MSE New Venture Lab

MSE New Venture lab picture Located in Hanner Hall, the MSE New venture Lab provides a home for dreamers and doers. The New Venture Lab is a graduate student business incubator, which provides resources and support for new ventures started by graduate-level students at Oklahoma State University. Students enrolled in the Masters in Entrepreneurship (MSE) Program are given priority for space in the incubator.

The New Venture Lab is built around an intervention model, in which students work with faculty to set tangible goals and assess their performance in meeting those goals.

The New Venture Lab provides a place for entrepreneurial students to collaborate and learn from one another as they struggle through the early stages of venture creation. The incubator contains resources that help students establish their businesses and enable them to create sustainable business models. The primary focus of the New Venture Lab is on ventures that are scalable, and possess the potential for growth.

Students receive office space, access to computers, telephones, fax, and a conference room. In addition, students receive mentoring from successful entrepreneurs, regularly meet with subject matter experts, and enjoy insight and inspiration from provocative speakers. Students are also connected to resource providers, and have the opportunity to tap into resources from across the campus, including the New Produce Development Center and the Office of Intellectual Property Management.

The New Venture Lab is an extension of the OSU School of Entrepreneurship and is managed by the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship.

For more information

Nola Miyasaki
Executive Director
Riata Entrepreneurship Center (ext. 4-7552)
or
Dr. Bruce Barringer
Director of the MSE Program (ext. 4-9702)

Sponsor Law Firm

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Students Businesses in the New Venture Lab

  1. Signature Style, LLC
    Signature Style, LLC will be a Kansas-based, full service beauty salon committed to consistently providing high quality products and services to our guests in an enjoyable atmosphere at a respectable price/value relationship.
    Founder: Christina Roberts
  2. Cedel Haiti
    CEDEL Haiti will be a non-profit Center for Entrepreneurship and will provide business consulting services to small and emerging enterprises in Haiti
    Founder: Rock Andre
  3. Bunnaco Trading Co.
    Bunnaco Trading Company will import high quality green coffees from Ethiopia for roasting in US and sale and distribution to coffee companies.
    Founder: Dawit Assefa
  4. World Tree Multimedia Arts
    World Tree Multimedia Arts will be a full-service videography company providing high quality videos for special events.
    Founder: Alex Best
  5. Park Place Estates
    Provide full service real estate development, construction and property management services for the development of rental properties in Stillwater, OK
    Founders: Kenneth Park and Ram Poudel
  6. The Sliders Bar
    A California-based restaurant and bar, The Sliders Bar will offer a menu specializing in a variety of miniature burgers, providing a modern atmosphere that people of all ages can enjoy
    Founder: Scott Brill
  7. Panorama Archi Design Centre
    Panorama Archi Design Centre is a full-service commercial and residential architectural and design firm headquartered in Zimbabwe
    Founder: Victor Chaitezvi
  8. FlavorAbilities
    FlaborAbilities is a non-profit organization providing a gainful employment for special needs adults by cultivating and selling locally grown herbs
    Founder: Shelly Henricks
  9. Capelli Salon, Inc
    Capelli Salon provides hair and nail services in the Tulsa region
    Founder: Krista Looper
  10. Nanga Equipment
    Nanga Equipment will design and manufacture a new standard of rock climbing equipment.
    Founder: David Walker
  11. OpportunityOne Autos
    OpportunityOne Autos will be a new, used and buy-here, pay-here car dealership with a special focus for providing auto loans to members of The Cherokee Nation.
    Founder: Ryan Sappington
  12. Chic Country Cottage
    Chic Country Cottage will sell unique home décor and jewelry pieces through specialty gift and art shows. CCC will also provide event and wedding planning services.
    Founder: Josh Pike
  13. Styro Insulations
    Brief Description: StyroInsulation manufactures and sells Energy Star-certified recycled Styrofoam insulation to insulation installers for use in residential properties.
    Founders: Jodie Navarre, Max Whitemyer, Lynsie Morris, Cale Hyer
  14. CleanNG
    Clean NG will design, manufacture and distribute high compression, lightweight natural gas tanks to fleet vehicle owners.
    Founders: Matt Villarreal, Michael Tate, Jake Crawley, Alex Diamond