Business: Hands on Experience

Student Entrepreneurs in Action

SEMO students are launching businesses and bringing ideas to life—see it for yourself.

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One Meal a Week

Gabe, an entrepreneurship student, turned a class project with Professor Steven Stovall into a donation program, raising over $10,000 in food for SEMO’s pantry and local communities. His work highlights how SEMO’s business program transforms classroom concepts into real-world impact.

Hawk Sauce

Hawk Sauce, created by SEMO entrepreneurship students as part of a hands-on project, involved collaboration with local producers and provided experience in product development, branding, and marketing. Dr. Quantella Noto says, “The students’ hot sauce business is a great example of how students can turn their ideas into a business that benefits all stakeholders involved.”

SEMO Scents

Students in the Principles of Entrepreneurship course dive into real-world experience by starting and managing their own business for a semester. Steven Stovall’s class launched SEMO Scents, a sustainable candle and wax melt business. The challenge? With a $200 startup investment from Management Department Chair Kevin Dickson, the team had to double it to $400.

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