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7 Steps To Build Your Personal Brand – Currents Magazine Spring 2016

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Graphic by Nate Barton“Personal branding involves managing your reputation, style, look, attitude and skill set the same way that a marketing team would run the brand for a bag of Doritos or bottle of shampoo,” Colin Wright, a successful author, blogger, entrepreneur and full-time world traveler, wrote. Even though Wright isn’t necessarily a household name, … [Read more...] about 7 Steps To Build Your Personal Brand – Currents Magazine Spring 2016

Pepperdine Entrepreneurship Strikes Colorful Note

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Photos by Gabriella ChanKristina Hsieh, junior and IMC major, is paving a path for young Seaver entrepreneurs. Hsieh and two of her high school classmates, Rachel Giusti and Aaron Tom, created a coloring book company this summer, geared specifically toward young adults. Their company, Coffee Break Ink (respect for their pun), is now available on Etsy and from the creators … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Entrepreneurship Strikes Colorful Note

Success Suits Pepperdine Alumni

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A Pepperdine alumnus is making huge waves in the tuxedo and suit rental industry, all because of a few bad wedding photos. Andrew Blackmon, a 2007 Seaver graduate, and co-founder Patrick Coyne, got the idea to start The Black Tux after a negative experience Blackmon had while renting suits for his own wedding. Knowing what the suit rental options were, he and his … [Read more...] about Success Suits Pepperdine Alumni

Pepperdine Named One of “Most Entrepreneurial Universities”

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Photo Courtesy of Pepperdine Entrepreneur Club Pepperdine is making waves nationally after being named one of America’s “most entrepreneurial universities” by Forbes. The business magazine released a list of the nations top 50 entrepreneurial schools in its Aug. 18 issue. Stanford took the number one spot, while Pepperdine was listed at No. 9. “These are schools where … [Read more...] about Pepperdine Named One of “Most Entrepreneurial Universities”

How to be a pumpkin entrepreneur

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Mike Michalowicz, author of “The Pumpkin Plan” and director of outreach at Nextiva.com, surveyed the crowd as he stepped up to the microphone last Thursday night. At 24, Michalowicz and his family lived out of a retirement home. He had quit his job and decided to start his own business with no contacts, no experience and no savings. That changed as he founded three … [Read more...] about How to be a pumpkin entrepreneur