Ball State Entrepreneurs Receive Grants
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The Entrepreneurship Center at Ball State University has provided four students with pre-seed fund grants to assist in developing and advancing their entrepreneurial ventures. The center offers the $2,500 grants twice a year for venture development.
The fund was established to help students take their new business concepts from idea to prototype. They range from a tiny home rental venture to a cupcake company.
Ball State says the funds have historically been used to conduct market surveys, create digital renderings, earn certifications, and more.
“We have increasingly seen students’ ideas cease to develop because of a lack of funding. Many ideas are too early for bank loans or angel investors, so the pre-seed fund helps bridge the gap and helps our students take those early steps,” said Krystal Geyer, assistant director of the Entrepreneurship Center.
This semester’s winners are:
- Hunter Beale, a senior Entrepreneurship and Innovation major, who will use the funding to hire a designer to make 3D renderings for his concept Simpler Living, a Tennessee-based tiny home rental company
- Emali Grose, a senior Entrepreneurship major, will use the money to procure 3D renderings for EMG Commercial Development, a property development firm specializing in Midwest town revitalization.
- Holden Robinson, a junior Entrepreneurship and Innovation major, plans to use the funding to build a prototype for Relixir, a subscription service for nutritional supplements.
- Ani’a Walker, a senior Entrepreneurship major is using her grant funds to take her high-end cupcake company, Puff’s Pastries, to the next level.
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