Mad Batter, Hiram Tees, Tribe Clothing Brand

 

Student Businesses

A course for Hiram's Entrepreneurship program allows students to design a business from scratch and operate it for the duration of the semester. The students get to choose their business partners and then work together to write a 20+ page business plan, which they will later use as their blueprint for the business. The groups have a free choice in what kind of business they create and how they choose to operate. Once the business plan is complete, the groups are provided $200 of startup funds to help launch the business off the ground. The objective is for the businesses to turn a profit and for the students to learn the necessary skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur. Let's take a look at the group's businesses!


Mad Batter

Mad Batter is a business ran by JoRee Yabarra, Faith Kawamura, and Reyna Polly. Their business model is to make and sell baked goods such as brownies, cookies, cake pops, and much more. They plan to sell the baked goods through their Instagram page (MadBatter_22) and going door-to-door on campus. 


Sticker Logo of Mad Batter

Hiram Tees

Hiram Tees is a business ran by Aidan Stephens, Dylan Philpott, and Ethan Barnes. Their business strategy is to create and sell t-shirts with funny slogans to people on Hiram campus. Their main marketing channel consists of word of mouth. They currently do not market on social media but may pivot in that direction in the next few weeks. 


Tribe Clothing Brand (TCB)

Tribe Clothing Brand (TCB) is a business ran by Joe Hall, Mekhi Williams, Desean Whitson and  Greg Wilson. The group is focused on designing and selling long sleeve shirts, primarily targeting athletes on Hiram campus. The business does not have any social media at the moment, but will reevaluate their business plan in the upcoming weeks to see if any changes need to be made. As of now, they plan to primarily use word of mouth to produce sales. 

Long sleeve design by TCB


Class Successes 

In the past, some groups decided to continue their business operations even once the course was finished because they saw a bright future. For some, the business even became their full-time job! One example is the recent Hiram graduate, Mike Eversole and his company, Envision. Be sure to keep an eye out for an upcoming blog where Mike will explain his journey with Envision!

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