coach at
Iron Tribe in Montgomery, Ala. Howard Finch, dean of the Brock School of Business
and professor of finance, advised Jackman on how to attract and negotiate with
investors to help launch his own Iron Tribe centers.
Work of Worth (WoW), which imports fair trade, handcrafted goods from entrepreneurs
in countries in the developing world, will be launching their fall product line at an event
on Sept. 9 from 5-8 p.m. at Christian Service Mission in Birmingham. Five Brock School
students--Daniel Denning, Olivia Dunn, Drew Fahrion, Ben Goolsby and Madison
Kerns--wrote WoW’s business plan under the supervision of Jeremy Thornton,
associate professor of economics and Social Entrepreneurship Program
Coordinator. They earned fourth place at the TCU Ventures and Values Competition
and second place in the Region’s New Venture Challenge in April 2014 for their
business plan, and several have remained involved in the start-up of the company.
“We are proud that our students and recent alumni are living their entrepreneurial
dream,” said Finch. “Entrepreneurs like them are the heroes of economic growth.”
About the Brock School of Business:
Samford University’s Brock School of Business has a long history of achievements in
business education. The university has offered degrees in business and commerce
since 1922. In 1965, the School of Business was established to offer both bachelors
and masters degrees in business. It was formally named the Brock School in 2007 for
Birmingham banker and Samford trustee Harry B. Brock Jr., reflecting his long career in
business and his commitment to high quality business and entrepreneurship education.
The Brock School of Business holds AACSB Accreditation, the benchmark of quality
worldwide and the most widely sought after standard of excellence by U.S. business
schools. In 2010, the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
(USASBE) selected the Brock School’s entrepreneurship program as the best new
program in the U.S.
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In such a brief criteria concerning brock school of business students and alumni launching new ventures.
Brock School of Business Students and Alumni Launching New Ventures
September 4, 2014
For Immediate Release:
Contact:
Kara Kennedy, Director of External Affairs,
205-726-4070 or Cell (205) 370-1677
[email protected]
Birmingham, Ala. –Several Samford’s Brock School of Business entrepreneurship
students and alumni from Samford Unviersity’s Brock School of Business are preparing
tol aunch or have recently launched new companies.
Rob Jackman, a 2013 graduate of the Brock School’s entrepreneurship program, has
raised the money needed to open an Iron Tribe fitness center. He and his partners will
open two locations in Greenville, S.C. While in school, Jackman worked as a personal
trainer at Gold’s Gym in Vestavia Hills, Ala. Since graduating, he has been a coach at
Iron Tribe in Montgomery, Ala. Howard Finch, dean of the Brock School of Business
and professor of finance, advised Jackman on how to attract and negotiate with
investors to help launch his own Iron Tribe centers.
Work of Worth (WoW), which imports fair trade, handcrafted goods from entrepreneurs
in countries in the developing world, will be launching their fall product line at an event
on Sept. 9 from 5-8 p.m. at Christian Service Mission in Birmingham. Five Brock School
students--Daniel Denning, Olivia Dunn, Drew Fahrion, Ben Goolsby and Madison
Kerns--wrote WoW’s business plan under the supervision of Jeremy Thornton,
associate professor of economics and Social Entrepreneurship Program
Coordinator. They earned fourth place at the TCU Ventures and Values Competition
and second place in the Region’s New Venture Challenge in April 2014 for their
business plan, and several have remained involved in the start-up of the company.
“We are proud that our students and recent alumni are living their entrepreneurial
dream,” said Finch. “Entrepreneurs like them are the heroes of economic growth.”
About the Brock School of Business:
Samford University’s Brock School of Business has a long history of achievements in
business education. The university has offered degrees in business and commerce
since 1922. In 1965, the School of Business was established to offer both bachelors
and masters degrees in business. It was formally named the Brock School in 2007 for
Birmingham banker and Samford trustee Harry B. Brock Jr., reflecting his long career in
business and his commitment to high quality business and entrepreneurship education.
The Brock School of Business holds AACSB Accreditation, the benchmark of quality
worldwide and the most widely sought after standard of excellence by U.S. business
schools. In 2010, the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
(USASBE) selected the Brock School’s entrepreneurship program as the best new
program in the U.S.
doc_149633246.pdf