Students often enter business school with a careful plan in mind, yet somewhere along the b-school journey their paths lead them on an unexpected route to becoming entrepreneurs. Kelsey Doorey (’13) thought she had her corporate future mapped out, and was planning to pursue her dream corporate job in the retail industry. However, once she participated in the Knapp Venture Competition and won the $15,000 first place prize, out sprang Vow To Be Chic, a marriage of her entrepreneurial and retail dreams: an e-commerce rental service for designer bridesmaid dresses. “Not only did we win the prize money that helped start the business, but two of the judges offered us funding on the spot,” she says. “The competition literally changed my life in one night.”
Check out the special Centennial edition of Assets to read more about other alumni who got their start from the Knapp Competition, and learn how you can get involved as a judge. You’ll also get the inside scoop on the new entrepreneurship accelerator, coming to the Rosenfeld Library in 2015.
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