Events By Tag: “CENTER FOR ENTREPRENURIAL LEADERSHIP”

  • The 24 Hour Hack: Turning Time Into Your Superpower

    Student Union: The Blackstone LaunchPad

    Ever wish you had more hours in the day? Balancing personal passions and professional goals can feel like a constant juggling act in today's fast-paced world. This session will show you how to turn your 24 hours into a superpower. We’ll dive deep into practical strategies for mastering time management, helping you thrive in your personal and professional life. From …

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  • Unconventional Paths: Turning Your Story Into Your Superpower

    Student Union: The Blackstone LaunchPad

    Join Orlando Poet Laureate, mental health therapist, and UCF alum Camara Gaither for a dynamic workshop for student innovators. Drawing from her nonlinear journey, Camara will guide students in embracing their own stories as a source of creativity and courage. Through writing prompts, group discussions, and hands-on exercises, participants will discover how to connect with their authenticity, align with their …

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  • From Idea to Scale: What It Really Takes to Build and Grow a Startup

    Student Union: The Blackstone LaunchPad

    Jason Quintana is a startup executive who helped scale a high-growth technology company from 15 employees to over 300 globally with $100 Million in funding and is also the founder of his own emerging startup. In this session, Jason will break down what it actually takes to go from idea to scale—sharing real-world lessons on execution, growth, and the mistakes founders …

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  • Joust Information Session No. 1

    Student Union: The Blackstone LaunchPad

    Get a head start learning how to compete and win in UCF's most prestigious and rewarding entrepreneurship competition, THE JOUST! This interactive session will review preparation, application, and competition timelines as well as event rules and success tips. Join us - you can't win if you don't play!

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  • First Steps: Starting the Entrepreneurial Journey

    Virtual

    In this talk, Matthew will walk you through the journey of starting various businesses in undergrad, sharing the big and small lessons learned. We will dive into how resilience is built step-by-step and how the hardest part of starting a business is just taking that first step. By the end, you will see that getting started in entrepreneurship is much …

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  • From Waitress to Shark Tank: How 5 Majors, Multiple Rejections, and 'Useless' Jobs Built a Multi-Million-Dollar Company

    Virtual

    Kaycee Jones is the perfect example of how a winding path can lead to a destination you never imagined. She went from being a waitress with five different college majors and a resume full of 'random' jobs to becoming a Shark Tank entrepreneur and building a multi-million-dollar company. As the co-founder of Apolla Performance, she combined her background in kinesiology …

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  • The H.E.R.O. Method: How to Build a Business That Works

    Student Union: The Blackstone LaunchPad

    A proven framework for mindset, branding, automation, and growth that helps aspiring founders turn ideas into a sustainable business model. Building a business isn’t about hustle or having everything figured out. It’s about having a system that works. In this session, Nicole Perpillant introduces the H.E.R.O. Method, the core framework taught inside HERO Academy to help entrepreneurs move from ideas …

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  • Joust Information Session #2

    Student Union: The Blackstone LaunchPad

    Get a head start learning how to compete and win in UCF's most prestigious and rewarding entrepreneurship competition, THE JOUST! This interactive session will review preparation, application, and competition timelines as well as event rules and success tips. Join us - you can't win if you don't play!

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