Last week we discussed HOW to get an idea, but what do we do once we have one. Well the answer is not simple, this is because going about the idealization, creation and distribution of a product or company requires resources and expertise. Here is the the MSU Hatch comes to play. The Spartan Community… Continue reading From ideas to Startups, a journey through MSU’s Hatch
As a senior, the future plans and uncertainties after graduation have been bothering me all the time. I have no plans for the future, and entrepreneurship is a distant goal for me. I hope to learn more skills and experience. When I have enough skills and experience, it is the time to start a new… Continue reading Step by Step Success
Creativity is not something that has always come easy to me. I was never good with it throughout grade school, and I was never a fan of the art classes we were required to take or any of those subjects. As I decided to enter the field of journalism, I realized that I need to… Continue reading Creativity: Everyone Has It
So many people sit back and judge the innovations that hit the market. Whether it be insisting that the internet was just a fad, or denying that an iPhone was actually worth the money, consumers jump at any opportunity to turn their nose up at what could be the next big thing. Not only do… Continue reading Not trying means learning nothing
I always have ideas, but then it would be soon denied by myself. “It’s not going to work,”, “no one would think the same way as me,” something like that would jump into my brain. I didn’t realize this process until I shared my starting up idea in class. MSU Hatch is a place where… Continue reading Inspiration at MSU Hatch
I’m afraid of failure and rejection. So coming up with a creative and smart startup idea for class was giving me major anxiety.nI didn’t feel like I had the next great idea that could change the world. I knew I wasn’t Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, or Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx. So when we… Continue reading You Can Start a Startup, too
When listening to Paul Jaques discuss the continuing entrepreneurial success of Michigan State students who come to The Hatch, there was one phrase in particular that stuck with me. Jaques, the Director of Student and Community Engagement for The Hatch — a coworking space owned by MSU for students to share, collaborate and develop business… Continue reading The lightbulb that went off at The Hatch
I’m glad I’m not the only one who comes up with ideas of new inventions in their rooms but are too afraid to share because of how left the idea might be. When I think about how most of my ideas have entered my mind, it all starts the same: The innovation addresses a problem… Continue reading Everyone can have an idea
Pitching can be hard. But it can also be pretty exciting. Listening to other students’ startup pitches last Wednesday was a really refreshing way to learn about how to sell an idea — and about my classmates. Each of us stood in front of the class with our elevator pitch. We had one minute to… Continue reading Having a place to innovate and people to innovate with
To me, there is something so unique about start-up companies. When people think of the world’s largest companies like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and thousands of other ginormous companies, they often forget they first originated as an idea. After getting a birds-eye view of MSU’s start-up company center, The Hatch, it gave me a unique perspective… Continue reading An Idea, Ready to Hatch
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