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Student teams from OSU, TU and East Central claim Love’s Cup top awards

By sarah | Love's Cup News, News | Comments are Closed | 3 May, 2022 | 0

May 3, 2022 Contact: Sarah Seagraves, Senior VP for Marketing (405) 813-2403 or email sseagraves@i2E.org Teams led by student innovators from Oklahoma State University, the University of Tulsa and East Central University claimed first place awards in the recent statewide Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup business plan competition. Team Titan Charts from Oklahoma State University won firstRead more

A final column and a thank you for reading

By sarah | News | Comments are Closed | 1 May, 2022 | 1

Thank you for reading this column for nearly a decade By Scott Meacham This is my final column for The Oklahoman. As CEO of i2E, I have had the wonderful opportunity since January 2013 to write this weekly column for the readers of this newspaper. That stacks up to more than 460 columns on all aspects ofRead more

Love’s Cup a real world experience for aspiring entrepreneurs

By sarah | Love's Cup News, News | Comments are Closed | 10 April, 2022 | 0

The Love’s Cup business plan competition offers a real world experience for aspiring entrepreneurs By Scott Meacham Spring is the high season for the Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup. January was kick-off time for this 18h season of Oklahoma’s statewide collegiate business plan competition. Student teams in both high growth and small business divisions spent the winterRead more

Paldara Pharmaceuticals founders on a mission

By sarah | News | Comments are Closed | 20 March, 2022 | 1

Paldara Pharmaceuticals founders on a mission to make the world a better place through health care innovation By Scott Meacham For the eighteenth consecutive year, Oklahoma’s statewide collegiate business plan competition is under way. The Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup, underwritten by Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, has become an important underpinning of the entrepreneurial ecosystemRead more

A jump-start to building successful high growth ventures

By sarah | News | Comments are Closed | 30 January, 2022 | 0

A jump-start to building successful high growth Oklahoma businesses By Scott Meacham One of the great things about being an entrepreneur is that there are always so many people and organizations who want to help. The other side of that coin is the flinty-eyed question that every successful entrepreneur eventually learns to ask: “Is thisRead more

As Tom Love shows, entrepreneurs are wired in a special way

By sarah | Love's Cup News, News | Comments are Closed | 9 May, 2021 | 0

By Scott Meacham Entrepreneurs are wired in a special way If there had been a collegiate business plan competition in Oklahoma back when OSU graduate Ed Rogers was inventing the Altair 8800 or when Wiley Post was creating the pressurized flight suit, it is a good bet that they would have been two loud voicesRead more

2021 Love’s Cup winners claim share of $158,000 in prizes and scholarships

By sarah | Featured, Love's Cup News, News | 0 comment | 23 April, 2021 | 17

Contact: Sarah Seagraves, Senior VP for Marketing (405) 813-2403 sseagraves@i2E.org April 23, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY – Student innovators from across Oklahoma pitched concepts in the 2021 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup that ranged from high tech futuristic solutions to answers for real world problems that are here and now. Teams from Oklahoma State University, the University ofRead more

Nautilus inventor created source of wealth and jobs

By sarah | News | Comments are Closed | 4 April, 2021 | 0

By Scott Meacham The inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines created a source of wealth and jobs. Arthur A Jones, the inventor of Nautilus exercise machines, grew up in Seminole, OK. His father practiced medicine. His mother graduated from medical school, reportedly the family had a dozen more members in the medical profession. But medicineRead more

2020 Love’s Cup: 42 teams, 168 students in virtual competition

By sarah | Love's Cup News, News | 0 comment | 17 May, 2020 | 0

By Scott Meacham Every spring, the celebratory conclusion of the annual Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup brings into sharp focus—and the limelight—the months of hard work that teams from Oklahoma’s colleges and universities put into this business plan and pitch competition. I am floored by the enthusiasm, work ethic, and talent of these students. I start outRead more

Summit offers engaging lineup for entrepreneurs

By sarah | News | 0 comment | 11 September, 2018 | 0

By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2018, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. As regular readers of this column already know, I am a huge advocate of education. My emphasis tends toward STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), but I am equally passionate about sparking the fire of innovation in the hearts and minds of the students inRead more

From i2E’s Scott Meacham: Love’s a natural sponsor of Entrepreneur’s Cup

By sarah | Featured, News | 0 comment | 18 April, 2017 | 0

By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Last week, during the celebratory gala for the 2017 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup, the same thing happened to me that happens every year. I was completely inspired by the students who participate in Oklahoma’s premier collegiate business plan competition. Jenny Love Meyer They are the bestRead more

Exclusive Love’s Travel Stops blog and video interview with Love’s Cup winners

By sarah | Love's Cup Featured, Love's Cup News, News | 0 comment | 14 April, 2017 | 0

Exclusive blog and video from Love’s Travel Stops: “Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup winners headed to Vegas, Baby!”  Read it here! Love’s Cup interview with VisionaRX from Oklahoma State UniversityRead more

Q&A with Jenny Love Meyer: Love’s takes over sponsorship of Governor’s Cup competition

By sarah | Featured, News | 0 comment | 22 March, 2017 | 0

Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Company Jenny Love Meyer is vice president of communications at Love’s Travel Stops. Jenny Love Meyer Q: What prompted Love’s Travel Stops to step up as the new sponsor of Oklahoma’s largest collegiate business plan competition? A: Innovation is one of Love’s core values and is key to howRead more

Competition fuels entrepreneurial spirit

By sarah | Featured, News | 0 comment | 14 March, 2017 | 0

By Scott Meacham Copyright © 2017, The Oklahoma Publishing Company “I don’t know if I always wanted to be an entrepreneur, but I sure do now.” We hear that over and over from the college and university students who participate in the Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup, Oklahoma’s statewide collegiate business plan competition. In this 13th yearRead more

Love’s Travel Stops to take over as sponsor of state’s student business plan competition

By admin | News | 0 comment | 19 April, 2016 | 0

The impact of this competition on our state and its students has been too valuable and important to lose, so months ago, we undertook a search for the right strategic partner — an entrepreneurial Oklahoma company that would be willing to step in and continue the competition and take it to the next level, building on all that the Gov Cup has accomplished over the last 12 years.

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