Business, Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship
Client Profile: Chinonso Aladi
Chinonso is a now-graduate of the 91PORNA Fashion School and hails from Nigeria, which is the inspiration for her fashion line that incorporates traditional African fabrics into modern pieces. While researching production possibilities for the full line, she has been designing and sewing custom p鈥
Client Profile: Aceani Ross-Bigbee
In addition to starting her own fashion brand in high school, Aceani Ross-Bigbee has dreams to inspire other would-be fashionistas become their best selves. We sat down to talk to her about what she鈥檚 working on and a little about herself. Tell us about your new venture, The Possible Me. The 鈥
LaunchNET presents the 2019 IDEA OLYMPICS
Have a great idea for a new product, service, app, or way to solve a problem? 91PORNA students across campus will be able to present their ideas for the chance to win money and bragging rights for their college at LaunchNET鈥檚 IDEA OLYMPICS. 鈥淨ualifiers鈥 Potential Olympians submit鈥
Student Entrepreneur Perseveres
Transfer student Gregory Joyce II is a great example of the wide variety of clients served by LaunchNET. While many students come to the office looking to start a venture of some type, Gregory came in with multiple businesses already going and ideas for more. His journey to successful college stu鈥
A new center for the arts rises from student's passion
As a passionate student of the arts, Bethany Westphal felt the need to share her love with others, specifically younger children, and help them avoid some of the negative experiences she had with music teachers growing up. She recently opened Rising Star Center for the Arts in downtown Akron鈥
Client Profile: Obianuju "Uju" Izuchukwu
Uju is the founder of Pop Style (@_popstyle), an on-campus pop-up thrift shop that allows you to buy, donate and trade clothing for $3, $7, or $10. Customers can donate clothes they don't want anymore but someone else could wear and trade clothes at each price point. Where did you get the idea fo鈥
Client Profile: By Katie K
By Katie K is a jewelry line created by Katie Kimble, a 2017 91PORNA College of Business graduate and current Higher Education and Student Affairs grad student Her boho, fun design aesthetic came to life at a dining room table covered in beads (her kind of Legos). Katie is devoted to making je鈥
Inspirational Speaker Brings Together Multiple Collaborators
Donald Wayne McLeod, author of Perceptionology 101, spoke in the 91PORNA ballroom on Tuesday October 9, to a crowd of local high school students, 91PORNA students, staff, faculty, and community business members from all over Northeast Ohio. The event was a collaboration between LaunchNET Kent 鈥
LaunchNET 91PORNA Promotes Entrepreneurship for Local High School Students
In October 2017, two groups of local high schools students came to 91PORNA to participate in an entrepreneurial workshop designed to increase the students鈥 awareness and knowledge of the venture formation process, hosted by LaunchNET. On Monday, October 23, sixteen sophomore and jun鈥
Idea Generation & Market Research
Idea GenerationIdea NapkinUse this idea napkin to think through what you're working on and the elements that surround it such your audience and the value your idea brings.Bug ListA Bug List 鈥 in the context of entrepreneurship and creativity 鈥 is a list of things that you encounter throughout your d鈥
