Entrepreneurship professor Rich Dino gets asked all the time: Can students really turn a novel idea into a successful company?
His answer is “Most definitely!”
“We believe that creative ideas, ambition, great advisers, and a willingness to learn are the combination that creates successful entrepreneurs,’’ he says. “There are no age restrictions on innovation.’’
Dino and Keith Fox ’80 (BUS), a former senior executive at Apple and Cisco, have spent the last 12 years proving that fact. Next week they will kick off the 12th annual Innovation Quest (iQ) competition, which offers UConn undergraduate and graduate students, and alumni, the chance to test their ideas and abilities as entrepreneurs.
Fox describes the student entrepreneurs as bright, hardworking, and self-motivated. “I could not be more optimistic when I see this group of young people applying themselves to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges,” he says.
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