Skip to Content

McCoy College of Business

Archived Entrepreneurial Speakers

Fall 2020 Entrepreneurial Speakers

September 8: Pat Oles, Barshop and Oles Company and Dan Roy, Co-Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneur in Residence, McCoy College
September 15: Brian McCoy, CEO & Board Chair, McCoy's Building Supply and Meagan McCoy Jones, President & COO, McCoy's Building Supply
September 29: Arie Brish, Best-Selling Author and Commercialization Expert
October 13: Debra Quade, Supplier Diversity Manager, Kellogg Company
October 27: Harlan Beverly, Vice-President of Engineering, Beneplace and Lecturer, Texas State
November 10: John Cunningham and Chris Chilek, Co-Founders, VictoryCTO, Pick-A-Prof.com and MyEdu.com

Spring 2020 Entrepreneurial Speakers

January 28: Pat Oles, Barshop and Oles Company and Dan Roy, Entrepreneur in Residence
February 4: Bill Bayless, CEO, American Campus Communities, Inc.
February 11: Harvey Hartenstine, Chief Banking Executive, Broadway Bank
February 18: Jeremy Jacob, Owner, FLOAT
February 25: Dr. Art Markham, Director, IC2 Institute
March 3: Gay Gaddis, founder, Gay Gaddis, LLC
March 24: Shirley Crandall, President, Crandall & Associates
March 31: China Smith, Founding Executive Director, Ballet Afrique
April 7: Tom Roddy, President, Bensco, Inc.

Fall 2019 Entrepreneurial Speakers

September 3: Pat Oles, Barshop and Oles Company and Dan Roy, Entrepreneur in Residence
September 10: Brian McCoy and Meagan McCoy Jones, McCoy's Building Supply
September 17: Doug Foshee, Marathon Oil Corp
September 24: Jan Lehman, Lehman Associates
October 1: Carina Boston Pinales, Splash Coworking
October 22: Tom Behan, Alaska Clubs
October 29: Mark Madrid, Latino Business Action Network
November 5: Colleen Dean and Thompson Smith, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
November 12: Chad Auler, Deep Eddy Vodka

Spring 2019 Entrepreneurial Speakers

January 29: Pat Oles, Barshop and Oles Company
February 5: Emily Vines, Busy Body Prep, LLC
February 12: Jack Gill, Ph.D., The Gill Foundation of Texas
February 19: Karen Carroll and Georgia Sandahl, 3M
February 21: Scott Emerson, The Emerson Group
February 26: Tony Perez, D-Pad, LLC
March 5: David and Danita Graffagnini, Perk Up Coffee
March 12: Colt Moncla, iV Bars, Inc.
March 26: Tim De Jong, Wimberley Glass Works
April 2: Gay Gaddis, T3
April 9: Monica McNabb, McNabb & Co.
April 16: Bob Carroll, Southwest Water Company
April 23: Lew Little, Covenant Surgical Partners
April 30: DVD - Sam Barshop, LaQuinta Inns, Barshop & Oles Company

Fall 2018 Entrepreneurial Speakers

September 11: Pat Oles, Barshop and Oles Company
September 18: China Smith, Ballet Afrique Contemporary Dance Company
September 25: 3M's Innovation Journey _ From Curiosity to Commercialization
October 2: Bill Bayless, American Campus Communities
October 9: Brian McCoy & Meagan McCoy Jones, McCoy's Building Supply
October 16: Clayton Hauk, Hauk Custom Pools
October 23: Ruston Hicks & Alberta Garcia, Texas To Go
November 6: Carol Huntsberger, Quality Seafood
November 13: Keny Daniele, Prestige Auto & Metal Recycling
November 20: Dylan Piper, Piper Builders
November 27: Jan Lehman Lehman Associates

Spring 2018

January 30: Pat Oles, Barshop and Oles Company
February 6: Tim DeJong, Wimberly Glassworks
February 20: Alan Graham, Mobile Loaves and Fishes & Meagan McCoy Jones, McCoy's Building Supply
February 27: Scott Emerson, The Emerson Group
March 6: Monica McNabb, McNabb and Co.
March 20: Brian Olson & Sabin Steinbacher, Premier Cuts
March 27: Karen Carroll, 3M
April 3: Gay Gaddis, T3
April 10: Randy Weiss, Radius Squared, LP
April 17: James Fosler, Veteran Entertainment and Resource Connection
April 24: DVD of Sam Barshop, LaQuinta Inns, Inc and Barshop and Oles, LP