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As I’m sure you can tell, I love business and personal finance (why else would I create a blog about it?), but what many of you might not know is that my true passion lies in entrepreneurship.  My passion came about in college when I decided to surround myself with the people I wanted to be like; it just so happened that all of them were entrepreneurs.  As a result of this passion, in college I was heavily involved in the entrepreneurship program in and out of school.  After being out of school for almost 2 years, I miss it, so I call a friend and pseudo mentor to talk.

I’ve prompted my friend and pseudo mentor, Shaun Tan, at least 3 times on a concept I’ve been thinking about since my junior year of college, and I’ve always gotten the same genuine response of “let me know when you’re ready, and I will help out in any way possible.”  However, when I prompted him for the 4th time in December he gave me something additional to think about when he said “think of all the people you will help,” and that single phrase has served as the tipping point for me to take a concept I am passionate about from dream to reality.  

What you need to understand is that Shaun isn’t just a friend, nor is he just a mentor, the man is the Godfather of the Entrepreneur Mentor Society (EMS), a non-profit organization, based in Los Angeles, that is designed to take college students from around the area and educate, promote, encourage, network, and develop them as entrepreneurs.  And the concept that I am passionate about is creating an organization just like it in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

I was a member of this organization (as well as it’s predecessor), and truthfully speaking, without it I don’t know if I would be the person who I am today.  I wouldn’t be as driven, and I definitely wouldn’t have started this site.

In thinking of all the people that I, and the organization, will be helping, I am pleased to announce the Launch of EMS Dallas-Fort Worth launching in February.

We will be pooling students from Southern Methodist University, Texas Christian University, The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas Arlington, The University of Dallas, and hopefully a few more in the area.  Sessions will be held over 8 Saturday mornings throughout the semester, and the students will get the opportunity to network and hear the stories of successful entrepreneurs, as well as learn skills that are vital to being an entrepreneur.

If you or anyone you know might be interested in joining as a member, or speaking and helping out as an entrepreneur please visit www.emsdallas.org for more information or contact me at daniel.bowen [at] emsdallas.org.

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