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What haven’t I learned?

May 3, 2017May 4, 2017 nadialorenczLeave a comment

Where do I even begin? This course has really opened my eyes to the intense world of entrepreneurship. I began this semester with the naïve perception that starting my own business would be a simple task and ended knowing that it’s one of the hardest, most rewarding things I could ever set out to do.… Continue reading What haven’t I learned?

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Marketing is Key

April 5, 2017 nadialorenczLeave a comment

Last week we visited RISE and I took away a lot of valuable information. We’ve learned a lot about creating a product that there is a market for and RISE demonstrated that perfectly. There was a need for organic natural teas and thus Bailey Tea Blends was created. Another aspect that MSU professor Dr. Laurie… Continue reading Marketing is Key

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Eric Thomas

April 1, 2017 nadialorenczLeave a comment

Eric Thomas is a successful motivational speaker who built a business from scratch. From a homeless high school dropout to a successful business man with a Ph.D., he embodies everything that it means to become an entrepreneur. I spoke with him about his journey. Nadia Lorencz: How have your life experiences led to you starting Eric Thomas… Continue reading Eric Thomas

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Detroit lessons: Passion is the key to business

March 29, 2017 nadialorenczLeave a comment

Last week’s trip to Detroit was one of my favorite class experiences while at MSU. I’m not from Michigan, I didn’t know about the rich culture that Detroit has to offer. For instance I had no idea that the city is set up like a wagon wheel or that the Irish originally settled in Corktown!… Continue reading Detroit lessons: Passion is the key to business

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Abigail Bassett: Get your hustle on

March 22, 2017 nadialorenczLeave a comment

I found our Skype session with freelance writer and producer Abigail Bassett to be extremely insightful. Up until we spoke with her, I wasn’t aware of the hustle that goes into being a freelance journalist. It never occurred to me that as a freelancer, you’d have to hunt people down for money or that for… Continue reading Abigail Bassett: Get your hustle on

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Show Me the Money

February 23, 2017 nadialorenczLeave a comment

This weeks reading was very intriguing to me. I have started working on a blog of my own and through research I’ve learned that bloggers get paid through ads. However, I never understood exactly how the ads worked. Do I reach out to companies? How much am I supposed to charge? aMany of my questions about… Continue reading Show Me the Money

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Your audience is your best friend

February 22, 2017 nadialorenczLeave a comment

This weeks readings gave me a better understanding of what it means to define your audience and market. Before, I thought “I’m sure there’s someone out there who will want to use my product.”However, the reality of that happening without me planning out my content to fit a certain type of viewer is very unlikely.… Continue reading Your audience is your best friend

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Takeaways from Donna Ladd

February 15, 2017 nadialorencz1 Comment

Last week we were able to Skype with Donna Ladd, co-founder of the Jackson Free Press. Through listening to both her life story and experiences, I was able to take away many valuable lessons that I know I keep with me throughout my own career. One point that Donna made was if your reason for… Continue reading Takeaways from Donna Ladd

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Coney Quest

February 12, 2017 nadialorenczLeave a comment

By Savannah Swix, Nadia Lorencz, Nicole Bush  Above: Listen to the sounds of a Sunday morning at Golden Harvest. Golden Harvest Location: 1625 Turner St, Lansing, MI 48906, Old Town Lansing Clientele: There were some college-age students, but also an older crowd.   Atmosphere (decoration, overall vibe): Golden Harvest is unlike any other coney that… Continue reading Coney Quest

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The PMARCA Guide to Startups

February 1, 2017 nadialorenczLeave a comment

By Nadia Lorencz The article that I read this week about start-ups posed some interesting takes on why you should and should not start your own company. In addition, it provided some insight into what the most important parts of a start-up are. For example: is the idea itself more important than the team who… Continue reading The PMARCA Guide to Startups

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    • Lessons Learned: Entrepreneurship Without Being an ‘Entrepreneur’
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    • Shanley Pearl’s Refreshing Definition of Success in Entrepreneurship
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  • Allia McDowell
    • Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators: Q & A with Kendall Kotcher
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    • Social Marketing: Put up your dukes or throw in the towel
    • The Line Between Media and Business is Blurry
    • What goes around comes around (for $237 million)
  • amsandoval4
    • Spartans Innovate Outro
    • LinkedIn: Professional FaceBook?
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    • An MVP Makes Your Business
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  • anhudy
    • Down to Detroit
    • Building, Measuring & Learning
    • Would You Pay Us for This?
    • In Search of the Perfect Coney
    • Know Your Enemy to Survive the Startup Game
  • ashleygibbard
    • Your crazy ideas may actually be a solution
    • When nothing builds to something
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    • Marketing is just as important as the product
    • The future of media with podcaster Michael O’Connell
  • anastasianiforos
    • JRN 450: You Have My Heart
    • Detroit Entrepreneurs and Their Roads to Success
    • Infiltrate the Target Market, Find the Customers
    • Start-ups: Have a Purpose and Develop a Plan
    • Follow Your (Startup) Dreams … With a Plan in Hand
  • BigTee724
    • What I Learned About Entrepreneurship
    • Picking the right place to advertise your business can help it sink or swim
    • Building a Network is Easier than it Seems
    • Gimlet Media: One Man Start-Up to $230 Million Sale
    • A Look Behind The Scenes of Building a Startup
  • Blair Waters
    • Pitchin’
    • ‘Grow tough skin’ and other advice from editor Donna Ladd
    • RISE and Land Grant Goods
    • A Detroit startup experience
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    • What I’ve Learned Throughout The Semester In my Media Innovation Course
    • Paigion Walker: Be Laser Focused on What You Want
    • A Day In the Motor City
    • The Good, The Bad and The Consequences of What You Create
    • Many Coney’s Fight For The #1 Spot, But Only One Can Take The Crown!
  • brenne55
    • I did it! I started my own business
    • Managing the stress of entrepreneurship
    • Social Media/Marketing
    • Detroit Startup Day tour
    • Making assumptions and proving a startup hypothesis
  • bridgetbartos5921
    • A Semester of work on one project
    • Which Social is the Best Social?
    • Bad ideas actually aren’t that bad
    • First Hand: Talking to entrepreneurial ​​journalists
    • The Coney Quest: How visiting three Coney Islands taught us about branding
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    • What I learned from (trying) to build an enterprise
    • The martial art of social media strategy
    • The advice I heard from Uncle Bob echoes to this day
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    • I was told to find a path out of journalism, but that’s the last thing I’m going to do
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    • Never stop asking “Why?”
    • Behind-the-scenes of an entrepreneur’s hustle
    • The power of an idea
    • The importance of building an authentic brand
    • Ricky Brandt’s passion for the digital world
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    • How Dorothy Hernandez Combines Entrepreneurship and Journalism
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    • Where will an MSU degree take me?
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    • The End is Finally Here!
    • Love is better than like
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    • Face Your Competition, Don’t Ignore It
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    • Alisa Parenti Explains How Bloomberg is Innovating
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    • Trick to Selling Subscriptions? Be So Good Your Audience Can’t Ignore You
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    • Successful startups begin with a fresh perspective
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    • Innovation: Not Just for Work or Class
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    • Fostering Innovation from Startup to Global Business
    • Entrepreneurship Lessons from Peter Shankman
    • Thoughts on Funding Local News
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    • Expanding my Own Brand
    • “This Should Exist…”
    • ‘Turning Fear Into Fun’
    • Peter Shankman: ‘If You’re Not Failing, You’re Not Trying Hard Enough’
    • Sometimes it Makes Sense to Charge for News
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    • What Riding a Bike Taught Me About Entrepreneurship
    • A Tour of Inspiration, Renovation and Motivation
    • Peter Shankman: How ADD Can Be a Gift
    • My First (Brand) Love Story
    • How my childhood lemonade stand taught me about competition
  • mckennaross
    • A Q&A with “Michigan Crime Stories” Podcast Creator Darcie Morgan
    • Everything in startups takes more work than expected
    • Finding your audience is more important than ever
    • The importance of networking and being nice
    • Selling and determining the worth of media
  • mikeepps23
    • Social Media: it’s tougher than you think
    • John Hill: Top 5 guest speaker
    • Podcasts: The Underrated Medium of Content
    • Does everyone still know what a newspaper is?
    • Creativity: Everyone Has It
  • nadialorencz
    • What haven’t I learned?
    • Marketing is Key
    • Eric Thomas
    • Detroit lessons: Passion is the key to business
    • Abigail Bassett: Get your hustle on
  • Sydney Naseef
    • Innovating the Ordinary
    • Is It a Wrap for Startup Sydney?
    • Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook with Gary V.
    • A Journalism Degree: Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
    • Spotify Acquisition: Gimlet Media enters new world
  • Chris Platte
    • My Trip To Detroit
    • When Creating a Startup, Be Ready For The Unexpected
    • An Anomaly in More Than One Way
    • Every Business Needs Allies
  • haimerlad
    • Is the future of journalism dim?
    • Innovation in media: Where are we going?
    • State of news media: I need to learn how to podcast
  • riannamiddleton
    • How Condé Nast’s Khadija Bush Balances Innovation and Intuition
    • Catching the Startup Bug
    • Why “Jabbing” is a Critical Component of a Social Media Strategy
    • The Power of a Journalism Degree
    • Where Do You Grow Growth Businesses?
  • Sophie L. Charboneau
    • JRN 450: What A Ride It’s Been
    • LaSharah Bunting Discusses the Future of Journalism
    • A Fax Machine?
    • Be a MVP by Creating a MVP
    • Eat A Vegetable or Two
  • sfmcglone
    • Freelancing is a whole new world
    • Journalism: Or, how I learned to worry even more and stay ambivalent
    • The Spark: How great ideas happen and why they matter
    • Journalists don’t make enough — it’s time to get mad
  • Simone Fenzi
    • My journey in Media Innovation
    • The Run on Social Media
    • You have a company, now find the price
    • Gannett, A Giant in a Dying Industry
    • From ideas to Startups, a journey through MSU’s Hatch
  • sswix17
    • JRN 450: A Window into the Future of Media and Entrepreneurship
    • How pizza delivery can relate to pitching your business plan
    • The importance of personal branding
    • A Social Media Strategy Swap with Layne Bernstein
    • Detroit: Just the beginning
  • Nicholas K. Stahl
    • 16 Weeks With Entrepreneurship
    • Aaron Bleyaert, A Leader In Entertainment
    • The Unexpected Trip to Detroit
    • The Inevitable and Unintended Consequences of Creation
    • A Lesson On Hard Work
  • rutaulcinaite
    • Meet Communication Expert Doug Black
    • The power of learning about entreprenuership
    • Put it on all the socials? Not so fast.
    • Entrepreneurship is Possible No Matter What you Study, Take it from the Professionals
    • Media is Still Profitable
  • Vanessa X
    • JRN450: A wonderful journey
    • Why They Success and How It Feel When You Have An Entrepreneur in Home.
    • Some Tips to Myself
    • Choice Matters to Marketing
    • What it’s like to work as a reporter in China
  • vincywen
    • “Why Not?”
    • Simple Idea Is Not Simple
    • Why does your startup fail?
    • Keep adapting as time goes on
    • The Brilliant Inheritance
  • whymepoetry
    • Keep Calm and Idea On
  • zimowang0201
    • Entrepreneurship Experience Reflection
    • Finding the right social media platform
    • Guest speakers bring career experiences
    • A path we could follow
    • Local news exist like oxygen
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