Category Archives: student

Culture Hacking in Fort Wayne

Posted on November 21, 2011 by swfranks

It seems like more and more of what my friends and I are doing today can be defined as “culture hacking”.  I didn’t invent the phrase.  I read it here:  http://adamfeuer.com/blog/2011/11/20/culture-hacking/. What is culture hacking?  Adam writes, “Culture hacking at … Continue reading →

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A Good Week for My Collaborations

Posted on October 30, 2011 by swfranks

It has been a productive week for me. First, I launched a new collaboration together with my best friend’s boy, Gary Coker.  Those of you who read this blog know that I am an advocate for youth entrepreneurship.  Well, now … Continue reading →

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Bye, Steve Jobs – Hello, New Young Entrepreneurs

Posted on October 6, 2011 by swfranks

So, by now everyone knows that Steve Jobs has died.  The world is talking about what he accomplished in a remarkable life. I’d like to focus your attention on not WHAT he and Steve Wozniak did, but WHEN they did … Continue reading →

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Nick Arnett’s 12 in 12

Posted on September 21, 2011 by swfranks

Usually I write about young entrepreneurs because they are starting or scaling business ventures.  The subject of this post is a bit different – he’s launching a very entrepreneurial project. If you haven’t hung around downtown Fort Wayne you might … Continue reading →

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A Must See – Fort Wayne Regional Maker Faire

Posted on September 17, 2011 by swfranks

Right now, as I type this at a comfortable table at the Firefly coffee house, three student from NIIC’s Student Venture Lab are launching PYPline‘s beta at the World Maker Faire in New York City. Photo “borrowed” from Graham’s Facebook feed Many … Continue reading →

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Aha!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by swfranks

I had the opportunity at the end of last month to record my “Aha Moment” when the Mutual of Omaha people came to Fort Wayne recording these moments. As you might guess, I talked about student entrepreneurs – but no … Continue reading →

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TEDxFortWayne – Beyond My Expectations

Posted on May 22, 2011 by swfranks

  I was involved with the fundraising side of TEDxFortWayne, so at event day I was not totally up to speed on who all of the speakers were or why they were selected.  Now, after the event, I have to … Continue reading →

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15 Ideas

Posted on April 22, 2011 by swfranks

Last week, Graham from Grabachat (and Pypline) and I hung out for a couple of hours with 2 students, Mitch and Paul, over at the newest student center at IPFW’s student housing. Mitch had called and set up the time to … Continue reading →

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Techfest – 10

Posted on April 16, 2011 by swfranks

This will be my last post of the day. I was able to stay long enough to see the keynote address by Zach Klein.  Here’s the opening slide – what a fitting way to end this set of posts (since, … Continue reading →

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Techfest – 9

Posted on April 16, 2011 by swfranks

Big thanks to Zach Zuber, who stopped out and spent a good part of the day here at the NIIC table. Part of the time, he was telling students how NIIC’s BizWiz program and Student Venture Lab help students with … Continue reading →

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