Young Entrepreneur in Residence Interns

2010

Brian McGrath

Brian is a second year MBA student concentrating in both Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School. Prior to business school, Brian spent more than 4 years in various financial roles with Raytheon Company and roughly 2 years selling real estate. His professional experience is primarily in the areas of working capital management and project finance. Brian graduated cum laude from the University of Florida with an undergraduate degree in Management and Economics. He plans on launching his own technology or service based company upon graduation.

Andrew Simon

Andrew Simon is a second year MBA student concentrating in Entrepreneurship and Finance at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He currently serves as the Co-President of Fuqua’s Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club (EVCC) and Duke Grad Rugby team. With Fuqua’s Program for Entrepreneurs, Andrew is currently serving in a business development and strategy role with General Nano, a company with the ability to grow the world’s longest Carbon Nanotubes and spin them in to usable thread and wire. At Fuqua, Andrew co-founded Duke’s International Consulting Experience (ICE), which teams a group of Fuqua MBAs with a North Carolina company to conduct an in depth, months long consulting project focused on an international business issue. Prior to business school, Andrew was the founder and president of High 5 Consulting, a strategic communications, public relations and political consulting firm and popular Cincinnati Bengals blog WhoDeyRevolution.com. He also co-founded and serves on the board of DC School Reform Now, a non-profit dedicated to transforming DC’s public schools. Andrew received his BA from Bates College.

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