Diamond in the Rough
Distinguished Entrepreneurial Fellow Award
Through a wonderful grant from the Coleman Foundation (Fannie May Candies) this award is being created to help identify, encourage, support, mentor, hone, polish and develop young entrepreneurs in their early years so that they fulfill their potential and destiny, and become the outstanding young undergraduate collegiate entrepreneurs at LMU, from any major or school, probably in their Freshman or Sophomore year, who have powerful potential to achieve great entrepreneurial success if they are helped and mentored along the way. The award program will include a competitive application process, requiring applicants to convince the judges why they want this award, and need it to have their full impact in the future, and deserve it. One major component of judging will be the applicant's awareness of, and involvement in social impact activities that have a positive impact on society, and improve the social impact of business and entrepreneurship. The recipient of this award will be expected to get deeply involved in a number of entrepreneurial training, leadership, and mentor opportunities available through the LMU Entrepreneurship Program. The recipient will also receive a fellowship award of $5000.00 spread over the period of their involvement in this award program.
2009 Winner
Julian Pisani
2008 Winners
Korbin Duley
Kofi LeGrand
2007 Winner
Corey Kulis
2006 Winner
Buddy Dillenberg
"Pro Pedder Kustoms, LLC"
Stephene Johnson
Event Planning
Jamal Kinney
"Flipside Enterprises"
Social Entrepreneurship Business
2005 Winner
Garett Awad
"Ignite"
Ignite Media Productions
2004 Winners
Stephen Yoss
"IRA Media"
Web Development & IT Support
Aram Nadjarian
"Kids Talk"
Kids oriented weekly TV show
2003 Winners
Catherine and Monica MacGilivray
"Two Cute Cookies" Custom Cookie Business
(They're TWINS!)
2002 Winners
Olga and David Flores
"Flores Family Clothing Creations"
Custom Designs for College Students
Mark Celio
"Dimes for Dreams"
Social Entrepreneur Business
Stacy Lambatos
Event Planning Service
2001 Winners
Eric Valenzuela
"The Best Computer Guys"
Computer Consulting Business