Chris Hanks
Founder and Executive Director, KSU Entrepreneurship Center and Lecturer of Management and Entrepreneurship | Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA, UNITED STATES
Christopher C. Hanks is an entrepreneur, lecturer of Management and Entrepreneurship and the founder of the KSU Entrepreneurship Center.
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Biography
Christopher Hanks is the founder and executive director of the KSU Entrepreneurship Center. Prior to this, Hanks was the founder and director of the entrepreneurship program at the University of Georgia. He has owned multiple businesses, including music, e-commerce, publishing, and export ventures. Hanks leads the International Entrepreneurship Institute and is certified in business valuation, providing expert witness testimony. Before teaching at UGA, Hanks taught entrepreneurship at Georgia State University and assisted in leading the Russell Center for Entrepreneurship.
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Education/Learning
Business Services
Corporate Leadership
Advertising/Marketing
Areas of Expertise (7)
Strategic Planning
Business Strategy
Small Business
Public Speaking
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs
Business Valuation
Education (2)
San Jose State University: M.B.A., Finance
University of Georgia: B.B.A., Risk Management
Affiliations (2)
- Perfect Pitch concepts
- Tarkenton
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Media Appearances (3)
KSU's new entrepreneurship degree a first for Georgia
WXIA - 11Alive tv
2016-10-15
If you dream of starting your own business but are perplexed about how to start, Kennesaw State University (KSU) may offer the guidance you need. The local university is now home to a first-of-its-kind program for the University System of Georgia. Undergraduate students can now pursue a degree in entrepreneurship in KSU's Coles College of Business. The founder of KSU's program, businessman and instructor Chris Hanks, shares more about the curriculum with 11Alive's Melissa Long.
Closer Look: Land Contracts, Aetna in Georgia, and More
WABE "Closer Look with Rose Scott and Jim Burress" radio
2016-08-17
Chris Hanks, executive director of the Entrepreneurship Center at Kennesaw State University, talks about their new entrepreneurship degree program.
Open for Business
Columns online
2009-08-31
Director of Terry College’s Entrepreneurship Program focuses on starting new ventures.
Event Appearances (1)
Entrepreneur Workshop
Enactus youtube
2014-05-15