宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 sophomore Nino Efendic.
阿宾顿,爸爸. — The 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 LaunchBox, an early-stage business accelerator, is supporting an 阿宾顿 student who owns a commercial drone business.
Sophomore Nino Efendic operates Aerial Prospex, 它提供进度报告, 检查, and photogrammetry to the commercial real estate, 建设, 工程行业. He started consulting with LaunchBox and its director, Peter Hornberger, in the spring of 2019.
“LaunchBox is helping me with putting my business plan on paper and targeting the right customers through different exercises,埃芬迪奇说. “It’s helping me figure out the right language to use and selecting the right people so I get a response.”
This semester, Efendic is collaborating with students in MGMT 425 New Venture Creation. 参加课程的学生, 霍恩伯格教授的课程, operate as consultants for real-life clients, including Efendic and Aerial Prospex.
“Students are providing research into industries, finance and markets so Nino can make informed decisions about his business,霍恩伯格说. “They are functioning as consulting teams for real businesses instead of working on academic exercises. We work with real businesses via LaunchBox and with students to launch their businesses.”
“The stakes are higher now for the student consulting teams,” he continued. “We made it very real for the students. 这是主动学习. It’s more of a lab than an academic space.”
Efendic is not the only student entrepreneur engaging with the 阿宾顿 LaunchBox.
“There is a very good entrepreneurial climate at 阿宾顿," said Hornberger. "This is not a typical campus community since so many students are commuters, but we have a strong base of 企业家 here. We are giving these student 企业家 a space to interact.”
A drone from Aerial Prospex took this image of Philadelphia highways.
Efendic, who is a first-generation college student, became interested in drones about five years ago when his mentor gifted him a drone that wasn’t working.
“I fixed it and sold it, and bought another one and sold that, and upgraded from there. I got into it when it was more expensive,他说. “I used all my money, and it crashed. That led me to go commercial because I knew the drone was going to have to pay for itself.”
Last summer Efendic secured his pilot’s license, 责任保险, and registered Aerial Prospex as a business.
“I feel like I have the intuition to take good photos,他说.
Since he will be heading to University Park in the fall to complete his degree in mechanical engineering, Efendic is looking at businesses in the State College area.
“I am targeting everyone and everything from wedding photographers to cinematography and oil companies to solar and wind farms, but I really want to focus on commercial real estate and 建设 and engineering,他说.
About the 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 LaunchBox
The 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 LaunchBox is an early-stage business accelerator. As a signature program of Invent Penn State, it partners with a network of resources to offer continuing support to 企业家 and guide them through their startup journey.
The 阿宾顿 LaunchBox’s goal is to engage the community, 企业家, and students to enhance the vibrancy of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. A key focus of this initiative will be on creating a culture of innovation around the LaunchBox to increase the number of 企业家 in the community.
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