EDGE | Explore. Develop. Grow. Excel.
Build an advantage that goes beyond your résumé.
What would change if you had greater clarity about where you’re going—and the tools, mindset, and confidence to get there?
EDGE is the Center for Entrepreneurship’s spring growth experience designed to help you become more intentional about what you want and more effective at making it happen.
This isn’t a lecture series. EDGE is something you do.
You’ll define what success means to you, build a strategy for getting there, and develop the mindset and behaviors that help people turn goals into results.
You don’t need to have your future figured out. You just need to be ready to grow.
Your EDGE Experience
EXPLORE | The Science of Well-Being
What actually makes for a fulfilling life? Explore the science of well-being and begin thinking more intentionally about what success means to you.
AWARENESS | Know Yourself
Understand how your experiences, beliefs, strengths, and assumptions influence the way you think and make decisions. Then tackle a bigger question: What do you actually want?
STRATEGY | Turn Your Goals Into a Plan
Turn what you want to accomplish into a practical plan. Identify the actions that matter most and how you’ll know you’re making progress.
ACTION | Get Moving
Knowing what to do isn’t the same as doing it. Learn how to move from thinking and planning to experimenting, learning, and taking action.
RESOURCEFULNESS | Find a Way
You won’t always have everything you need. Learn to use what you have, find what you don’t, ask better questions, and create possibilities.
TENACITY | Keep Going
Things won’t always go according to plan. Learn when to persist, when to adapt, and how to keep moving forward when something doesn’t work.
COMMUNITY | Become Someone People Count On
Your reputation and relationships matter. Explore how reliability builds trust and how strong communities help us accomplish things we rarely could alone.
CELEBRATE | What’s Next?
Recognize how you’ve grown, identify what you want to carry forward, and celebrate the progress you’ve made.
Is EDGE for You?
EDGE is for students who want more than another line on their résumé.
You don’t need a business idea. You don’t need to know exactly what you want to do after college. And you don’t need to have everything figured out.
You just need to be willing to invest in yourself, take action, and grow.
Ready to Get Your EDGE?
EDGE is offered each spring and is free for Appalachian State University students.