$10,000 grants create Langston entrepreneurs
BY TIM HENLEY
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Published: November 8, 2009
LANGSTON — Two Langston University students used their entrepreneurial skills to win $10,000 grants to launch their prospective companies.
RaShaun Robinson and
Drew Brown were among four students who received the Student Entrepreneur Grant from the
Thurgood Marshall Fund.
The grant encourages young entrepreneurs to develop business concepts. Robinson, 20, and Brown, 26, submitted their business concepts to the grant committee.
Robinson’s concept was to create a company that specializes in organic ice cream from goat milk that has less fat, more vitamins, more calcium and is easier for the body to digest.
The business would be named The Billy Goat Ice Cream Co.
"I chose a goat ice cream brand because everyone likes ice cream, and here at
Langston University, we are known for our goat research,” Robinson said.
Robinson will collaborate with Langston’s E (Kika) de la Garza American Institute for Goat Research to produce the ice cream as an outsourced entity.
The
Billy Goat Ice Cream Co. brand will be responsible for marketing and selling the product, Brown said.
The ice cream flavors will include chocolate, vanilla, Jack Daniel’s, pecan praline, pina colada and strawberry cheesecake.
Brown’s business concept was to use Mother Nature to create an environmentally friendly source of energy.
The company would be named B&E Better Energy for the Future. Brown hopes to supply wind turbines for homes on one or more acres of land.
"One of the problems plaguing
America and the world is energy efficiency,” Brown said. "We as humans are using energy in an inefficient manner that is causing problems such as global warming.”
Brown said the wind turbines will restrict pollution and decrease a homeowner’s electricity bill by 50 to 90 percent.
Robinson and Brown were selected from 53 applicants nationally, said
Will Davison Jr., a spokesman for the
Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
The other two recipients are
Anasthasia Lewis, of
Texas Southern University, and
Vickie Jones, of
Fayetteville State University.
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