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Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs

The Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs (ACE) was founded at Wichita State University in 1982 by Professor Fran Jabara and student Verne Harnish. What started out as a small organization at the university it quickly evolved into the leading international organization for college aged entrepreneurs in the 1980's and 1990's.1

National Conferences
ACE hosted a national conference which moved to a different major city every year. Students from around the globe convened to network and learn about entrepreneurship. The conference brought business leaders including Ted Turner, Jack DeBoer, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell as keynote speakers to inspire the attendees. During the 1980's the "E" word of the time was entrepreneurship and the country was fascinated by entrepreneurs. ACE played an important role in perpetuating the importance of small business and entrepreneurial leadership into the early 1990's.

International Influence
In 1991 ACE led a business delegation to the former USSR to encourage entrepreneurship. The business delegation was hosted by the then existing Komsomol, the youth wing of the Communist Party.