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Professor Tommy White was Featured in an Inside Higher Ed Article

Written by Kogod School of Business | August 15, 2024

 

The article dives deep into the work of the Veloric Center for Entrepreneurship (VCE) at American University and its role in cultivating an entrepreneurial spirit among students. 

  • The VCE's business incubator program supports thirty student-led business ventures at any given time.
  • The entrepreneurship center often attracts attention and involvement from AU alumni, who express that they wish they had the same resource when they were students.
  • The ventures that began at the VCE have collectively earned over $10 million in revenue. 

Professor White says: "The program has grown significantly, evolving from a cross-campus catalyst promoting the entrepreneurial mindset to a fully integrated cross-campus community of entrepreneurs and innovators at AU." 

Read the article here.