News Archives: 2016
DECEMBER 27, 2016 | 9:01 AM
Nobody wants bad breath. But it happens. Two years ago, Mike Bracciale was at Strozier Library at Florida State University. It was an ordinary day. He grabbed an iced cup of coffee from the campus Starbucks, got a sandwich and ran into a girl. Conversation blossomed. But the combination of coffee breath and chewed food...
DECEMBER 21, 2016 | 12:32 PM
As a boy, Nick O’Donnell built LEGO men, like a lot of kids. Then he tried to turn those blocky figures into well-rounded characters. “It was always very story-oriented,” he says. “My guys always went on adventures, especially space stuff.” In the drama program at Lakewood Ranch High School, O’Donnell produced swashbuckling plays.
DECEMBER 11, 2016 | 4:44 AM
Contractors are ready to move full-speed ahead in transforming a former downtown bank site into the Florida State University Jim Moran Building. The former home of Guaranty Bank, 111 S. Monroe St., will house the College of Business’s Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship and the university’s new interdisciplinary Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship.
DECEMBER 8, 2016 | 1:48 PM
Florida State University is beginning the first phase of major renovations on a building in downtown Tallahassee that is set to become the new FSU Jim Moran Building. The facility will be home to the College of Business’s Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship and the university’s new interdisciplinary Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship. It’s...
DECEMBER 1, 2016 | 3:51 AM
Florida State University student Nick Telford has won a $1,000 award from the Tallahassee Chamber Entrepreneurial Forum to support his startup business, Fly Mouthwash. Telford, the co-founder of Fly Mouthwash, is one of the 11 startup business teams involved in Domi Station’s “Get Started” program. The Chamber selected three teams to participate in the forum...
NOVEMBER 10, 2016 | 4:40 AM
Florida State University’s Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship is proud to announce Wendy Plant, director of the Center for Student Engagement, has been elected as a Director at Large for the United States for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). USASBE is the largest independent, professional, academic organization in the world dedicated to advancing the discipline...
NOVEMBER 1, 2016 | 9:15 AM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship will present the 5th annual 7 Under 30 Speaker Series, featuring seven Florida State alumni entrepreneurs who launched successful businesses before the age of 30. The speakers will share their journey developing a successful business. “We have a very diverse group of alumni this year and...
OCTOBER 26, 2016 | 9:22 AM
A Florida State University graduate has been recognized for starting an innovative business that utilizes “parametric design” to produce unique woo A Florida State University graduate has been recognized for starting an innovative business that utilizes “parametric design” to produce unique wooden products. Today, Gov. Rick Scott presented the Governor’s Young Entrepreneur Award to Nick...
JUNE 8, 2016 | 9:23 AM
Tallahassee, Fla. — Christopher ”C.J.” Wagner, an undergraduate majoring in economics and minoring in business analytics and entrepreneurship at Florida State University, was one of seven students who won a statewide competition for pitching a promising business idea. Wagner received a $2,000 award at the Daveler Pitch Competition, which took place at the University of...
JANUARY 26, 2016 | 2:19 PM
Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Sally McRorie has appointed FSU business professor, entrepreneur in residence and university administrator Susan S. Fiorito as the founding director of Florida State’s newly established Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship.