WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., July 22, 2015 — The Internet’s personal finance tool, WalletHub, turned to West Liberty University instructor John Bonassi for advice on entrepreneurship recently.
A resident of Pittsburgh, Bonassi is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship and also teaches in the Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership and Administration (BLA) program at West Liberty Highlands Center.
The WalletHub’s study looked at the best cities to start a business in 2015. Bonassi offered the following tips:
“Follow your passion. Take a fair amount of time to plan and strategize the direction in which you want to go. Allow enough time to gain input from “everyone” — family, friends, colleagues, professors and other entrepreneurs. Don’t give up. You will fail along the way, but learn from these bumps in the road. Stay positive … your rhythm of life is very important to your success.”
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Bonassi earned his bachelor’s degree at West Liberty and his master’s at Duquesne University. He was inducted into the WLU Alumni Wall of Honor in 2000. He also is a member of the WLU Foundation Board.
He is active on many boards in the Pittsburgh area including the Three Rivers Regatta, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh First Night, Sarah Heinz House, Green Tree Borough Public Library and others. He also served 14 years in service to the borough as councilman, council president and mayor. He also is an LEED Accredited Professional for green buildings.
The Center for Entrepreneurship at the Gary E. West College of Business has developed a program designed to provide students from all disciplines the practical classroom and experiential-based entrepreneurship instruction necessary to enable them to pursue a career as an entrepreneur, or to become a creative “intrapreneur” within a larger business. The Center for Entrepreneurship also partners with the School of Professional Studies in course offerings. For complete information, contact Dr. Carrie White, director at 304.336.8159 or cwhite@westliberty.edu.