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Eleven business students named Spears Distinguished Seniors for 2025-26 academic year

Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business has named 11 students Spears Distinguished Seniors for the 2025-26 academic year.
Eleven business students named Spears Distinguished Seniors for 2025-26 academic year
MBA program to offer Entrepreneurship concentration

Mon, Oct 14, 2019

Whether you are starting a company, are an executive in an existing firm or are managing a small or family business, entrepreneurial skills are critical to identifying and evaluating the factors that will make your undertaking a success.

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OSU investment fund fuels aspirations of student entrepreneurs

Tue, Aug 6, 2019

The Riata Center for Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business awarded a total of $75,000 to three teams of Oklahoma State University student entrepreneurs this summer in the first round of a new investment fund designed to invest in budding

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Changing young lives through entrepreneurship

Mon, Jul 22, 2019

When asked why dozens of middle school and high school girls were sitting in a classroom on the Oklahoma State University campus on a hot July morning, one voice rang out loud and clear, "to learn to be girl bosses."

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OSU students impress at Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup

Fri, Apr 19, 2019

Oklahoma State University's award-winning entrepreneurship program was on center stage Thursday night at the 2019 Love's Entrepreneur's Cup. OSU teams won first place in both the undergraduate and graduate High Growth divisions of the statewide

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OSU students place first at Princeton University business plan competition

Fri, Apr 19, 2019

Two Oklahoma State University students have earned national recognition by winning the TigerLaunch competition hosted by Princeton University for their startup business plan for Contraire, a predictive analysis control system designed to provide

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Students claim $45,000 in prize money in Riata Business Plan Competition

Tue, Apr 2, 2019

The Oklahoma State University School for Entrepreneurship and the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship have named winners of the annual student competition to create business startups. The Riata Business Plan Competition at the Spears School of Business

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School of Entrepreneurship research ranks high internationally

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

The Oklahoma State University School of Entrepreneurship is ranked fourth among nearly 500 programs from around the world for research productivity for the past five years. The ranking lists university entrepreneurship programs by their ability to

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Two OSU students win international business plan competition in Toronto

Tue, Jan 29, 2019

A team of two Oklahoma State University students won the Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition with its startup business plan for Contraire, a predictive analysis control system designed to provide near real-time wastewater test measurements.

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Spears School of Business faculty, staff honored at University Awards Convocation

Wed, Dec 5, 2018

The Spears School of Business was well represented at the annual University Awards Convocation ceremony when several faculty members and a staff member were recognized for their contributions to the school's success on Dec. 4 at the ConocoPhillips

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OSU’s entrepreneurship graduate program honored with top 25 national ranking

Tue, Nov 13, 2018

Oklahoma State University's School of Entrepreneurship was recognized as one of the top schools in the nation for the sixth time since 2012 in rankings published by The Princeton Review and featured in the December issue of Entrepreneur magazine.

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