2008 Summer Business Immersion Album Two
Tony Neymeiyer ’09 impressed panel members with his introduction of
Whatever Floats Your Boat, a full-service marina his group envisions
near LaPorte, IN.
Neymeiyer's business partner Skip Tokar ’10 explains the management
structure of the company.
Wabash College Trustee and business consultant Daryl Johnson asks about
the group's planned full-service and maintenance shop.
Evan Isaacs ’10 listens intently to a judge's critique of his group's
business plan.
Neymeiyer defends the notion that starting a marina during a recession is
a great opportunity for low-start-up costs and eventual high profits.
One of those "Simon" moments—Florance explains why banks would be unlikely to back the group's Whatever Floats Your Boat marina idea.
The panel, led by Sam Florance, applauds the group's presentation.
Zac Simpson ’09 presents his group's business plan for "Life Lessons," a
company that would record and transcribe people's stories and memoirs.
Program participants took a break from business plan presentations to view a video by Seth Einterz ’11 on the potential for more rail-trails in Indiana. Einterz, who notes in his video that trails can serve a vital social as well as recreational role by "connecting Hoosiers", researched the video as part of the College's Present Indiana Program, funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Wabash students in the Summer Business Immersion program began their work in May…
… and completed the course presenting their final business plans in
July. Pictured in the front row (left to right) are Alumni Career
Officer Lu Hamilton ’76, Hoang Nguyen, Kenneth Stall, and Tony Neimeyer.
In the back row are program co-director John Walter, Derrin Slack, Dan
Anglin, Rob Arnet, Kyle Augustinovicz, Evan Isaacs, Zac Simpson, Shola
Ajiboye, and Matt Rushton.