Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation - University of Missouri

As the co-founder of Start Right Foods, former Mizzou Tigers football player Clint Matthews believes the grit, discipline and persistence needed on the football field has proven to be invaluable for his business success.

Clint and his business partner Kyle Rood, another former Mizzou student-athlete, have watched their high-protein breakfast food company grow from a couple of waffle irons and a rent-a-kitchen in Columbia to its current facility in St. Louis.

Learn more about Clint’s entrepreneurial journey and his advice for Mizzou students with entrepreneurial dreams, Tuesday October 19.

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When Covid first hit, Columbia hospitality industry didn’t shut down or decrease his operations.
He expanded.
Find out why by joining our Zoom event Thu Sep 30, 12:30-1:30 pm.
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Learn about opportunities to join research faculty on entrepreneurship projects in this upcoming workshop Thursday September 30, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Register at MU Engage

The final speakers panel in our Neurodiversity event series is about inclusion. Register on MU Engage.

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If you have registered for this event on MU Engage, please ensure that you arrive early to get a seat.

We know interest in this topic is high so we are planning another one for later this semester.

Watch this space….

The Entrepreneurship Alliance Fall 2021 program begins this week.
Complete the 10-week program and potentially receive funding to help start your business.
You don’t have to have an idea to join, the program is designed to help you identify an opportunity you could pursue.


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Did you know? Autistm traits are often missed or ignored in women because they tend to mask their autistic traits more than males in an attempt to fit in.

Just like males, autistic women can struggle socially and have difficulty catching on to others intentions and reading social cues. Higher societal expectations placed on women to be socially aware mean they are more likely to mask their symptoms and as a result of this pressure, often get diagnosed with anxiety or depression.

In this conversational event, learn more about this research and hear from autistic women who have found strategies that enable them to be their authentic selves.

The second of our neurodiversity in entrepreneurship speaker panels is focused on ADHD. Learn how having ADHD can provide potential advantages for growing a business in this speaker panel featuring Dr. James Bort from the Trulaske College of Business and Mizzou student entrepreneurs.

We have a grant from VentureWell to increase female leadership in technology-focused ventures. This means we are looking to provide funding to female-led teams of students who want to develop a tech-based idea.
You don’t have to be a coder or have a fully fleshed out idea - we will guide you through these processes.
You don’t even need to have a team.
Just come alone tonight and pitch your idea (or get inspired by the other pitchers and find a team to join).
This could be the opportunity that changes your whole life!

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is partnering with the Office of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity to host a series of speaker panels focused on raising awareness of neurodiversity in entrepreneurship.

In this first one, Department of Psychological Sciences PhD student Courtney Jorgenson Bernardin will share her research on how and why autistic females attempt to mask or hide their autistic traits more than males and why, because of this, autistic women are “hiding in plain sight”.

In future panels we will discuss the benefits of being neurodivergent for entrepreneurship, and how we can create a more inclusive environment at Mizzou for neurodivergent students, staff, and faculty.

Attention student entrepreneurs:

We want to help you gain more customers - and more sales!

A display space in Cornell Hall has been created for you to display your products and gain increased awareness of your business.

Email Dr. Annette Kendall for more info [email protected]

Change of venue for tonight’s WINVENT speakers panel. Please help us spread the word so that we don’t have students miss out because they got