Share Your Time and Talent

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Connections to local business leaders, founders, investors and those active in the entrepreneurial ecosystem offer students a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights and build relationships that can shape their entrepreneurial journeys. Through our extensive network of alumni and friends, students gain access to diverse perspectives, real-world experience and essential resources to help them launch startups or grow as entrepreneurs. By fostering these connections, you play a crucial role in supporting entrepreneurial-minded students, many of whom are already — or aspire to be — business owners.

Mentor

The Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship strives to connect students and alumni to share advice, ask questions and learn from each other to achieve personal growth, professional development and career success.

Mentoring offers rewarding experiences for both students and mentors, as we work to pair students with professional entrepreneurs who have similar interests and attitudes toward creating successful businesses. We have a diverse pool of students who are eager to make contact with someone who has learned the process of how to turn a business idea into a reality.

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Serve as a Judge

We seek community members who bring experience and perspectives from diverse fields, and make valuable contributions as role models, mentors and supporters of student learning. Your candid and honest feedback, delivered in supportive ways, has come to be one of the most appreciated aspects of the center's events, according to our students.

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Serve as an Entrepreneurship Community Fellow

Help us build tomorrow's business leaders. As a Entrepreneurship Community Fellow, you will enhance the knowledge of our student entrepreneurs, expand their networks and create a lasting impact on the future drivers of the Nebraska economy. We realize your time is limited, so we ask all fellows be willing to donate their time twice annually through an avenue of their choice, such as networking with students at our annual conference, serving as a guest speaker, mentor or competition judge, or provide expertise to students' research.

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Speak to Our Students

We invite business leaders, founders, investors, and those active in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to guest speak in our classes and workshops. By sharing your experience and offering practical advice, you can inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. Your real-world examples of decision-making and problem-solving will provide students with invaluable insights that help them navigate the challenges of business leadership. Additionally, employers can sign up to visit with students or conduct resume reviews or learning sessions as an Employer in Residence, offered each day in Hawks Hall.

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Hire Our Students

Handshake is the place for students to search and apply for internships, co-ops, part-time and full-time jobs. If you need help with the online platform, reach out to the Business Career Center.

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