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Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship & Business Ethics
» The Ralph W. Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics
This Month's spotlight
History
The Center was endowed by Ralph W. Leatherby in 1995. Ralph, the founding Director of the Center, was an Orange County businessman and the patriarch of the philanthropic Leatherby family. He served as a trustee at Chapman College in the 1980s following a term as chairman of the Advisory Board of the George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics. Ralph was born in 1925 in a small farm town in Iowa and served in World War II as a member of the U.S. Army infantry. He founded the Leatherby Insurance Company in Fullerton, and later UniCare Insurance, which was at one time the largest insurance firm in the county.
The Opportunity
Small businesses are the economic engine of the Nation’s economy. Chapman University’s multi-disciplinary academic programs play a crucial part in equipping students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and the community to contribute to the economy and, complementing the academics, the Center provides the essential practicum to complete their education, training
Vision
The Argyros School of Business & Economics - Leatherby Center serves as a central hub for Chapman University’s collective entrepreneurial expertise and supports its community to address tomorrow’s challenges today.
Mission
We make real what matters. Our expertise in business strategy, financial analysis and new product-service commercialization allow us to develop our students, enrich faculty and connect alumni with idea generation.
Faculty Accomplishments and Announcements
The Leatherby Center's Jake Aguas published a management textbook recently titled Megatrends: The Transformative Forces Reshaping the United States.
Textbook Synopsis: The world continues to change, and the global environment continues to react to a group of large-scale forces that are reshaping the values, ideals, attitudes, and psychosocial constructs of its population. These megatrends are transforming the way people live their lives here in the United States—they affect the workplace, science and art, politics and law, technology and innovation, education, entertainment, and agriculture. From job seekers to managers, farmers to retailers, followers to leaders, preschoolers to distinguished professors, no one is immune to the prompting of the megatrends. Megatrends: The Transformative Forces Reshaping the United States examines the most influential forces shaping the United States and discusses the implications on its residents.
Aguas has another book coming out in Summer 2021 titled Generation Z and the COVID 19 Crisis.
Get Involved
If you are interested in getting involved with the Leatherby Center, please don't hesitate to reach out. Learn about the multiple ways to get involved by visiting our various program pages.
Come Visit Us!
Visit the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship at
549 W. Palm Ave.
Orange, CA 92868
Launch Labs
The Launch Labs incubator is a structured program guiding entrepreneurs from idea to business plan. To be considered for this program, please complete the application.
Smartups and The Sunflower Model
Entrepreneur Rob Ryan has provided his book to Chapman students to read and welcomes any feedback and questions over at the Argyros School blog.