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Entrepreneurship at OSU: Opportunities for the Military. Colonel Kevin Kriner Department Head Department of Aerospace Studies. Deconstructing E: 11 Core Competencies. Recognizing Opportunity Assessing Opportunity Mastering Your Creativity Leveraging Resources Guerrilla Skills
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Entrepreneurship at OSU:Opportunities for the Military Colonel Kevin Kriner Department Head Department of Aerospace Studies
Deconstructing E: 11 Core Competencies • Recognizing Opportunity • Assessing Opportunity • Mastering Your Creativity • Leveraging Resources • Guerrilla Skills • Mitigating and Managing Risk • Planning When Nothing Exists • Innovation---Developing Ideas that Work • Building and Managing Social Networks • Ability to Maintain Vision Yet Adapt • Implementation of Something Novel or New IMAGINE> BELIEVE > CREATE
Overview • Military Tuition Assistance (TA) Program • Masters Degree and TA • Future: • GI Bill and E-degrees? • Residence Programs • Questions? IMAGINE> BELIEVE > CREATE
Tuition Assistance Program Basics • $250/credit hour (max $4500/year) • Current Bus College Mil-rate is $250/hour • At present, for profit University Cash Cow… questionable degrees • MOUs with on-base colleges a challenge IMAGINE> BELIEVE > CREATE
Masters Degree and TA • Visit to Vance AFB – Dec 10 • Small turn-out (7 – 8 officers), but… • 5 enrollees to date • Visit to Altus AFB – Apr 11 • Expect large crowd • Pursuing 2 to 4 full time students for Fall 11 • Leverage success to establish formal/recurring program • Work with AF Academy for other formal programs IMAGINE> BELIEVE > CREATE
Future • Schedule other Visits • Explore GI Bill Options (Graduate & Undergraduate) • Expand Yellow Ribbon Benefits? • Other incentives? • Explore other Residence Programs/Relationships • Other Military Schools • Other Services • Assist With VEP IMAGINE> BELIEVE > CREATE