Many collegiate entrepreneurs are taking advantage of the growing number of student business hatcheries popping up on college campuses. Hatcheries offer students access to space, technology, expertise, and experiential learning as they start and grow their businesses while in school. It allows them to take their businesses out of the dorms and run them with better resources, a more professional setting, and more support from mentors and peers.
One of the students who took full advantage of our hatchery here at Belmont was written up in Milt Capps' Venture Nashville Connections.
Reality pushed Jennings toward his dream. He explained yesterday that he realized during his third year at Belmont that his love of music (guitar, trumpet) was unlikely, by itself, to produce the income and standing he wanted as a songwriter and producer. An earlier venture with several other students -- MuziK Cellar Music -- didn't last. However, the lessons Jennings learned in that outing helped sharpen his judgment and his focus.Determined to make a living in entertainment, he undertook double music-business and entrepreneurship majors and added a fifth year to his college career, which ends next month.
Cornwall's support and Belmont's Hatchery student-business incubator have been key success factors. Nearly 60 students use Belmont's Hatchery.
