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KU student selected to present new app and company, Just Play Sport Solutions, at Pipeline Innovator of the Year event
KATIE BERNARD
@KatieJBernard15
When former kicker and holder for the Kansas football team Austin Barone received his first playbook, he was astonished at the format of the information.
"[The coaches] gave us these big three-ring binders; they were probably eight to 10 pounds of paper, and it just didn't make sense to me," Barone said. "We live in a digital age now. Everything is moving to cloud-based systems. If coaches planned something at night, why they shouldn't be able to push that to us instantly?"
Inspired by his time on the Kansas football team, the senior from Pittsburg, Kan., majoring in finance and accounting, developed the app and company Just Play Sports Solutions in an effort to modernize the way coaches deliver information to their athletes.
The app allows coaches to deliver information and the playbook to players in a format most conducive to the student's learning style. The app is being used by various high schools as well as the Kansas men's basketball team.
The idea was initially developed as a part of an application for an internship with Google for which Barone applied. He was asked to write a 300-word essay in which he created an idea and then built on it. Drawing from his experience as a Division I athlete
JUST PLAY SPORTS SOLUTIONS
The logo for Just Play Sports Solutions
Barone came up with the app. Though he did not receive the internship,he said he's gained far more from the project.
Barone will be one of four college students to present to thousands of people and distinguished judges as a featured entrepreneur at the Pipeline Innovator of the Year event Jan. 21 at the Midland Theatre in Kansas City, Mo.
This is the first year Pipeline will highlight student entrepreneurs. The program has been developing over the past year as the company seeks to find more ways to interact with its university partners.
As part of the event, Barone and the three other students, who are from the University of Nebraska, University of Missouri and Washington University, will receive mentoring from established Pipeline entrepreneurs prior to their presentations. Barone will work with Kyle Johnson and Dave Young, both of whom are entrepreneurs who have worked with tech companies in the past.
"[The students have] already won," Pipeline CEO Joni Cobb said. "They are the featured entrepreneur from their university that the university wants to brag about and highlight."
Before working with the Pipeline entrepreneurs, each student first won a competition at their university. In Barone's case, he competed against four other teams at the University's Celebration of Innovation.
Each student competing in the Celebration of Innovation was part of The Catalyst, the University's student business accelerator and a new business incubator designed to help KU students develop and grow their business
ideas, according to its website. Through involvement in Catalyst, Barone gained access to mentoring, legal and accounting assistance and capital to help grow his company.
"It's really a valuable experience for us because we were able to grow our company and do the market research and everything that needed to be done to make sure we had that opportunity," Barone said.
Wally Meyer, the director of Entrepreneurship Programs, served as a mentor for Barone during the competition.
"Having a really good team is the hallmark of a successful entrepreneurial venture [and Barone has] put together a very good team," Director of Entrepreneurship Programs Wally Meyer said.
Barone's partner, Andy Wachter, whose wife is Barone's second cousin, was the engineer for Just Play Sports
Solutions. Wachter played basketball for Wichita State and Pittsburg State, and his Division I experience assisted in his ability to market to coaches. Barone said the partnership with Wachter has been critical to the success of the company.
Barone is taking extra hours this semester in order to graduate in December and focus all his time into running Just Play Sports Solutions.
"At the end of the day I have to trust myself that I'm going to be able to handle it to get where I want, which is to run this company," Barone said. "The decision to not take any internships with a banking firm or accounting firm and to really put all my troops on this company I think is something that has been an unbelievable experience."
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KU Endowment fundraising increases almost 50 percent over 2014 to $184.6 million in 2015
MATTHEW GWIN
@MatthewGwinUDK
KU Endowment President Dale Seuferling said much of the reason for the increase in funding came as a result of the construction work occurring this year around campus.
The University announced on Thursday that KU Endowment raised $184.6 million during the 2015 fiscal year, a 48 percent increase from the $124.1 million raised during the fiscal year 2014.
Seuferling also cited Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas — which goes through June 30, 2016 — as a driving force in increasing fundraising totals.
"That is the largest growth area, and that will be the case for another one, two or three years," Seuferling said.
Total Fundraised
"With these high-profile
KU Endowment fundraising increases by 48 percent
projects that have clear goals and objectives, donors are more attracted to give gifts," he said. "The increased support is a direct outcome of that."
Graphic represents the total amount of money raised by the KU Endowment Association in fiscal years 2014 and 2015. Fiscal years run from July 1 through June 30, so fiscal year 2015 ended this June.
According to the release, in fiscal year 2015, KU Endowment "provided funding for several new major facilities, including Capitol Federal Hall, the DeBruce Center and Marie S. McCarthy Hall. Private funds also paid for the renovation of Swarthout Recital Hall as well as landscaping for the reconstruction of Jayhawk Boulevard. Funds also enhanced patient care, research opportunities, the arts, and library and museum acquisitions."
KU Endowment raises money through a combination of endowed permanent funds, fundraising campaigns and previous donor contributions.
Seuferling said. He said a large portion of the $184.6 million directly impacted students and professors.
"A lot of the available $184 million went toward scholarships, fellowships, professors' salaries, professorships and
program expenses like travel and conferences," Seuferling said.
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