Just a FYI for those searching for a place to go to school. Many of the large and small Universities have baseball programs.
Research Universities:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/li...h-universities-2015/
Non Research:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/li...urial-colleges-2015/
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Just a FYI for those searching for a place to go to school. Many of the large and small Universities have baseball programs.
Research Universities:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/li...h-universities-2015/
Non Research:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/li...urial-colleges-2015/
These list measure entrepreneurship by the number of students and alums who launched start-ups (presumably either during or after college.) But do start-ups and baseball really mix in college? I know Stanford is full of students pursuing start-ups. (The New Yorker magazine dubbed the school "Get Rich U." a couple of years back). Some work out, many don't. But one thing about them all is that they take a lot of time. Where would an enterprising ball player actually find the time, while still in college to really hone his entrepreneurial skills? Sure, he could learn a lot of what he needs to learn through official classes and seminars and stuff. But a lot of what Stanford in particular has to offer by way of grooming young entrepreneurs is "extra-curricular." Kids at that schools spend a lot of time making connections while at the school. The extra-curricular stuff seems at least as important as the official classroom and program stuff.
Slugger,
I wish I knew then what I knew now. For me, at least, universities and colleges exposing students to entrepreneurial experiences and risks is terrific.
Through my lenses and processes, the question here is not to find what cannot be done, or the those limits related to baseball. To me, this is about what can be done.
Risking and learning about starting and running a business or bringing a business idea into a process for incubation and for larger examination is an amazing opportunity which, for the colleges listed in the Forbes assessment and probably some of the universities might well be managed with baseball.
Here is a perfect example on how baseball and entrepreneurship is possible. Not hypothetical but a real start up, by two current Trinity baseball players. One is the starting RFer and the other a freshmen who got a decent amount of playing time.
https://new.trinity.edu/news/sew-inclined
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Pair of student entrepreneurs develop “NoSo Pockets” and discover the value of creative connections
by Jeanna Goodrich Balreira '08
Two guys walk into a craft store.
(Trust me, you haven’t heard this one before.)
Two guys walk into a craft store, their eyes on two sets of fabrics printed with tiny, Texas flag-shaped patterns. They meet the funny stares and “Hi sirs, can I help you?” greetings with smiles, out of place but dubbing so as their “calling card.”
The first guy turns to the other guy and says, “We’re right on track. If we can get these into the market before Texas Independence Day we can set up a plan to attract other buyers for other holidays.”
See, these aren’t just any two guys. Steven Oleksak ’17 and Austin Singer ’16 are the founders of NoSo Pockets, a creative startup that began weaving its threads in Trinity’s Entrepreneurship 2190 course. Designed in response to a rise in popularity of statement pockets on clothing, the collection of handmade, unique, stick-on pockets can embellish anything from a T-shirt to a pair of jeans to a skateboard—and, through partnerships, even more to come.
Oleksak and Singer, both from Phoenix, came to Trinity with a bit of entrepreneurship experience from their high schools, and while tossing the ball during Tiger baseball practice, they also found themselves tossing each other business ideas. “What about iron-on pockets?” Singer asked, and from the baseball field to the innovation studio, NoSo Pockets was stitched together.
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At least at Trinity they interdisciplinary entrepreneurship program that is not made up of a bunch of computer geeks. In the dorms they have a couple of floors dedicated to students in it, they have projects that have Art, English, Finance, Engineering and Science majors work on projects, if you think about it in the corporate world you require all of these disciplines so they are fostering this starting in the freshmen year and throughout the rest of their 4 years there.
As far as sports and this go, a place like Trinity (and I am sure Emory and many other high academic and high athletic schools) go they recruit Nationally for all of their programs so up to 30% of the students are playing some sort of NCAA sport at a pretty high level and are competing academically and culturally. This is one of the reasons I am pretty high on DIII sports (at the right place) where you can have very high levels of academics and athletics.
OK I'm done and off my soap box.
