Kabara Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
SpotlightsEntrepreneurial students design product to connect hospital patients and loved ones
Caily Landers ’21 knows the loneliness hospital patients can feel as they are undergoing worrisome procedures, disconnected from family, and often missing home. Last summer, Landers’ twin sister, Shannon, was diagnosed with a rare type of bone cancer. Her chemo...
Pitching practical entrepreneurial ideas
With his determined mindset and market potential ideas, it was just a matter of time before Saint Mary's junior James Perreault realized the vast entrepreneurial opportunities that await him in his future. Hailing from Batavia, Illinois, James Perreault initially came...
An entrepreneur in training
by Deb Nahrgang | Nov 21, 2017 | After pitching an invention to one of the executives on TV’s Shark Tank, presenting to Saint Mary’s faculty was a piece of cake. Stephany Beck ’21 might only be a freshman, but the Entrepreneurship and Marketing double major is already...
Young alumni entrepreneurs build dreams
The following Spotlight was excerpted from "Young Alumni Entrepreneurs Build Dreams" on the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota News Blog. Zachary Cizek’s dream of selling delectable sandwiches and sauces started with a study abroad trip to Florence, Italy in the...