(State News, April 6, 2016) College is easy on paper — Decide a major, learn about jobs in a career and start gaining experience to get a foot in the door. But for a different group of students, college is about creating a job. It’s about starting something on their own. “Various studies have suggested that 50 percent of students graduating in the next couple of years, at some point in their careers, will be working for themselves,” MSU director of undergraduate entrepreneurship Neil Kane said.
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(MSU College of Music, September 24, 2015) The trend toward following an entrepreneurial career path can be summed up in a single statistic: 40 percent. That figure, says Neil Kane, is one he sees over and over in reference to the percent of current high school seniors who will spend at least part of their careers self-employed after they graduate college in a few years.
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(George Anders, Forbes, July 29, 2015) In less than two years Slack Technologies has become one of the most glistening of tech’s ten-digit “unicorn” startups, boasting 1.1 million users and a private market valuation of $2.8 billion. If you’ve used Slack’s team-based messaging software, you know that one of its catchiest innovations is Slackbot, a helpful little avatar that pops up periodically to provide tips so jaunty that it seems human.
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Here MSU alumnus talk about his career and startup Ayyo Weekends.
What College Kids Need To Know About Entrepreneurship…Now Circle with Right Arrow Icon
(Forbes.com, September 30, 2015) These days, colleges and universities are designing programs specifically for undergrads eager to learn how to launch companies—in fact, classes teaching startup skills are in demand and becoming a must-have for any school worth its salt.
Neil Kane, MSU President Simon and Spartans Athletic Director Mark Hollis talking about entrepreneurship on Spartan Podcast Circle with Right Arrow Icon
(Spartan Podcast, September 29, 2015) “What’s emerging in the field of innovation is the necessity of having a lot of cross-discipline cooperation,” MSU’s new director of undergraduate entrepreneurship Neil Kane tells Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon and Spartans Athletic Director Mark Hollis on MSU Today. “It doesn’t make sense on any level to isolate entrepreneurism and believe that it maps to a traditional academic discipline or college.
Neil Kane interviewed on Spartan Podcast about creating an innovative culture Circle with Right Arrow Icon
(Spartan Podcast, August 13, 2015 ) Michigan State University has named a point person to continue developing a campuswide culture of entrepreneurship and innovation among its undergraduate students. Neil Kane is the university’s first director of undergraduate entrepreneurship. An experienced entrepreneur, business executive and Forbes contributor, Kane will create a unified entrepreneurship strategy and introduce new programs, courses and initiatives focused on entrepreneurship and innovation.