Comments on: My Visit to James Madison University

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:20:51 +0000

Hi Ameen -

Thanks for commenting and for the kind words. Best of luck to you and your brother in your entrepreneurial ventures!

Adam

By: Ameen Shallal

Ameen Shallal — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:29:06 +0000

Hey Adam. I stumbled upon this blog just surfing the web. I am a JMU alumnus (’08) and have started my own business with my brother, who is also a JMU alum (’06).

Neither of us took the entrepreneurship courses at JMU but were able to learn most of what we know from growing up in a family of entrepreneurs. I can safely say that listening to people like you come and present to students is one of the most beneficial learning resources we have. Thank you for taking the time to share you experiences. We plan to do the same once we have a few more years of experience.

By: I’m Back! | Adam McFarland

I’m Back! | Adam McFarland — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:47:46 +0000

[...] at James Madison University where I gave my “Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice” talk. Previously I had just spoken to individual classes of say 15 – 30 people. This time Prof. Wales and the [...]

By: My Productive Fall | Adam McFarland

My Productive Fall | Adam McFarland — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:53:34 +0000

[...] big rush. I’m taking some time off this week and next week to head back to James Madison to give another talk, and also to visit some friends and family down South. Therefore, my deadline to get everything [...]

By: Putting the Pieces Together – Teens, Entrepreneurship, Small Businesses, and Unemployment | Adam McFarland

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:55:24 +0000

[...] I give credit to Junior Achievement. They have a high school entrepreneurship program that schools can participate in. I give credit to teachers like Professor Wales who has his students start a business as a part of his college entrepreneurship class. [...]

By: So You Want to Learn How to Program? | Adam McFarland

So You Want to Learn How to Program? | Adam McFarland — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:58:01 +0000

[...] I guest lectured at James Madison a few weeks back I was asked a couple of questions from students interested in learning how to [...]

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:16:24 +0000

Yup. Just spent about two hours working on the programming post. I’m excited about it. It’ll probably be the first “essay” that I routinely update as time goes on.

By: Neville

Neville — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:49:08 +0000

I agree, I’d love to hear you elaborate on some of these topics (well, whatever you can comfortably do online). I think you’re already working on the “Teaching Yourself Programming” part…I’ll be paying special attention to that one!

By: Adam McFarland

Adam McFarland — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:48:13 +0000

Will do Dave. Hopefully I’ll head down next semester to give the talk again.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:13:24 +0000

Very cool, sounds like the students had a great opportunity, as did you!

You should have shot me an e-mail, I live about 30 min outside of DC. Next time you’re in town, let me know.