Two recent Husker graduates were featured in a June 4 Lincoln Journal Star article on the university’s entrepreneurship programs helping young people get a head start on their careers while still in college.
With the help of the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program and the Nebraska Entrepreneurship Accelerator, Madison Kreifels started her marketing business, InfoFilm, in the fall of her junior year. After graduating in May, she is now taking the business full-time.
Kreifels’ company aims to help people better understand agriculture and the farmers who make people’s food, the Journal Star reported. She works with producers, ag tech companies and other groups to create videos, products and branding that communicate the stories of people working in agriculture.
Kreifels, who majored in agricultural and environmental sciences communication, said some of her friends in college are uncertain about where they will be in the next few months, but she said she feels she has some control over her situation.
“I told myself I hope I’m laughing in five years, knowing that I transitioned to full time in a time like this, just because it’s a little more nerve-wracking because things are changing so quickly and so often,” said Kreifels, who is buying her first house with her fiance in Eagle, Nebraska.
Tom Field, director of the Engler program, said students in Nebraska’s accelerator programs leave with a strong professional network that includes other entrepreneurs. Success often isn’t a straight line, he said, and the Engler program teaches young entrepreneurs to be ready to pivot.
“It’s like sailing a sailboat,” he said. “Nobody goes in a straight line. You’re always tacking, right? You're having to always make a course adjustment.”
Another May graduate, Yamen Seanwan, started his halal supply chain business, Halal Meats, with support from the Nebraska Entrepreneurship Accelerator and was featured in the article. Seanwan, who majored in business administration, said the program helped him find mentors, network and receive individualized support. For the full story, click here.
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