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Skipper-Craft, Geoffrey D. Reynolds Nov 2007

Skipper-Craft, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Skipper Craft is an article covering the history of Skipper-Craft Boats of Holland, Michigan, from 1952-1960 and includes images of examples of models made by this company, founded by Jason Petroelje.


How To Weave Entrepreneurship Into Engineering Education: The Experience At San Jose State University, Minnie Patel, Anuradha Basu Jun 2006

How To Weave Entrepreneurship Into Engineering Education: The Experience At San Jose State University, Minnie Patel, Anuradha Basu

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There is a growing consensus about the need for engineers and scientists to have entrepreneurial skills to be successful in their careers. However, there is a continued debate as to how best to impart these skills at the undergraduate level. It is possible to identify two routes to accomplish this objective. One route is to offer courses in engineering entrepreneurship and the other is to encourage students to participate in extracurricular activities that help to foster entrepreneurial skills. The most common approach adopted by a growing number of universities is to offer courses in entrepreneurship to engineering students. A more …


Holland Boat Builders, Geoffrey D. Reynolds Jun 2006

Holland Boat Builders, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Holland Boat Builders is an article concerning the history of ship and boat building in the Holland, Michigan area from 1836-2006.


Before The Thoroughbreds: Roy Brady And The Century Boat Company, Geoffrey D. Reynolds May 2006

Before The Thoroughbreds: Roy Brady And The Century Boat Company, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Before the Thoroughbreds: Roy Brady and the Century Boat Company is an article about the boat builder Melvin Roy Brady, his family, and his time building boats for Brady Boats of Charlevoix, Michigan, Century Boat Company in Manistee, Michigan and Robinson Boat Company of St. Joeseph, Michigan. It also concentrates on his time as a hydroplane boat racer in the late 1920s and early 1930s.


Slickcraft: The Quality Name In Boating, Geoffrey D. Reynolds Sep 2005

Slickcraft: The Quality Name In Boating, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

SlickCraft: The Quality Name in Boating is an article concerning the history of the Slick Craft Boat Company (1954-1969) of Holland, Michigan, its acquisition in 1969 by AMF Corporation (American Manufacturing and Foundry) and subsequent founding of S2 Yachts, Inc. by its founder, Leon Slikkers in 1974.


How To Start A University Business Plan Competition: The Experience Of San Jose State University, Michael Solt, Asbjorn Osland, Anuradha Basu Jun 2005

How To Start A University Business Plan Competition: The Experience Of San Jose State University, Michael Solt, Asbjorn Osland, Anuradha Basu

Faculty Publications

San Jose State University’s Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship has hosted a business plan competition for the last two academic years. The purpose of the Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition (SVBPC) is to stimulate interest in entrepreneurship among students and help to create new start-ups. The winners have typically been MBA students with an engineering background. This paper documents the process of planning and implementing the SVBPC as it has evolved at San Jose State University (SJSU), the resources required, and the key challenges encountered in organizing this annual event and widening participation in the competition. The paper reports on …


San Jose State University Based Incubators: Loosely Coupled Elements In Silicon Valley’S Entrepreneurial System, Asbjorn Osland, Burton Dean Jun 2005

San Jose State University Based Incubators: Loosely Coupled Elements In Silicon Valley’S Entrepreneurial System, Asbjorn Osland, Burton Dean

Faculty Publications

The San Jose Redevelopment Agency (RDA) fostered and continues to nurture incubators. In partnership with the RDA, San Jose State University (SJSU), through its Foundation, operates four fairly autonomous loosely coupled university based incubators (UBIs). Their primary mission is to develop start-ups. They also provide excellent learning opportunities for students. What they have not done is commercialize university or faculty intellectual property. The incubator directors are experienced business people who have the business acumen to nurture start-ups successfully, which they have done. The RDA, SJSU, the UBIs, and the incubator directors are all part of the entrepreneurial system that characterizes …


Built Along The Shores Of Macatawa: The History Of Boat Building In Holland, Michigan, Geoffrey D. Reynolds Jul 2004

Built Along The Shores Of Macatawa: The History Of Boat Building In Holland, Michigan, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Built Along the Shores of Macatawa: The History of Boat Building in Holland, Michigan is an article concerning the history of ship and boat building in the Holland, Michigan area from 1836-2004.


Description And Assessment Of A Business Plan Competition And New Venture Fair At San José State University, Malu Roldan, Asbjorn Osland, Michael Solt, Burton Dean Jun 2004

Description And Assessment Of A Business Plan Competition And New Venture Fair At San José State University, Malu Roldan, Asbjorn Osland, Michael Solt, Burton Dean

Faculty Publications

After the first business plan competition, in May 2003, San José State University (SJSU) faculty and community entrepreneurs serving on the university’s Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship (SVCE) concluded that the process should be spread over an academic year. Hence, the New Venture Fair (NVF) was born, which was held Dec. 16, 2003. The feedback from all sources has been very positive regarding the NVF. A significant NVF exhibit was the Hewlett Packard Mobile Computing Grant (HPMCG). All teams completed projects that were impressive to most observers from the university and greater community but additional lessons were learned that will …


Mac Bay Boat Company, Geoffrey D. Reynolds Nov 2003

Mac Bay Boat Company, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Mac Bay Boat Company is an article concerning the history of the boat building company founded in Holland, Michigan in 1948, moved to Fruitport, Michigan (Muskegon area) in 1956 and went of business in 1962.


High Flying To Tailspin: Otto E. Szekely And His Troubled Aircraft And Engine Company, Geoffrey D. Reynolds Jan 2001

High Flying To Tailspin: Otto E. Szekely And His Troubled Aircraft And Engine Company, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Otto E. Szekely and His Troubled Aircraft and Engine Company is an article concering Hungarian native Otto E. Szekely and his short success as a builder of Flying Dutchman aircraft and Szekely aicraft engines in Holland, Michigan, from the 1920s to the 1930s.


Nautical Namesakes Of A.C. Van Raalte, Geoffrey D. Reynolds Jul 1999

Nautical Namesakes Of A.C. Van Raalte, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

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Maritime Namesakes of A.C. Van Raalte is an article that concerns the history of the great lakes ships that bore his name for over eighty years.