About the Venture Program

Join Venture

Students are encouraged to attend Venture information sessions held each year (watch Daily Announcements for details).

Business and community leaders interested in Venture may contact Scott Cochran, Dean of The Mungo Center for Professional Excellence, at 864-597-4261 or via email.  

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Launch your passion 

We believe that entrepreneurs make the world go ‘round. They are passionate about a concept, idea, service or product and have a strong desire to launch that passion. That’s where Venture comes in. Venture is Wofford’s entrepreneurial group that provides guidance and expertise to help your dreams become a reality. From idea development to organizational structure, Venture can help shape ideas and define companies.

Create innovative solutions 

While in Venture, you will develop entrepreneurial leadership skills and learn how to research ideas to understand market needs. Based on this research, you will identify and create innovative solutions to address an opportunity. Once your solution is developed, the challenging task of effectively bringing the solution to market begins.

Develop and implement a plan 

You will hear regularly from successful entrepreneurs and learn valuable insights into the entrepreneurial process. You will also also learn strategies to develop and implement a business plan. Speakers often serve as mentors, providing guidance as you move through the various stages of development.

Venture advisors meet regularly with student entrepreneurs throughout the school year and provide instruction in several areas of entrepreneurship including: 

• idea generation
• opportunity assessment
• business plan development
• cash flow management
• exit strategies.

At the end of each school year, members compete in Venture’s annual business plan competition. The 2010 winners, Chris Dalton '10 and Clarke Walker '10, earned a $10,000 investment in their business idea and created tunetraveler.com.