Amazon. Apple. Disney. Google. Mattel. Each started in a garage. Now it's your turn.
The names mentioned above are just a few of the world's most innovative and successful companies, and they just so happened to be founded in garages. With the creation of a student-directed business incubator, Walsh University students have the opportunity to develop the enterprising skills they require to be ready for the entrepreneurial, global, dynamic workplace of tomorrow.
In 2015, four students came up with an idea and wanted to start a business. They immediately went to the library to collaborate but quickly realized that the quiet environment was not suitable for innovation. Then they went to the cafeteria in hopes to have a more relaxed place to lash out idea but found that it was too loud to foster ideas. The dorm rooms were not suitable either, so these four students had to seek out a new place to operate. In the spirit of entrepreneurship, they built one. Josh Ippolito, Andrew Chwalik, Matt Strobelt, and Iagos Lucca found an old garage on campus and went to President Jusseaume, and the rest is history. The Garage is a student-run entrepreneurship program located on the campus of Walsh University. Our motto is "by students, for students" and that mantra is at the heart of everything we do. As an organization, we work with students who already have existing businesses and students who have ideas for startups. Our mission is to instill entrepreneurial and creative thinking in all Walsh University students who desire to sincerely pursue innovation while fostering a community of knowledge, imagination, and collaboration; to develop students into servant leaders who will have a lifelong commitment to social, economic, and personal growth through entrepreneurship.
Tessa White
President/ CEO
Katerina Matthews
Vice President/ COO
Bailey McGinnis
Treasurer / CFO
Hannah Petersen
COE (Chief of Entrepreneurship)
Audrey Dornisch
Director of 3-D Printing
Amelia Freeman
Director of Outreach
