Episode

Описание: What if launching a business was a graduation requirement? At Paul Quinn College, that’s exactly what students are doing. 


In this episode, Dustin sat down with Jeff Meade (  / jeffmeade  ) from Paul Quinn College (https://paulquinn.edu/) (PQC), who shares how this HBCU is integrating entrepreneurship into the student experience—not as an elective or a club, but as a campus-wide, curriculum-infused mission. You’ll hear how students from every discipline are learning to think like founders, pitch real ideas, and even secure funding.


Guest Name: Jeff Meade - Assistant Professor & Founding Director of Entrepreneurship at Paul Quinn College


Guest Social: LinkedIn (  / jeffmeade  )


Guest Bio: Jeff Meade is the Founding Director of Entrepreneurship at Paul Quinn College, where he is leading a bold initiative: Every Quinnite is an Entrepreneur. The program ensures every student launches a venture before graduation, making entrepreneurship a core life skill rather than an extracurricular option.


With over 20 years of experience growing companies and advising businesses, Jeff has scaled agencies to multimillion-dollar revenues and built client-side marketing programs that gained national recognition. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur Magazine. Today, Jeff is pioneering venture-based learning, a model that equips students with an entrepreneurial mindset, creativity, and real-world experience to thrive as founders, innovators, and intrapreneurs in any field.







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