Social entrepreneur Miki Agrawal was named by Forbes magazine as one of 2013’s “Top 20 Millennials on a Mission.” Agrawal is author of the book “Do Cool Sh*t,” which shares insights from her journey of leaving a traditional job that she hated to founding the popular farm-to-table pizza restaurant, WILD (formerly known as SLICE), in New York as well as co-founding female garment company THINX.
Agrawal was keynote speaker at the March 23 kickoff of MTSU’s second annual Nonprofit & Social Innovation Week. Agrawal told students that while surveys show that many millennials have felt the need to move back in with their parents in recent years, the changing nature of the economy has opened up promising opportunities for them to start their own businesses. But to do so, she cautioned, students must identify their passion and commit long term to turn that passion into a career. Here’s a recap of her remarks:
Fifteen area professionals were recently honored by MTSU as “Millennials on a Mission in Middle Tennessee” as part of the university's second annual Nonprofit & Social Innovation Week. The event, which concluded Friday with a student summit at the James Union Building, was created to provide MTSU students with entrepreneurial…
Social entrepreneur and author Miki Agrawal will visit MTSU Monday, March 23, to encourage students and the campus community to do cool things and create their best lives by starting their own businesses. Named by Forbes magazine as one of 2013’s “Top 20 Millennials on a Mission,” Agrawal will speak from…
After sitting in on a session at this year’s Nonprofit & Social Innovation Student Summit, MTSU sophomore Morgan Higgins felt she had a better handle on what she needed to do to connect her talents and passions with a fruitful career. Higgins, an organizational communication major from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and…
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