One down, three more to go!

On Thursday Lance took his last final and finished up his first semester of his MBA. He is pretty dang excited but I honestly think I'm even more excited. This semester was absolutely crazy. 

They told us the first semester would kick your butt and they weren't kidding. I felt like a single mom because he was always gone or cooped up doing homework. 

Lance will tell you that he learned more in this one single semester then he did all of his years at Utah State combined. He is getting excited for the next stage of our lives. He is getting a passion for entrepreneurship, and eventually wants to start his own company. 

Some of the highlights of the semester:

In September Lance went for 3 days to Philadelphia to attend NSHMBA. He was able to meet some great people and made some important connections.

In October Lance interviewed and was accepted to Nestle's Brand Management Boot camp. Nestle' flew him out to their headquarters in Glendale California to participate. While there he won a case competition and was awarded with some great prizes. 

Lance has been involved with the entrepreneurship club up on campus.  He and 6 other guys actually won the Jump-start innovation competition for their idea to create a new product that would help those growing tomatoes. The product they created is a better functioning tomato cage. They were awarded funding to create the prototype and start their new company. We can officially say Lance has now started his own company called Home Garden Solutions.  It has been extremely beneficial. 

Also with the entrepreneurship club he has had the opportunity to sit in with the board for their "Get Seeded" events up on campus. This program is really cool. It is a program where students and any one in the community can bring their ideas in front of a panel and be awarded funding. It is like a mini "Shark Tank" (Lance's favorite TV show). He has really enjoyed that and comes home with lots of stories about awesome ideas and some really dumb ones. 

He is hoping to be more involved with the club and hold a position on the club leadership next year. 

Lance also applied and was accepted to a ethics competition. The competition is in Colorado. Each year around 20-25 colleges around the country put together a team of 5 or 6 people to compete in this competition. The University of Utah has won it the past 2 years so they are hoping to continue on the winning streak. Lance is excited. It is going to make for a busy February but it will be super beneficial. Plus 20% of the final score of the competition is a ski race. Lance is especially excited for that part.

I was so nervous when he told me he wanted to go back to school, but it has turned out to be the best decision we've made.  He is learning so much, meeting so many people and positioning himself for an amazing future once he graduates. I couldn't be prouder of him. 

Now we get to spend the next 3 weeks relaxing before it all begins again.