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Riata Center announces 2026 Cowboy100 honorees

The Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship unveiled the OSU-owned-and-led businesses being honored at the 2026 Cowboy100 on March 28.
Riata Center announces 2026 Cowboy100 honorees
Riata Center announces 2026 Cowboy100 honorees

Mon, Feb 9, 2026

The Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship unveiled the OSU-owned-and-led businesses being honored at the 2026 Cowboy100 on March 28.

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Spears alumnus Healey builds real estate investment firm 20 years after unique OSU experience

Mon, Jul 22, 2024

From Detroit to Stillwater, Damon Healey's OSU journey reinforced his love for entrepreneurship. Twenty years later, the Spears Business graduate uses that experience to run Eternal Companies, his commercial real estate investment firm.

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Second Cowboy100 Honoree Gala celebrates OSU alumni and their businesses

Wed, Apr 5, 2023

Ninety-five Oklahoma State University alumni and their businesses were celebrated Friday night during the 2023 Cowboy100 Honoree Gala, which recognizes the fastest-growing and top 10 revenue-generating Cowboy-owned and Cowboy-led businesses.

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Cowboy100 honorees to be recognized at annual gala

Thu, Feb 2, 2023

The Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in conjunction with the Oklahoma State University Foundation is set to host the Cowboy100 Honoree Gala to celebrate the fastest-growing and top 10 revenue-generating OSU graduate-owned or -led

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OSU’s entrepreneurship programs receive Princeton Review national rankings

Wed, Nov 30, 2022

Oklahoma State University's School of Entrepreneurship was recognized as one of the top schools in the nation in the 2023 rankings published by The Princeton Review and featured in the December issue of Entrepreneur magazine.

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Constructing success; Spears senior builds business empire during college career

Mon, Nov 28, 2022

Many OSU students discover their entrepreneurial spirit in class or at a Riata Center event, but it emerged early and instinctively for Elian Trujillo. The senior started a construction business while at OSU, and he's used his time at Spears

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Pitch and Poster competition awards students $10,000

Thu, Nov 17, 2022

Oklahoma State University students were awarded more than $10,000 in scholarships while competing in the 2022 Pitch and Poster competition hosted by the Riata Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Nov. 4.

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Entrepreneurship students participate in global presentations

Wed, Nov 2, 2022

For the first time, Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business students are participating in the Technion Multi-Cultural Team Project (TMCTP) during the fall 2022 semester as part of upper-level entrepreneurship courses taught by Craig

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Casting Cameron

Tue, Sep 20, 2022

Rachel Cameron, a young actress and entrepreneurship student, made her way to Stillwater after filming a movie in Yukon, Oklahoma. The Dallas native spent a month and a half in Oklahoma on the set of "Treasure Lies," a faith-based movie about a

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