Each year our Entrepreneurship Center here at Belmont honors students who have pursued their entrepreneurial dreams while attending school here at Belmont University. This year we recognized twenty new students who had taken the entrepreneurial plunge while attending college at Belmont.
A freshman majoring in entrepreneurship won the third annual Regions Bank Outstanding Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Andy Tabar, a freshman from Cleveland, Ohio, was one of four finalists and more than 50 student entrepreneurs at Belmont eligible for the award this year. He will received an award of $5,000 from Regions Bank.
Tabar operates two businesses, Andy Tabar & Associates and Nashville Creative, which offer a variety of services including marketing development, Internet communications, web site development, web site hosting, and tech services. He began both business while in high school and now has more than 50 clients including corporate and entertainment related clients.
We also honored 20 new students who are practicing entrepreneurs, making it 60 in all since we began our program just three years ago. They are all students who in the midst of exams, papers, and normal college life managed to also start a business.
Having begun my own entrepreneurial career while in college, I can assure you that being a collegiate entrepreneur is no small accomplishment. And what they are doing is what makes me so optimistic for our future.
Congratulations to all!!
