HPU Junior Aims to Win Grant for New Project

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For Immediate Release                                                Kelsey Williams

Nov. 13, 2018                                                              kwillia3@highpoint.edu

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HPU Junior Aims to Win Grant for New Project

HIGH POINT, N.C.- College students are constantly being encouraged to build their portfolio and to gain as much experience as they can. This can be challenging as there isn’t a standard resource for college students to go to where they can gain the resume-building experience.

“We need a platform which allows us to have the freelance capacity of Fiverr, as well as equip us with the recruitment aspect that LinkedIn offers,” said Matt Greezicki, an entrepreneurship student at High Point University.

            On Nov. 14, 2018, junior Matt Greezicki will be pitching his most recent project in the Phillips School of Business’ annual Elevator Pitch Competition at HPU. The competition is sponsored by the McKee Entrepreneurship and Business Accelerator Fund.

            Greezicki will have two minutes to impress a panel of business owners and venture capitalists in the local area. This gives Greezicki a possibly win up to $5,000 in grant money for his most recent project, Event Share.

Event Share will be a website aimed to help recent college graduates find flexible online work options after graduation. This will allow graduates to also build their portfolio for future opportunities.

“We are different from other similar companies like Fiverr, Freelancer or Upwork because we connect students with work opportunities after college,” said Matt Greezicki. “We are changing the way screening processes are done.  In the future, companies are going to be more focused on performance and not merely what’s on paper.”

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The main goal of Event Share is to take its competitors main benefits and combine them. They would combine the freelance capacity of Fiverr, the recruitment aspects of LinkedIn and the marketability of Portfolio.com.

However, this isn’t Greezicki’s first entrepreneurial rodeo. His interest in entrepreneurship was sparked when he was 12 years old. He was invited to a country club in his hometown in Maryland. He was surrounded by self-made entrepreneurs, who later shared their advice on owning their own business. Greezicki was intrigued with the amount of freedom these business owners had to spend with their families.

“The idea of being able to help a lot of people and the thought of building something greater than myself that would leave a profound legacy is what really motivated me to start my entrepreneurship journey,” said Greezicki. “I believe I can make a difference in the world, and I saw business as my outlet of achieving that early on.”

            Matt Greezicki’s first real entrepreneurial exposure was when he was introduced to multi-level marketing (MLM) and network marketing. “They really taught me the value of a network, talking with people, sales, sole proprietorships and teamwork in a real work environment,” said Greezicki, regarding the impact of MLM and network marketing on his success.

During his senior year in high school, Greezicki started his first project, SAND Apparel. Greezicki utilized knowledge he gained from family, numerous authors and social media influencers such as Gary Vaynerchuck, Tony Robbins, Casey Neistat and Grant Cardone.

 “In running SAND, I also learned to pinpoint my strengths and weaknesses. I learned I needed to learn a lot about finance; I learned that once you get to a certain point in your business you become a manager rather than the one doing all the jobs. The amount of contacts I’ve made in college so far is amazing. It’s definitely a great way to leverage your network,” said Greezicki.

When asked about how he has grown and changed since releasing his first project in the Fall of 2015 to the present day where he is about to unveil his most recent project three years later, Greezicki said, “In starting SAND I learned just as much about myself as I did business. I’m going into this new project with a more mature mindset.”

            Matt Greezicki is excited and ready to see where he can take Event Share in the near future.

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