TCU’s Neeley Entrepreneurship Program was notified that Daniel Verboski was named the Global Student Entrepreneur Award winner for the Sunbelt Region. The honor is bestowed upon the top collegiate entrepreneur chosen from universities and colleges in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Louisiana.

 “TCU’s Neeley School of Business is proud that Daniel has been recognized as a leading entrepreneur from a large field of qualified applicants,” said David Minor, director of the Neeley Entrepreneurship Program. “Daniel is the paragon of the young entrepreneur who is bootstrapping himself to success from humble beginnings. He vowed in his youth to be independent, take charge of his life, work hard and never be poor.  He has a positive attitude and demonstrates great flexibility and leadership.”

Verboski is a senior entrepreneurial management major and a member of the Neeley School’s award-winning Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization. He owns BossCrete, a company that provides stamped concrete, concrete coatings and acid stains for commercial and residential projects throughout the area.

“I’m excited to receive this award and look forward to the global competition,” said Verboski. “I knew when I left the Marines that I wanted to get an MBA in business with a Japanese minor, so it was between TCU and Baylor, and I know I made the right choice because everyone here has been so supportive of my business and my education.”

This is the third year in a row that a Neeley School student has been named the Sunbelt Region winner. The Global Student Entrepreneur Award is a two-tiered awards program sponsored by the Entrepreneur Center of St. Louis University, Missouri, that recognizes the entrepreneurial efforts of undergraduate students from 18 U.S. and international regions. The first-place winner from each region will compete in Chicago in November for the Global Student Entrepreneur Award and a prize of $10,000.

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