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“Presenting this year’s award for district manager of the year is last year’s winner.”

Thunderous applause filled the room as she took the stage. Once the crowd of nearly 200 financial advisors got a good look at her, the cheers turned to objectifying jeers as if the stage was a catwalk at a night club.

She didn’t object to the catcalling, probably thinking it was a national conference awards banquet and the timing wasn’t right, but it seemed like this churlish behavior was far from new to her. Rather than berate or indulge, she smiled and presented this year’s winner.

The conference was in the waning months of my summer internship and other than the difference between a traditional and Roth IRA there was only one thing I learned: this isn’t Fisher.

Fisher contains a great blend of students from all backgrounds. The undergraduate student body is 41 percent female, 35 percent non-white and nearly 20 percent international students. A diverse and inclusive university was a key factor in my college decision, and three years later I find myself without regrets and incredibly grateful for the environment created at Ohio State’s business college. There are a dozen diverse student organizations

for business students and in classes students from different backgrounds engage with one another academically and socially. This issue, Fisher Ink aims to highlight some of these students you see every day in Schoenbaum and their extraordinary accomplishments.

As I am learning in my Organizational Behavior and Human Resources class, company culture is key and should be at the forefront of your selection process when deciding where to work. When I left this internship and began searching for next summer’s, I knew exactly what I wanted. A company culture like Fisher; where bright minds are also open minds.

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NEWS

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FACES OF FISHER 13Fisher is the most diverse college at Ohio State with a student body that is 20 percent international, meet some of these high-achieving students who could be sitting next to you in your upcoming classes.

OSU CHANGES MINOR 5The Entrepreneurship minor gets revamped in time for spring scheduling.

PURSU IT 6While getting his MBA at Fisher, Nate DeMars came up with the idea for a business that he says “changed my life.”

SAY WHAT!? 4The latest survey results of Fisher students reveal how they ended up in Columbus.

BRIDGING THE GAP 8Leaders from both sides of Woodruff are joining to take advantage of the strengths of business and engineering students.

A CITY-WIDE TREND 10With the successful implementation of Car2Go, Test City, USA also unveiled its innovation in a different system of transformation sharing: CoGo Bikes.

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Clearer, Broader, BetterThe Entrepreneurship minor is getting a new name and new direction, and will be available this spring to all students.

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Want to start your own business? Take your ideas into practice? Or just expand

your sphere of knowledge? With the first breeze of spring in the air, the new Entrepreneurship & Innovation Minor will launch next semester, providing a fresh, novel and thrilling new venture for students to explore.

The planning of this revised minor traces back to last year, when the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center convened a curricular committee of faculty and students to work on improving the existing minor program.

The content of the new minor follows the curricular framework of creation, capture, and delivery, covering general knowledge related to business, design and engineering. The aim of the minor, according to professor Michael Bills, is to train students in critical thinking, problem solving, and taking an idea into the market. The minor also places a strong emphasis on teaching students how to collaborate. “It is not just a typical business minor,” says Bills, who was on the minor revision committee. “Rather, it is a multi-disciplinary minor that teaches students to be truly “T- shaped”

people. Students need the vertical part of the ‘T’, which means the expertise of their specialization to succeed. But the horizontal part, which stands for ability to collaborate across disciplines, is also essential.” Bills mentions that as the world becomes more integrated, it will face more complex problems, which usually require multiple fields to work together to find a solution.

For the coming spring, revised minor will be open to all students at Ohio State. Students are advised to start this minor early in their sophomore or junior years, since it could take three to five semesters to complete.

Minor students will gain valuable experience in learning how to develop entrepreneurial skills, think critically, and monetize their field of study, which can prove very worthwhile in the current marketplace. For instance, engineering can use the knowledge to incorporate business implications into design, and turn an invention into something truly innovative. Meanwhile, business students can learn the role of creativity, engineering and ideation of products and services that can improve the prospect of a new venture.

The minor is not just for students who are interested in developing new

businesses; it is equally applicable to students who may work for already established companies in the future. In fact, 95 percent of our population ends up working in existing businesses instead of start-ups. Even in corporate environments, entrepreneurship and innovation-related skills are highly sought after, just as much as they are in start-ups. In other words, no matter what major you are in or what career you are pursuing, you can certainly make use out of the revised Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor.

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FISHER

PURSUIT

Ever notice those kids at the job fair that seem to be wearing their dads’ suits from twenty years ago?

Nate DeMars certainly did.DeMars is a Wisconsin native who received his

undergraduate degree from The University of Minnesota Duluth. Following graduation, he worked for Whirlpool, a Fortune 500 Company. After four years in the corporate world, Nate decided to pursue an MBA at the Fisher College of Business.

While in the MBA program, DeMars decided to take a class that would ultimately change the rest of his life. It was in this entrepreneurship class that he worked on a business plan for a hypothetical business and Pursuit was born.

On campus, DeMars noticed an abundance of events at Fisher that required men to wear suits, many of which were fitted poorly. Nate explains, “I was not a fashionable guy, but I was going through the process where I was getting close to graduation, and I had not bought a new suit in a while. I saw people at the career fairs, and everyone was wearing the same

Nate DeMars, Fisher MBA graduate and founder of Pursuit, shares the inspiration, struggles and success stories that went into starting his own business.

story jeff ruick || art marissa alsip


thing and I thought someone must be selling everyone this thing.” As a result, Nate decided to model his business for a modern, slim fitting suit store targeted at college men.

After receiving encouragement from his professor, DeMars acted on his business plan and opened up a store called Pursuit at the South Campus Gateway.

One of the biggest obstacles DeMars faced was his lack of experience in the fashion retail industry. “In my circumstance, I was starting a business in which I had little experience. Most people have a strong desire from the get go to open a clothing store, whereas I started from scratch and had to learn the baseline knowledge about the industry without knowing much about suits.”

Overcoming this hurdle turned out to be one of Pursuit’s biggest assets. “The flipside of not having a fashion background was that a lot of our audience comes to us because they know we have something that fits their style and something they didn’t originally know much about, which made us more relatable.”

DeMars credits another obstacle that most entrepreneurs face - a lack of funds - as another competitive edge. “We scrapped together credit cards just to start the business, but that shoe string budget forced us to be clever and work relentlessly.”

Three short years later, Pursuit is here to stay.Originally, DeMars’ plan was to open for a few months,

signing short-term loans for his Gateway shop, and then pack up and move on to another college campus. Because of the success Pursuit has seen, however, DeMars’ plans on inking a long-term lease for the shop in the coming months.

In addition to the store, DeMars introduced something truly unique to the fashion retail industry: the SuiteMobile. SuiteMobile is a mobile suit shop, similar to a food truck, which DeMars takes to college campuses throughout Ohio. According to DeMars, the SuiteMobile allows Pursuit to increase exposure while planting the seeds for Pursuit’s next goal: expansion.

As Pursuit continues its ascent, DeMars hopes for more than just Midwest domination. In fact, Pursuit aspires to add locations at college campuses around the nation. “Our stated goal from day one has involved becoming the largest retailer of suits for young men in the country.”

From the Northwoods of Wisconsin to Columbus, Ohio, Nate DeMars has crafted a unique business idea at Ohio State that has changed the way students prepare for the professional world. But he is not yet satisfied. He will continue this pursuit until students nationwide have the resources to look good and feel confident as they head into the real world.

Our stated goal from day one has been to form business plans to be largest retailer of suits to young men in the country.

Nate DeMars, CEO & Founder of Pursuit


BRIDGINGFor the times they are a-changin’.” -Bob Dylan

The words “innovation” and “Silicon Valley” have become almost synonymous. Whether it be Apple’s

iProducts, Google’s Glasses, Tesla’s electric cars, or Uber’s car service, Silicon Valley just cannot seem to stop pumping out technological advances that grab headlines the world over. All of this is done much to the envy of numerous other countries and cities, and none of them are sitting on their laurels as they all try to copy Silicon Valley’s success.

Unfortunately for them, they will probably all fail, since you generally cannot beat someone at their own game. But that is okay. Marc Andreessen, the famous Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-founder of the Venture Capital firm,

Andreessen Horowitz, noted in a recent op-ed on Politico that, “Policymakers shouldn’t be trying to copy Silicon Valley. Instead, they should be figuring out what domain is (or could be) specific to their region”. Andreessen argues that cities and states should look at their unique resources and regulatory environments and pursue innovation hubs that can thrive in those contexts.

So what about Columbus? The city’s arguably greatest asset is its intellectual resource that is The Ohio State University. With one of the highest number of undergraduates in the nation, OSU should be providing a fountain of innovators to the city’s economy. This, however, has yet to be realized. Jake Larkin, president of the Business Builders Club, an entrepreneurial club at OSU, believes that the student culture could be at fault. “We’ve always said that Woodruff Avenue is about a mile long, but 100 miles wide.” The reference? Woodruff Avenue is the street that divides the College of Engineering and the Fisher College of Business. Students from

“Don’t mix business with pleasure - or engineering. As Business Builders Club president Jake Larkin put it, “Woodruff Avenue is a mile long, but 100 miles wide.” But with his new student organization, Crosswoodruff, he hopes to bridge that gap.


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both schools have been known to have serious misconceptions of each other, a problem that has created an unfortunately, polarizing attitude between them. The end result for entrepreneurial-minded students from both schools, pointed out by Larkin, is, “Either a business student is lost trying to bring their business model to life without a technical background, or an engineer is at a loss trying to market and sell their cool hack.” This type of culture is very different from student cultures of colleges around Silicon Valley, where business and engineering students collaborate to create numerous student projects and startups every semester.

But all is not lost. The culture of this generation is much more pro-innovation minded, with a much higher

regard for great ideas than with whom or where the ideas came from. These days more Engineering

students are business minded, and more business students are looking to learn

technical skills. This culture shift has put into motion a new

organization on campus, CrossWoodruff. Founded

by Jake Larkin in collaboration

with

numerous other technical, entrepreneurial, and business-minded student organizations, CrossWoodruff hopes to bring innovation-minded students together to collaborate on bringing their ideas to life.

One avenue for this type of collaboration is hackathons. Contrary to what tech-pop-culture leads many to believe, hackathons have nothing to do with illegal security breaches. Rather, a hackathon is a competition where teams compete in a given time period (usually around 24 hours) to build a product. In essence, it is a 24-hour product cycle to try and get to an initial prototype. Hackathons have previously been engineer-only events, but CrossWoodruff is looking into incorporating a business pitch element. Business students and Engineering students will be teamed up to develop an idea, build a product, and pitch the result before a panel of judges.

This is just the beginning of what CrossWoodruff hopes to accomplish. Together, with hackathons, cross-club presentations, skill sharing, and other unannounced plans, these organizations hope to foster an entrepreneurial culture at OSU that is not only competitive in the Midwest, but in the entire nation. While certainly in the early stages of a much longer process, it is a great first step to searching out Columbus’ “domain”, and if anything, it is certainly a sign that the times are indeed a-changin’.

story jason almeida || art devin casey


SUSTAINABILITY:

A CITY-WIDE TREND

Imagine waking up late for class and, upon stepping out of your dorm or house, there was a rack

of bikes waiting as your saving grace. With the development and rapid expansion of the CoGo Bike Share System, this may soon be a possibility. Just as Ohio State is continually making strides to advance sustainability projects and awareness, Columbus, Ohio is initiating significant improvements

in sustainable practices city-wide. In 2013, the city of Columbus improved, amongst other things, transportation and energy efficiency. One significant contribution has been the institution of the CoGo Bike Share System.

The CoGo Bike Share is a system that allows citizens to rent bicycles from any station around the city, ride it to various destinations, and return it to another station.

Prior to instituting this system, Columbus wanted to ensure the idea was feasible, would solve a legitimate problem, and that the bikes and payment systems were constructed durably. In order to do this, CoGo staff members traveled to cities with established Bike Share systems, such as Boston (Hubway Bike share) and D.C. (Capital Bike share), and determined that the key to success was ensuring that the area covered

C-BUSINESS

The city of Columbus is always at the cutting edge of everything, from culinary arts to the art of business. With the successful implementation of Car2Go, Test City, USA also unveiled a different system of transformation sharing: CoGo Bikes.

story chris wiser || art laura peshek


A CITY-WIDE TRENDand the density of station placement was ideal for normal citizen use. The resulting Columbus system is comprised of 30 bike racks and 300 bikes that cover a 5 square mile radius around downtown.

Next to CoGo, another sustainable development in Columbus involved the installation of solar panels on top of the City Fleet Maintenance Building. As one of the most notable projects in 2013, this allows the City Fleet Maintenance Building to run 60% off solar energy. The fleet contained in this building includes several hundred vehicles that are either hybrid, E-85, biodiesel or compressed natural gas. As a part of the movement away from crude oil and to alternative fuel, several COTA buses have transferred to compressed natural gas, with plans to switch the rest in the future. Additionally, all Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) buses now have bike racks mounted to the front of them as a part of the project Bike ‘n Bus. This makes overall transportation more efficient by allowing citizens to effectively ride long distances using the bus, then travel short distances using

their bike. The Bike ‘n Bus program, along

with the creation of 12.7 more miles of bike paths and the institution and expansion of the CoGo Bike Share system make it apparent that

alternative forms of transportation are increasingly encouraged in Columbus.

Following a new sponsorship from Medical Mutual, CoGo plans to install 8 or 9 more racks and begin expanding North towards The Short North, South towards German

Village, and West towards Franklinton. CoGo believes

these areas will respond well to the Bike Share

system and has plans to continue expanding out in all directions from the city. Memberships for CoGo are $75/ year for unlimited use or $6 for unlimited 24-hour use. However, the purpose of CoGo is to allow more flexibility in downtown travel, facilitate tourism, and

promote physical activity, so users may enjoy

unlimited 30-minute rides free of charge. The integration

and rapid expansion of the CoGo bike share system prove that sustainability in Columbus is a priority, just as it is on the Ohio State campus. Such a positive response in just one year begs the question, could CoGo bike stations begin popping up on Ohio State campus next?

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The BDAA at OSU is a pioneer in this field and

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marketplace we live in today.”

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Chase & Co., we have set the standard

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What do all the faces of Fisher have in common? They are Fisher students. Their backgrounds and journeys to Columbus, however, are as diverse as their achievements. From all corners of the state, country and globe, we highlight

some of those ambitious business men and women.

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Sarah Jadwin 20Megan Holstein 22

Yibo Zhang 23Rosemary Garry 23

Chris Acosta 14Toby Friedman 14

Mariah Scott 15Dominic DiCamillo 16


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CHRIS ACOSTA

How have you made an impact in your student organization?I have impacted the Accounting Association by helping with the transition to FisherU, Fisher’s new way to interect with and serve undergraduates.

How are the organizations you’re in important to you?Out in Business is important to me because I think it is important for Fisher to have such a community, one that provides a safe and accepting space for the LGBTQ community while also providing opportunities and information that can benefit those interested in

the business field.

What do you like most about Fisher?The opportunities which exist because of the high quality of Fisher and the Fisher Alumni.

How have you made an impact in your student organization?I am responsible for all the promotional materials broadcasted to the public—the weekly maintenance of our website and social media outlets as well as any flyers and posters that promote our events and meetings. I also organize visits to other LGBTQ organizations within Ohio State to recruit business majors.

Involvement outside of Fisher:I work as a student Accountant at The Blackwell Inn and I am also working part-time as an extension of my previous summer internship at Eaton Corporation doing Corporate Treasury.

Involvement outside of Fisher:I am a mentor for Q*mmunity, the cohort group for first-years within OSU that identify within the LGBTQ community, and I am a mentor for my scholars program, International Affairs Scholars.

Major Accounting and Management Information Systems

Major Marketing

Hometown Toledo, Ohio

Hometown Circleville, Ohio

Involvement VP of Technology, Marketing and Communications, Accounting Association \\ Executive VP of International Operations, Fisher Citizenship Program

Involvement VP of Marketing and Recruitment, Out in Business

Get involved! It is a great way to make Ohio State (and Fisher) seem smaller and a great way to make Columbus feel like home by putting down roots and by helping to make a difference. “


Mariah Scott exemplifies leadership within the Fisher community. Scott, a senior, has made an impact as the former President of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA). In fact, she was named the 2013-14 Fisher College of Business President of the Year. “Being a student leader has given me a pedestal to make a difference. I am able to make my ideas come to life, and people are willing to listen,” Scott explains.

As President of NABA, Scott accomplished several milestones. This includes the Freshman Success Series, a tutoring program that assists minority students with their studies. Scott adds, “We also introduced corporate sponsors. This funding allowed us to take our organization to the next level.”

Recognized for her success, Scott was 1 of 230 students selected to attend a career development program held by Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT). MLT, a premiere platform for the development of high-achieving, diverse talent, provided career guidance and a peer network for Scott to utilize. She ultimately received the MLT Career Prep 2014 Bar of Excellence Award, which honored the top 1% of her class.

Scott has been an important contributor to the diversity initiatives at Ohio State. In her role as Undergraduate Representative for the Fisher College of Business Educational & Professional Diversity Committee, Scott helped coordinate the first Fisher Convocation for Underrepresented Students, in which incoming minority freshman participated. Her impact in the undergraduate community has been noticed when she was selected for the prestigious Pace Setter Award last year.

Becoming a Pace Setter last year was an especially momentous occasion for Scott. “To me, a Pace Setter means to go beyond whatever the set expectation is for you and to leave a legacy at Fisher.” In addition, Scott has been selected as Accounting Ambassador, in which she is currently the student representative for Fisher’s Department of Accounting and MIS. As ambassador, Scott assisted in the marketing efforts for the Accounting Career Fair, which hosted 350 students and 45 companies.

Scott, who plans to pursue a Master in Accounting, advises students to have a presence on campus. “You might not be the smartest, but always have a say and make your presence known.”

MARIAH SCOTTstory adam zimmerman


Major Accounting

Hometown Columbus, Ohio

Involvement Former president, National Association of Black Accountants \\ Accounting Ambassador


LABOLGlobal business is a captivating study

for Dominic DiCamillo, who recently participated in the Ohio Export

Internship Program. Following a semester-long course focused on international business, the selective program matches students with internships at small and medium-sized Ohio companies. Companies from a variety of industries are involved and aim the internship objectives toward international trade efforts.

DiCamillo, a junior from Canon City, Colorado, was paired with Raindrop Products, LLC, a manufacturer of splash pads and spray grounds, in Ashland, Ohio this summer. Tasked with researching markets of interest, such as Latin America and the Middle East, DiCamillo explains, “I identified trade shows and utilized government resources to seek out potential trade partners.” He even travelled internationally during the internship. “They sent me to Managua, Nicaragua to deliver a project and test a controller program I had built over the summer.”

To prepare students for the internship, the course component included a group export project. DiCamillo reflects, “We developed an export plan for a product which we were assigned, and presented on what we learned throughout the course.” The product assigned to DiCamillo’s group involved exporting frozen pizza to Canada. “It was a great learning experience. We looked up the market research and technical details, such as logistics and pricing,” he comments. His group’s research and content were so impressive that the course instructors selected them to present

in front of author James Foley, who wrote the course textbook. The export project provided DiCamillo with a working knowledge of international trade, which he could apply to his internship.

In another short-term study abroad, in the spring, DiCamillo enrolled in the Sustainable Business Global Lab, which journeyed to a different part of Central America – Costa Rica. “Coming into Ohio State, I desired global business. Fisher has defined what opportunities lay within that dream,” he remarks. Currently, DiCamillo assists in the recruiting and planning of international programs at Fisher’s Office of Global Business, allowing him to interact with faculty.

DiCamillo wishes to pursue a career in global management consulting. As part of the Consulting Industry Cluster, a new addition to Fisher’s Industry Clusters, he states, “I am building a foundational analysis of consulting and will work on consulting projects for Ohio State and corporate sponsors such as Accenture, Deloitte, and McKinsey.”

For students who wish to go global, DiCamillo suggests finding a community with an international focus. As a FisherDirect student, for example, he joined the Global Business Learning community, which brings globally minded students together and offers networking opportunities with professionals in international business. In addition to finding a community, DiCamillo emphasizes the importance of getting a passport, expressing, “A passport empowered me to go global and pursue Fisher’s opportunities.”

goingGwith Dominic DiCamillo

FACES of FISHER


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Striving for excellence is a test of endurance. Just ask the Ohio State EcoCAR 2 team, which just completed a three-year-long project that culminated in a two-week national

competition. The EcoCAR 2 team included Fisher’s very own, Sarah Jadwin, who collaborated with a team of Engineering students on the complete redesign of a 2013 Chevy Malibu into an environmentally friendly hybrid model. The OSU EcoCAR 2 team’s design took home the grand prize of $32,000 in this year’s competition.

The three-year journey began for Jadwin when she applied to the EcoCAR 2 team in 2011 as a freshman hoping to become more involved on campus. “I hadn’t even moved in on campus yet, but I knew I wanted to make this big university feel small.” Jadwin competed against many other applicants and landed the coveted Communications Manager position.

Over the years Jadwin and the EcoCAR 2 team have allocated tens of thousands of hours towards not only creating the hybrid, but also establishing a coordinated marketing strategy. Jadwin’s key responsibilities included handling social media outlets, hosting outreach events, composing and presenting team reports, and promoting the EcoCAR 2 competition. “I really enjoyed the communications and marketing aspects of my job,” Jadwin explains. “The tasks aligned so well with what I’m interested in and I learned more about the mechanical side of designing a car.”

When it came to rebuilding the vehicle into a hybrid, all components were taken into account, including the batteries, transmission, fuel efficiency, and interior. From the soy based foam seats to the automated manual transition look-a-like, OSU EcoCAR 2 team thought of it all. The end goal was to create a model that reduced fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and tailpipe emissions while maintaining consumer acceptability and not changing the structure of the vehicle itself.

At the end of refinement and optimization of the vehicle, the judging and final presentations spanned over a period of two weeks. The competition, sponsored by General Motors and the Department of Energy, pitted the OSU EcoCAR 2 team against 15 universities in North America. The OSU EcoCAR 2 team finished in first place and ranked in 25 out of 32 awards, which included “Best Progress Reports”, “Best Pre-Competition Safety and Technical Inspection”, “Best Communications Plan”, “Best Influencer Campaign”, “Best Media Report” and more.

Jadwin is now a fourth-year accounting major with an engineering minor. She attributes the EcoCAR experience with helping her to grow and polish her presentation skills and collaboration efforts, which she will be able to use in her future business career. But she has caught the engineering bug and will not be leaving that far behind. “I loved going to the garage to see what the group was working on and I want to lead a career that has exposure to engineering in some way.”

Jadwin will graduate in December 2014 and pursue a sourcing leadership position at Owens Corning, a building materials company out of Toledo. Jadwin expresses, “I’m excited to what the future will bring and attribute much of my successes to the opportunities and people here at Ohio State.”

SARAH JADWIN Major Accounting, Engineering minor

Hometown Gahanna, Ohio

Involvement EcoCAR Communications Manager

Jadwin (third from right) with her EcoCAR 2 team and President Barack Obama.

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The technical goals are to design and integrate vehicle powertrains that, when compared to the production gasoline vehicle:

*according to ecocar2.org

What is the EcoCAR 2?

Technical goals for the EcoCAR

The EcoCAR 2 is a three-year engineering competition offered to 15 colleges and universities across the nation. Composed of nearly 40 students, majors vary anywhere from mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, marketing, business, and photography. Within the team, they are divided into three categories: Engineering, Communications and Business. The goal of the competition was to convert a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu into an eco-friendly car.

Reduce fuel consumptionReduce well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissionsReduce criteria tailpipe emissionsMaintain consumer acceptability in the areas of performance, utility, and safety

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It is rare to encounter a college student who has already founded his or her own company. At the age of 15, Fisher student Megan Holstein pioneered a mobile application for the autistic community, which led to the creation of her start-up, Pufferfish Software in 2010. The company, which has since produced five apps, is reaching many, garnering over 20,000 downloads.

Holstein explains, “We make apps for autistic children that assist in their Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and occupational therapy. One of our apps, for example, Social Stories, teaches autistic children how to act in social situations.” Noticing that existing apps for autistic children were costly and complicated, often requiring user manuals, Holstein found a way to differentiate her product. The apps, which can function on an iPhone or iPad, address different ABA techniques, while offering customization options and a more simple user interface for those with the disorder, such as Holstein’s brother Jason.

“I was 15, and my dad challenged me, so I learned how to develop an app,” Holstein remarks. After preparing the graphic design and hiring a programmer, the app was formed and placed on the iTunes App Store. Holstein mentions that overcommitting has been a challenge in forming her business. “I try to do everything in the world today. I start a project and set out to complete it as soon as possible,” she notes.

Holstein’s new project involves a book, Idea to App, which describes how to start an app business for those without much computer skills, let alone coding knowledge. “The book discusses the business end of the app creation process, such as developing an idea, building an audience, and how to prototype and market the app.”

Outside of the classroom, Holstein is the Vice President of Design for the Business Builders Club (BBC). For aspiring entrepreneurs, BBC is a platform that exposes students to the start-up arena. The Fisher student organization invites entrepreneurs in the Columbus area to speak, which provides useful learning and networking opportunities.

As Holstein hones in on her entrepreneurial abilities at Ohio State, she reminds students of the importance of effort. “You can always outwork someone. They may be smarter, more talented, or more connected, but you can always work harder.” This passion has driven Holstein to create a venture with sustained success.

Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of Pufferfish Software traces to the positive impact it has had on its users. Holstein mentions, “To receive feedback, such as ‘This is exactly what we need for our kids’ tells me that people care. To help people around the world is a special feeling.”

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Major Finance

Hometown Columbus, Ohio

Involvement VP of Design, Business Builders Club



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How are the organizations you’re in important to you?Phi Chi Theta (PCT) provides me with a lot of opportunities to develop my professional and leadership skills. It is more like a big and warm American family to me. My brothers are always encour-aging me to pursue further professional development and giving me support. I would say PCT is my second home in America besides my own one!

How have you made an impact in your student org?As VP of Membership in the Business Builders Club (BBC), I am responsible for getting to know each of our members so that we ensure they receive the resources they need to grow their business and their entrepreneurial skills. By meet-

ing for coffee and investing myself in their lives, I not only get to experience the immense talent centralized in the BBC, but I also have the opportunity to share my journey in entrepreneurial-relat-ed competitions that may also assist them.

In the previous year, I served as a Social Enterprise Design Studio Coordinator within Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneur-ship (APTE). In that role, I was able to guide my peers in the process of developing a business model to address a social issue in the local Columbus area. This year, I am responsible for better connecting APTE to its parent organization, the BBC.

Involvement outside of Fisher:I am also in International Student Community Service (ISCS), which is aimed to provide international students with more opportunities to participate in volunteer activities and community service.

Advice for students new to Fisher:Find mentors who you trust and can relate to. They will be able to guide you through their success stories and let you know of the unique resources they used to achieve that success that you may not even know exist.

Major Finance

Hometown China

Involvement Phi Chi Theta

Major Operations Management, Entrepreneurship minor

Hometown Anaheim, California

Involvement VP of Membership, Business Builders Club

My advice to Fisher students would be to be open minded. As a business student in Fisher, being willing to listen and communicate is the key to working well in a team.“

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