Venturing Out: Recent Episodes
Venturing Out Team
Join us in the enriching story of this Waco, Texas-based candle company. Their story of how entrepreneurship meets passion through their natural, hand poured and luxury candles is genuinely inspiring and educational.
Cory Dickman meets with the Venturing Out team to discuss his entrepreneurial ventures and impact on the Waco, Texas community.
Kathy Carr gives insights to Baylor's Oso Launch organization aimed at providing support and education to student entrepreneurs
Dillon sits down with Dominik Kuhn, the Founder of the Swiss-based online tutoring platform, UniTutor, to hear about his journey starting up, why purpose sometimes outweighs price, and his experience along the way.
In this series, Dillon sits down with Charlie, and his co-founder, Luke Stetler, to discuss their startup - InvenTire.
InvenTire sells inventory management software to car dealerships who store offseason tires (summer tires in the winter, and winter tires in the summer) for their customers.
Starting a business is never easy, and Charlie and Luke have plenty of stories about why it can be so challenging!
In this series, Dillon sits down with Charlie, and his co-founder, Luke Stetler, to discuss their startup - InvenTire.
InvenTire sells inventory management software to car dealerships who store offseason tires (summer tires in the winter, and winter tires in the summer) for their customers.
Starting a business is never easy, and Charlie and Luke have plenty of stories about why it can be so challenging!
When Venturing Out was discovering how to start up, we turned to other podcasters around the nation and at Baylor for help. Lost and confused, we were offered advice and insight from four distinct podcasts in our network. In this episode, the Venturing Out team invites those podcasters to share their stories and advice for others who may also be looking to get their start in the booming podcasting space.
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
Erica and Dillon sit down with Denitia Blount, owner of Waco-based, emerging juice bar, Oh My Juice! Denitia shares her personal story battling a medical condition with a healthy diet and how it has enhanced not just her quality of life, but how she shared her experience with others to improve theirs as well.
Dillon sits down with Jerrod and Christen Medulla in their last episode of the series to discuss what they have learned along the way and what advice they have for other entrepreneurs as they embark on their own journeys.
Dillon sits back down with Jerrod and Christen to dive deeper into the Tastebuddy experience to learn more about their goals, challenges and the operations of behind the innovative food-sharing platform.
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
In this series, Dillon sits down with Jerrod and Christen Medulla, the founders of Tastebuddy. Both coming from the restaurant and entertainment industry, food has always been integral in bringing people together. More importantly, sharing food is a cultural experience that all should be able to do.
Tastebuddy is a connection tool that brings all things food together so that shoppers can find exactly what they need and what they’re looking for and can have it delivered and shipped from anywhere at anytime.
In the first episode of their three part series, Jerrod and Christen will share their experience in the food and restaurant industry and tell the origin story of Tastebuddy.
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
In this episode, Dillon and Charlie talk with the incoming William E. Crenshaw Dean of the Hankamer School of Business, Dr. Sandeep Mazumder, about his work as an economist, future plans for the Hankamer School of Business, and of course, entrepreneurship - You won't want to miss it!
An extremely accomplished professor and researcher, Dr. Sandeep Mazumder received his B.A. and M.A. in economics from St. Catharine’s College at Cambridge University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University. He joined Wake Forest in 2009 as an assistant professor of economics, was named the department chair in 2016, and promoted to the rank of full professor in 2020.
Mazumder's research and teaching interests include macroeconomics, monetary economics, international monetary economics and time-series econometrics. In addition to his academic role, Mazumder served on several boards, committees and working groups at Wake Forest, including the Learning Assistance Center Faculty Advisory Board, Chairs’ Ad Hoc Committee to Survey Office of the Dean of the College, College Academic Commons Working Group overseeing the construction of a new academic building on the campus, Dean’s Ad Hoc Merit Evaluation Committee, Curriculum Committee that oversaw additions and revisions to the university curriculum and as faculty advisor for the formation of a new Wake Forest study-away program in San Francisco.
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
Oso Launch is a four-year program designed to support Baylor student entrepreneurs. The program walks side-by-side with students and provides mentorship and networking to those who currently own and operate a business and also those with big dreams of a starting a business.
The program is open to student entrepreneurs from across all majors, with a focus on students in the Business and Innovation LLC. Students are accepted into the program as freshmen. Each year, participants in the Oso Launch program will experience unique challenges and learning opportunities that include the chance to ultimately earn incentives that will spur success. Student entrepreneurs will be mentored by local business owners, Baylor alumni entrepreneurs and the faculty and staff of the John F. Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise.
Oso Launch is the first step in creating or growing a successful business while completing undergraduate work at Baylor. The program provides an engaging, fun platform that’s both educational and entertaining.
For the 2021-2022 school year, Oso Launch will meet every other week on Tuesday evening from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm.
To see what Oso Launch students have been up to, follow us on Instagram at @baylorentrepreneurship.
In this episode, Dillon, Bryce and Erica sit back down and continue exploring the story of Bryce’s startup, The Odyssey Project, and lessons that he has learned along with the way. In addition to advice he has for other young entrepreneurs.
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
Dillon speaks with The Odyssey Project, Inc. Founder and CEO, Bryce Jurss about his journey starting such an innovative FinTech company and what he’s learned along the way.
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
Dillon and Charlie reflect on their experience starting Venturing Out. In this episode, they discuss what it was like starting a podcast, their experience working with other entrepreneurs and some of their most memorable moments along the way.
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
The time of energy drinks with more sugar than a can of soda is over! Conner Correll and his team at Zios Health have created an exceptional product - a sports drink that tastes great, and is great for you. In this episode, Conner tells us about how he got his idea, and more importantly, how he is turning his idea into a reality.
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
In addition to her work as an international social media consultant, Daria Rakitskaya speaks four languages and played professional tennis! Stay tuned, you won't want to miss this episode!
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
Although there are many obstacles that stand in the way of starting a business, with ingenuity and resourcefulness, nothing is impossible.
You will learn how to overcome a lack of experience, lack of funds, and be introduced to ways to leverage other resources at your disposal.
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
In the second episode of our Serial Entrepreneurship series, Dillon and Grace talk with Gib about the skillset that is necessary for entrepreneurs to succeed. Gib shares examples from his career, and discusses practical ways to do it with your own business!
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
“Baylor University has the 7th-ranked entrepreneurship program in the nation, but like most other universities, didn’t have a student-led club dedicated to entrepreneurship. That is changing this year.”
In this episode, Nick Madincea, CEO and Founder of the new Baylor Entrepreneurship Club, tells us about the founding of the ‘BEC’ and how to join the organization!
Venturing Out is thrilled to introduce our series on serial entrepreneurship!
Our speaker is Gib Reynolds, a serial entrepreneur himself and a professor at Baylor University. In the first episode, Gib tells us his story, including how he built a business selling lettuce!
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
In the final episode of this series, Dillon and Ellie discuss resources that are critical to succeeding as a student entrepreneur, and Ellie gives examples of how she was able to make the most of the sometimes limited resources at her disposal, to make her business thrive despite the odds!
Tune in to learn how you can make the most of your situation, and create an awesome business of your own!
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
In this episode, Dillon talks with Ellie about practical tips for student entrepreneurs, and Ellie outlines the practical steps she used to turn her idea to a functioning, money-making business!
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
In this episode, Dillon interviews Ellie Meinershagen. Ellie is a Sophomore at Baylor University, and owner of Acute Accents, a jewelry business where she handmakes affordable and personalized earrings. Ellie talks about her business, being a student entrepreneur, and how she blocks out the haters!
Link to Acute Accents: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AcuteAccentsShop
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle
We are so excited to share the first episode of our new podcast, Venturing Out!
Venturing Out is a podcast for anyone interested in entrepreneurship. We believe that everyone can be an entrepreneur, if they have the right guidance. Join us for inspiring stories, practical insights, and useful resources to help you start your journey, or continue it!
Music By: Keaton Clause, Alexander Grider and Trey Riedle