Personal Thoughts
Twenty years after his graduation, Eric Crown was the commencement speaker at the W.P. Carey School of Business's Graduation. At this event, three beach balls were being batted around the Wells Fargo Arena by the graduates. For the solemnity of the ceremony, security guards were removing them from the event. But while Crown was sitting with dignitaries of the college waiting to speak, one remaining beach ball landed right in his lap. Instead of removing it, he stood up, and served it back to the crowd as if it were a volleyball. When it was time for him to speak, he recommended, "don't get all A's. I got pretty much straight B's. B's are good. Drink beer. Keep the ideas flowing."
During a lunch in 1998, Eric Crown told a group of his employees that he subscribes to about 100 magazines. Contrary to intuition, almost none of the magazines are related to computers or the information technology IT industry. But, he reads them "pretty much cover-to-cover".
Eric Crown has worked with Tyler Metcalf, the president of Entrepreneurs@ASU, to provide the Crown Innovator Scholarship. This scholarship assists entrepreneurial students with $2,000 towards their tuition along with mentorships, contacts, and once in a lifetime experiences.
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