Student Run Businesses: Evolving the Traditional Student Working Experience

Throughout the country, universities have established programs that provide an unparalleled learning experience to college students: the chance to run their own business. From coffee shops to real estate portfolio management to consulting firms, college students are placed at the forefront of different business models. Student Run Businesses explores the variety of business models in these programs, including how they help students succeed in future careers, and the common characteristics of the most successful student-run business programs. These students embark on a journey that will push them to their limits and teach them applicable skills beyond the ordinary classroom setting. This is a serious business; choices could impact the future of a business as well as the health of a community. One costly mistake, and a forty-year-old company might be forced to close its doors...forever!This is their reality. These are their stories. Student Run Businesses is a story of empowerment; Marcos Morales' book will change how you view the traditional student work experience.