Episode 66: The VEP Effect - How Spears Business is Empowering Wounded Warriors Through Entrepreneurship
When an ad for OSU’s Veterans Entrepreneurship Program appeared on retired staff sergeant Mike Burns' Facebook feed, the wounded warrior saw it as an answered prayer. Despite his struggles stemming from battlefield injuries, including an above-the-knee amputation and a traumatic brain injury, Burns knew the VEP would give him the tools to help other veterans just like himself.
It did that and more. Burns used the skills he learned at VEP to establish a nonprofit that now helps veterans across 47 states – Operation Pay it Forward.
Dean Jim Payne and Stephen Howard from Spears Business sat down with Burns and Chad Mills, director of the Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, to explore how the Riata Center’s intensive 8-day VEP bootcamp transforms military heroes into entrepreneurs through rigorous training from expert business leaders.
Veterans Entrepreneurship Program
Operation Pay it Forward
20 Nov 2024
Episode 65: Breaking New Ground – A Conversation with the Woman Leading the LA Clippers into a New Era, Gillian Zucker
Gillian Zucker shares her vision for redefining professional sports leadership and innovation, empowering the next generation of business leaders in the evolving sports industry.
31 Oct 2024
Episode 64: Pearl of Wisdom – How one Spears Business faculty member is turning AI into an ally for higher ed
When artificial intelligence became a buzzword on campuses across the globe, many faculty members shuddered at the thought of rampant cheating and zombified students whose brains would atrophy like a muscle no longer being used. Not Dr. Pearl Sumathi. The Spears Business management professor developed a passion for demystifying AI for students and faculty alike, and she’s even dedicated her postdoc work to its implementation in higher ed.
Dean Jim Payne and Stephen Howard sat down with Pearl to find out how she’s using her 20 years of industry experience to produce groundbreaking and creative ideas for AI in the classroom and beyond.
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