Penn State University Park - Entrepreneurship Essentials: Lessons Worth Remembering

The 18-credit intercollege minor at Penn State in entrepreneurship has grown dramatically since 2013. The reality is that most students will not pursue entrepreneurship on a full-time basis upon graduating. The average entrepreneur is around 41 years of age with at least seven years’ experience in an established business. However, it is sometimes difficult to know in life when the entrepreneurial ‘spirit’ will emerge around a unique product or service idea. It is during this time that basic elements of entrepreneurship should be known in order to help create a product or service of value. This talk will review key elements in entrepreneurship that should be part of any prospective entrepreneur’s tool box. The presentation is for students and others interested in entrepreneurship essentials.

 

Frank Koe

Penn State College of Engineering

Associate Professor, Engineering Entrepreneurship
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Frank Koe, Ph.D., has held positions as Director of The Design Center at Philadelphia University, Vice President and Director of Restoration (an intrapreneurial venture he initiated) at Scalamandre where projects included The White House, restoration of the Andrew Johnson Suite in the US Department of Treasury, Washington, DC, and The Breakers, Rosecliff, and Marble House, properties operated by the Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, Rhode Island.

His academic experiences include serving as Professor and Chairman of the Education Department at Saint Francis University of Pennsylvania, Dean of the New York School of Interior Design, Acting Dean of the Baker School of Business and Technology at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), and Associate Director of the Berkley Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Stern School of Business, New York University and Director of the Executive MBA program at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). 

For 17 years, Frank has operated a business he founded based on hunting and fishing products he invented and marketed to stores such as Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods.

Frank has published, lectured, and consulted nationally and internationally on topics related to the teaching and learning process, design, entrepreneurship, and textiles. While writing his text on textiles and textile technology, Fabric for the Designed Interior, he was named Writer-in-Residence at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution in New York City.
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