Global Student Entrepreneur Awards

The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards descended on Loyola Marymount University’s Conrad Hilton School of Business for the 2007 GSEA California Regionals on 24 April.全球学生企业家奖史提芬就marymount罗耀拉大学的康拉德希尔顿商学院为2007年gsea加州地区银行于4月24日。 LMU has hosted the GSEA for the past seven years - including seeing four GSEA Global Finals winners emerge from their region, so expectations were high for the day and for the competitors. lmu举办gsea ，为过去7年-包括看到四个g sea全球总决赛的优胜者走出自己的区域，所以期望很高，为每天为竞争对手。

The day was not without its controversy, as the judging panel of local distinguished entrepreneurs and CEOs was unable to decide a clear first place winner.当天不无争议，但由于评审团的本地杰出企业家和首席执行官是无法决定一个明确放在首位赢家。 With a two way tie for first and an equal number of first place votes, the judges had no alternative but to vote to break the tie.具有双向并列第一和同等数量的第一名选票，法官只好进行表决，打破平手。

A heated discussion of the merits of each student entrepreneur’s presentation ensued, with judges torn in both directions and finding it very difficult to choose a winner.热烈讨论的优点，每名学生创业者的陈述随后，法官蹂躏两个方向，并找到它很困难，以选择一个大冷门。 After much deliberation, an unnamed student entrepreneur was declared First Place.经过一番商议后，无名学生企业家被宣布放在首位。 Following him in Second Place was Daniel Negari, owner of以下为他排在第二位的是丹尼尔奈加里，所有者 Beverly Hills Mint比佛利山庄造币厂 and student of USC.与学生的全面服务补贴。

(Judges L to R: Jon Owyang, President of Market-Based Solutions, Jet Patel, CEO of （法官升到r ： jon owyang ，总统以市场为基础的解决方案，射流帕特尔，总裁兼首席执行官 Varad Corporation varad公司 , Gerry Morton, President of ，格里莫顿先生 Energy First 能源首 , Gerald Olesker, CEO of ，杰拉尔德olesker ，总裁兼首席执行官 Architectural Detail Group 建筑详细集团 , and Brad Schy, President of 和布拉德schy总统 Musical Chairs Ticket Service 音乐椅票务服务 ) ）

Third Place went to Lucy Pereda, owner of Abba Detailing and Inland Empire Auto Body and Paint.第三位前往露西佩雷达，老板abba的细节和内陆帝国车身和油漆。 The Cal State-San Bernardino student was very close to the leaders in the judges’ scoring (all candidates scored well) and is determined to return to the GSEA next year and win the California Region.加州州立大学-圣贝纳迪诺学生是非常接近的领导人在法官得分（所有考生的成绩好） ，并决意返回到gsea明年赢得加州地区。 Sean Rad, Founder of sean的rad ，创始人 Orgoo orgoo also placed in the top group for the California Region.也放置在顶部集团为加州地区。

(Winners L to R: Daniel Negari, CEO of Beverly Hills Mint, USC; Sean Rad, Founder of Orgoo, USC; Lucy Pereda, Owner of Abba Detailing/Inland Empire AutoBody and Paint, Cal State-San Bernardino;) （赢家升到r ：丹尼尔奈加里首席执行官比佛利山庄薄荷，南加大; sean的rad ，创始人orgoo ，南加大;露西佩雷达，所有者的乐队详述/内陆帝国车身和油漆，加州州立大学-圣贝纳迪诺; ）

After the event, a celebration of entrepreneurship was hosted by LMU and its distinguished Conrad Hilton Chair in Entrepreneurship,在事件发生后，为了庆祝创业主办lmu及其杰出康拉德希尔顿主持，在创业方面， “Grandpa” Fred Kiesner "爷爷"弗雷德kiesner . 。 We at GSEA would like to thank Grandpa Fred for all of his support of the GSEA program and of entrepreneurship in general - it is said that Kiesner has taught over 16,000 students in his tenure at LMU.我们在gsea想感谢爷爷李华明为他的所有支持该gsea纲领和企业家普遍-这是说k iesner教超过1 6000个学生，在他的任期于l mu。 Judging by the fact that former students had flown in from as far away as London, UK to share their experiences with Kiesner, it was clear that he has had an amazing impact.从事实，即前学生已远走高飞，在远从英国伦敦，分享他们的经验与kiesner ，显然他已经找到了一个了不起的影响。 Thanks again Grandpa Fred!再次感谢爷爷李华明！

Today the GSEA descended on beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota for the GSEA Minnesota Regionals competition.今天gsea下降，对美丽的明尼阿波利斯，明尼苏达州为gsea明尼苏达地区银行的竞争。 Hosted at the University of St. Thomas, this competition not only showcased student entrepreneurs from Minnesota, but also from nearby Wisconsin.设在大学的圣托马斯，这次比赛不仅展示了学生的企业家，从明尼苏达州，而且还从附近的威斯康辛。 The four competitors came ready to present to impress the panel of judges and to try to take home some of the prizes - and more importantly a coveted spot at the GSEA Global Finals…四个竞争对手来准备，目前，以打动评审委员会，并希望能够带回家的一些奖项-以及更是一场觊觎现货在g sea全球总决赛…

The four GSEA Minnesota Regional Competitors were (L to R):四个gsea明尼苏达区域竞争对手（ 1到r ） ：

Tyler Olson -泰勒奥尔森- HelpMeTy.com helpmety.com - University of St. Thomas -大学圣托马斯

Zach Vruwink -扎克vruwink - Zach’s Computers zach的电脑 - University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point -美国威斯康星大学，史蒂文斯点

Andrew Foxwell - Modica Marketing - St. Olaf College郑家富foxwell -m odica营销-圣学院凯泽斯劳滕

Ralph Jean-Pierre -拉尔夫让-皮埃尔- Med-Assist地中海协助 - University of St. Thomas -大学圣托马斯

(Jon Goodman of （ jon古德曼的 JGoods Custon Shoes jgoods custon鞋 was unable to make the competition due to travel difficulties, however he will remain eligible to compete at a later date.)无法令比赛，由于旅行的困难，不过他将继续有资格竞争，在稍后的日期） 。

First place was awarded to Zach Vruwink of Zach’s Computers.首先是颁发给扎克vruwink的zach的电脑。 Zach told the judges of his compelling story of opening his first retail storefront at the age of 15(!) with only $500 in savings.扎克告诉法官，他的故事的开幕，他首先零售店面，在15岁以下（ ！ ） ，只有500元的积蓄。 From there Zach has grown his retail operation into the medium six-figures in yearly revenues - at the age of nineteen.从那里扎克已经长大，他的零售经营纳入中等六方数字每年收入-当时年仅1 9位。 Zach is facing the dual challenges of his freshman year of college and growing his company head on and has no fear of either.扎克正面临着双重挑战，他的一年级大学生和成长，他的公司主管对，并没有害怕的。 Congratulations Zach!扎克表示祝贺！

Second place went to Tyler Olson of HelpMeTy.com.第二位前往泰勒奥尔森的helpmety.com 。 Tyler has created a unique business model in the crowded computer services sector.泰勒创造了独特的商业模式，在拥挤的计算机服务部门。 Not only does HelpMeTy.com assist computer users with their troubles and challenges with technology, but also assist with home theatre installs, networking, and much more.不仅helpmety.com帮助电脑用户与他们的麻烦和挑战，掌握科技知识，而且要帮助与家庭影院安装，联网，甚至还有更多。 Tyler’s cell phone managed to get about 15 calls and emails to it during the presentation, showing how busy his young company is.泰勒的手机设法获得约15来电和电子邮件，它在介绍，说明如何忙碌了年轻的公司。 One subject line read: “HELP!!”一个主体路线改为： "救命！ ！ "

Tyler is working on completing his business model which can be put into use anywhere in the world - opening up a huge realm of possibility for licensing or franching his business.泰勒是工作就完成了他的业务模式，即可以投入使用，在世界上任何地方-开辟了巨大的境界可能性执照或f ranching他的生意。

(L to R: University of St. Thomas’ Michael Sarafolean, Tyler Olson, Zach Vruwink and 2003 GSEA Winner and UST Alum Joseph Keeley of the very successful （ 1到r ：大学圣托马斯迈克尔萨拉弗林先生，泰勒奥尔森，扎克vruwink和2003年gsea冠军和无烟烟草公司明矾约瑟夫基莱的非常成功 College Nannies and Tutors大学生保姆，家教 ) ）

The day finished up with a presentation from Joe Keeley - 2003 GSEA Global Winner and alum of the University of St. Thomas.当天收盘上涨与介绍，从乔基莱-2 003g sea全球冠军和明矾的大学，圣托马斯。 Joe congratulated all of the winners and encouraged them to continue down the entrepreneurial path - stating that “Entrepreneurs are different… and our uniqueness contributes to our success”.乔祝贺所有得奖者，并勉励他们继续下跌的创业之路-报告称， "企业家是不同的…我们的独特贡献，是我们成功的" 。

Thanks again to all of our judges, the University of St. Thomas, EO Minneapolis / St. Paul and all of our nominees and competitors!再次感谢我们所有的法官，大学圣托马斯，雇佣条例明尼阿波利斯/圣保罗和我们的所有被提名人与竞争对手！ Now it’s off to LA for the GSEA California Regionals tomorrow… stay tuned!现在，它的起飞，以法语为gsea加州地区银行明天…继续收看！

Monday saw the kickoff of the 2007 GSEA Regional Competitions with our first competition coming live from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas!周一看见开球的2007年gsea区域比赛，我们的第一次比赛来住，从得克萨斯州基督教大学，沃斯堡！ The home of the Horned Frogs played host to four great student entrepreneurs competiting for prizes including one of two coveted slots at the GSEA Global Finals in Chicago, along with airfare and accommodations.家中的角蛙地接待了四个大的学生企业家competiting为奖品，包括其中的两个时段觊觎在gsea全球总决赛在芝加哥，随着机票和住宿费用。

While all four undergrad entrepreneurs that presented were fantastic, the judges were challenged with choosing the top two who would advance.虽然所有四个undergrad企业家分别介绍了神奇，法官受到挑战与选择前两项的人，将会推动。 We had a fantastic judging panel that included Entrepreneurs’ Organization members from the EO Dallas and EO Houston chapters, as well as other local business leaders.我们拥有梦幻般组成的评审团，包括企业家组织，成员由雇佣条例达拉斯和eo休斯敦分会，以及其他本地商界领袖。 Thanks to all of our judges for participating!感谢我们所有的法官参与！

The race was close enough that out of four students - we had first, second and a tie for third!比赛结束不够指出， 4名学生-我们原来的第一，第二和并列第三名！ A fantastic showing from all four. 1神奇显示，从各四名。

Our first place winner of a $1000 cash prize and the expenses-paid trip to compete at the GSEA Global Finals was Tim Hamilton of我们首先赢家某1000美元的现金奖及费用支付此行的竞争，在gsea全球总决赛是添汉密尔顿 Astonish Designs擎着设计 ! ！

Tim started his very well-tuned presentation by defining an entrepreneur in his own words.添开始了他很好的调整，由确定一位企业家，他自己的话来说。 Referencing resources such as Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth , Tim did a great job of showing the judges how he has been an entrepreneur his entire life.参照资源，如迈克尔格柏的电子商务神话 ，添做了非常出色的表现，法官如何，他已经是一个企业家，他的整个生活。 From starting his company over a decade ago to his very busy Astonish Designs business he has now - Tim is truly one of Texas’ finest student entrepreneurs.从开始他的公司超过10年前，他非常忙碌擎着设计业务，他已经-添，是一个真正的得克萨斯州最优秀的学生企业家。 Congrats Tim! congrats添！

Second place went to the current TCU Texas Youth Entrepreneur of the Year - Jeff Livney of第二位到目前的交通投诉组在德州青年年度企业家-杰夫l ivney的 Livney+Partners livney +合作伙伴 . 。

Jeff’s presentation focused around the birth and growth of Livney+Partners - a small boutique marketing and branding firm.  One of Jeff’s major messages was that he learned a lot through the restructuring of his company - a major lesson being “It’s ok to put off making a dollar today when you’re investing to make five or ten dollars tomorrow.”杰夫的介绍着重围绕的诞生和成长livney +合作伙伴-一个小商店的营销和品牌推广公司，其中一杰夫的主要讯息是，他学到了很多东西，通过调整他的公司-一个主要教训"， 它' s确定把小康作出了美元今天当你投资，使5年或10美元的明天" 。

Austin Hoffman of奥斯汀霍夫曼 Coleto Collectibles科莱托收藏 and Michael McKenzie of和迈克尔的麦肯齐 The McKenzie Group该集团麦肯齐 tied for third place with their presentations.  Great job!并列第三位的介绍。伟大的工作！

These and all of our GSEA competitors are true entrepreneurs - managing a full school courseload, a social life (however fragmented it may be!) and on top of that, owning, leading and growing a company and in many cases, managing their own staff.  Congratulations again to our four great competitors from Texas!这和我们的所有gsea竞争对手是真正的企业家-管理一个充满学校c ourseload，社会生活（不过支离破碎，它可能！ ） ，并在此之上，拥有，领导和日益增长的一家公司，并在许多情况下，管理自己的员工。祝贺再次向我们的四个了不起的竞争对手是来自得克萨斯！

Next up are the GSEA Minnesota and GSEA California Regional Finals - held 23 April and 24 April 2007 respectively.  Stay tuned to GSEA.org for updates!接下来是gsea明尼苏达州和gsea加州地区总决赛-举行4月2 3日和2 007年4月2 4日分别继续收看，以g sea.org更新！

Monday 16 April starts the official GSEA Regional Competition season, which will determine the competitors that will be going head to head at the GSEA Global Finals in Chicago, 1-3 November 2007 for the title of “Global Student Entrepreneur” and the massive grand prize package!周一4月16日开始正式gsea区域竞争季节，将决定竞争对手将去头，以头部在gsea全球总决赛在芝加哥， 11月1日至3日在2007年评为"全球学生企业家"和大量的头奖包！

We will be reporting on this website from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas on Monday with the results - so stay tuned to我们将汇报本网站由得克萨斯州基督教大学在沃斯堡，得克萨斯州州长周一与结果-所以继续收看，以 www.gsea.org !  Here are the four finalists for the GSEA Texas Region: ！这里有4个进入决赛，为gsea德州地区：

Tim Hamilton - Astonish Designs -添汉密尔顿-擎着设计- http://www.astonishdesigns.com/ - University of Texas -美国德克萨斯大学

Austin Hoffman - Coleto Collectibles -奥斯汀霍夫曼-科莱托收藏品- http://www.guerillagaragesales.com/  - Texas Christian University -得克萨斯州基督教大学

Jeff Livney - Livney+Partners -杰夫livney -l ivney+合作伙伴- http://www.livneypartners.com/ - Texas Christian University  -得克萨斯州基督教大学

Michael McKenzie - The McKenzie Group -迈克尔麦肯齐-麦肯齐集团- http://www.themckenziegroup.com/ - Texas Christian University -得克萨斯州基督教大学

We wish all of our GSEA competitors the best of luck in the upcoming regional competitions!我们希望我们所有的gsea竞争者最好的运气，在即将到来的区域比赛！

*** DON’T FORGET!  There’s STILL TIME to nominate an undergraduate student entrepreneur for the GSEA!  ***不要忘记！存在的，还有时间来提名一个本科生企业家为gsea ！ CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE! 点击这里提名！