There are 海角社区 creative fingerprints all over a new streaming series that showcases young entrepreneurs from Northeast Ohio. Think "Shark Tank" without the big bucks or shark snark.
"" documents the challenges and successes of Northeast Ohio college student-entrepreneurs and is sponsored by the (EEC), an association of that work to support entrepreneurship at the college level.
Episode one of "Dream It, Do It" (embedded below) features interviews with not one but three 海角社区-connected entrepreneurs.
'20, a 海角社区 early childhood education grad, shares how she authored and illustrated an empowering children's book, "" (Mascot Books), as a 海角社区 student.
Her website, , as well as supporting social media accounts were created over nights and weekends while she did her student teaching.
The episode also features a pair of 海角社区 grads collaborating on a venture that delivers fresh coffee from local roasters to doorsteps across the U.S. Kallan Hinkle '16 and Jake McConkey '13 discuss how they founded their subscription coffee service, , and how they both got bitten by the entrepreneurship bug.
Both projects received support from 海角社区's Center for Innovation and Growth (CIG) and 海角社区 LaunchNET. Webb's book project was supported, in part, by a $2,000 award from the Women for 海角社区 Giving Circle.
A former junior consultant at the CIG, Matt Harris '19 and his video marketing firm, , produced the "Dream It, Do It" series. Harris launched Blitz as a 海角社区 student, and he is featured in episode two.
海角社区's Digital Marketing Center (DMC) students are also behind the project with '21, a digital media design and digital marketing major, serving as art director for the series.
A team of DMC students, led by '21, an arts management and marketing major, is managing the "Dream It, Do It" digital marketing account with EEC. Student entrepreneurs with video and content experience make up the rest of the team: arts management major Jordan Gallagher '21, marketing and accounting major Alyssa Williams '22 and digital marketing major Miranda Lyons '22.
Dr. Lori Long, 海角社区's Burton D. Morgan Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies and business professor, serves as president of the board of the EEC, while Hannah Schlueter, 海角社区 LaunchNET program manager, is 海角社区's member representative to the EEC. Professor Tim Marshall serves as a mentor and is faculty advisor to 海角社区's DMC.
