(Fratrepreneur — June 2010. CHICAGO) On a windy Friday afternoon I met up with Craig Palm (aka Na Palm) outside of his Michigan Avenue Studio. This was this last weekend in Chicago before going out to the West Coast to focus on recording tracks for his debut mixtape – Dirty Girls Like Dirty Beats. If [...]

For reasons involving “real” jobs, a life changing trip to Ibiza, various golf & beach related frativities, as well as the constant pursuit of other  ventures (YoungProfreshional  + ChicagoBro, stay tuned…) we have been slacking on The Fratrepreneur. Sorry for partying. Now we’re back, and want to give some love out to “Making Moves”, a [...]

“CampusProtein was started by two Greek sophomores at Indiana University — Russell Saks and Mike Kunz, realized that the biggest demographic for weightlifting supplements (college students), had the hardest time getting the supplements. We were fed up with the 200% markups that GNC and Vitaminshoppe put in their stores. The alternative of ordering from online [...]

So this intriguing (hilarious) piece hit my work inbox about a week ago. While pretending to listen to a tedious client mandated conference call, I let out a chuckle as I briefly read through it. As I returned to it later that day, it made me think… Am I wasting away my youth as the [...]

My man Boris hit me up with an idea of how to revolutionize the way we buy textbooks. Take some lessons from this guy’s drive and potential. I realize that this is somewhat of a saturated market – but it’s how you set yourself apart from the competition that will ultimately lead to your success. [...]

Entrepeneur.com – “You already know on-campus fraternities and sororities are great places to meet people. But did you know that, aside from the philanthropy, the weekend parties and the alumni mixers, your Greek organization could be the jumping-off point for your college business? It’s true–from the networking possibilities to having a pre-made focus group that [...]

A couple weeks back I got to interview a pretty interesting dude. Him and three friends started and grew a website that is now a household name on college campuses. In a very short time span they developed a huge user base, battled through technical and legal challenges, and continue to provide the tunes for [...]

About a month or so ago The Fratrepreneur got in contact with a group of guys out in San Francisco that were working on collaboration type software geared towards greek organizations. By hosting various files and applications via a cloud computer, it is available anywhere you can open a web browser. After a conversation and [...]

John Uke is a currently a junior at Babson College (renowned for it’s entrepreneurship programs) in Boston, MA and a brother of Theta Chi. He turned his vision into reality and formed a company that makes re-usable party cups. Originally from San Diego, California, he used his entrepreneurial vision to launch Red Cups.  You gotta [...]

As I’m posting this interview, the RichKiddz are about to kill it on stage at Crescendo, one of Chicago’s hottest night clubs. The duo consists of Lavesh Mikell & William H. Author, two very creative and unique young artists. Fratrepreneur Jeff Dieter is responsible for managing and booking this talented group. We sat down with [...]