Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship

FSU alumnus works with Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship to expand market of best-selling grooming product

Published: March 23, 2017 | 1:56 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Joshua Esnard ('08) received support from the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship to expand the market of his product, The Cut Buddy.

A Florida State University graduate and the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship are working together to expand the reach of his already successful startup company. Joshua Esnard, who graduated from FSU in 2008 after taking entrepreneurship classes and earning a bachelor’s degree in finance, started selling The Cut Buddy in 2016. The product, a patented […]

InNOLEvation® Challenge announces winners

Published: March 6, 2017 | 4:57 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Susan Fiorito, Hannah King, Wendy Plant and Mark McNees

Four student-operated businesses have won top honors at the 2016-2017 InNOLEvation® Challenge business model competition hosted by the Florida State University Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship. The competition, which paid out more than $35,000 to winners, included two first-place awards. One focused on a social problem and another focused primarily on entrepreneurship. Hannah King and […]

Seven business teams advance to finals of InNOLEvation® Challenge

Published: February 13, 2017 | 3:17 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Seven teams of students in the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship are headed to the final round of competition in the 2016-2017 InNOLEvation® Challenge at Florida State University. The students are competing for more than $35,000 and learning valuable lessons about starting a business as they face off in the business model competition. The finals will take place March […]

Profiles in Leadership: Hartline gets down to ‘business’ of leading college to Top 25

Published: January 12, 2017 | 8:51 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, University News

In April 2016, Dean Michael Hartline became the sixth person to lead FSU’s College of Business since it was founded in 1950.

It was a big day for Michael Hartline, one of the biggest of his life. Hartline had been serving as interim dean of Florida State University’s College of Business for nine months when the life-changing day arrived in the spring of 2016. The College of Business Board of Governors was slated to meet at 8:30 […]

FSU to begin renovations on new Jim Moran Building

Published: December 8, 2016 | 1:48 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

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 […]

FSU student’s startup business wins Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Award

Published: December 1, 2016 | 3:51 pm | Posted in: University News

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. […]

FSU’s Wendy Plant earns prestigious post with national entrepreneurship group

Published: November 10, 2016 | 4:40 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

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 […]

‘7 Under 30’ speaker series showcases FSU alumni entrepreneurs

Published: November 1, 2016 | 3:20 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

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 are really looking […]

FSU business grad receives Governor’s Young Entrepreneur Award

Published: October 25, 2016 | 2:29 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Attorney General Pam Bondi, Gov. Rick Scott, Nick O'Donnell, CFO Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam at the Governor's Cabinet meeting Oct. 25, 2016.

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 O’Donnell, who graduated with a degree in entrepreneurship from FSU’s College of Business in 2015. O’Donnell is the founder and owner […]

Brian and Kathryn Ballard donate building to house entrepreneurship school

Published: February 8, 2016 | 10:51 am | Posted in: University News

The new home of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship.

Brian Ballard, CEO of Ballard Partners, and Kathryn Ballard, a Florida State University alumna and member of the FSU Board of Trustees, are giving the university a building valued at $1.1 million in downtown Tallahassee that will serve as the home of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship and the Jim Moran Institute for Global […]

FSU receives $100M to create the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship

Published: December 18, 2015 | 11:20 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University announced today the largest gift in its history — $100 million — from Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation to honor the late Jim Moran and create what will be the nation’s largest interdisciplinary, degree-granting school of entrepreneurship. The Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship will stand alone, offering and greatly expanding […]

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