Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship

The entrepreneurship major focuses on encouraging the entrepreneurial mindset in order to equip you with the knowledge and experience that will prepare you to enter a dynamic environment and achieve greater success in your professional career.

The entrepreneurship minor will help you improve your understanding of the entrepreneurial process and prepare you to evaluate an idea, structure a management team and assemble resources in the pursuit of opportunity.

Explore a major or minor in entrepreneurship

Open to all majors, this organization helps students across campus develop, test and implement new or existing business ideas individually and through group collaboration. For more information, email Dr. Raymond Jones at raymond.jones@sfasu.edu.

Lumberjack Entrepreneurship Competition judges evaluate contestants on the market opportunities for their businesses as well as their situational awareness, pitches, business models and go-to-market strategies.

In 2023, the first-place winner earned $5,000, the second-place winner earned $3,000 and the third-place winner earned $1,500 to help pursue their business ideas. Read more about the 2023 winners.

Greg Arnold, CEO of TAC - The Arnold Companies, received a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing from SFA in 1987.

TAC - The Arnold Companies is a multi-business company built on a foundation of wholesale petroleum distribution and aviation services. It consisted of nearly 1,000 employees under the names TACenergy, TAC Air and TAC Private Hangars until July 1, 2022, when the aviation companies were acquired by Signature Flight Support, the world’s largest network of fixed-based operators. After more than 30 years with TAC, Arnold continues to lead company growth with 150 employees in 13 U.S. offices featuring TACenergy LLC and several private investment entities.

Outside TAC, Arnold serves as vice chair of the All Stars Project of Dallas, which provides corporate business learning to area students through the Dallas Development School for Youth program. He also partnered with Food Glorious Food catering to provide nearly 5,000 meals to environmental services workers at Children’s Medical Center in Plano and Dallas during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, Arnold has served on the boards of the National Petroleum Council, National Air Transportation Association, National Business Aviation Association and higher education institutions in North Texas. He also has provided long-term support to Carry The Load, a nonprofit organization that assists service members, veterans, first responders and their families.