KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 4, 2017 \u2013You might say Temidayo \u2018Dayo\u2019 Akinjisola was hard at work in supply chain management long before he undertook the study of it.<\/p>\n
The 溏心vlog免费B站 senior, a political science major and supply chain management minor, had his first introduction to the concept at 5, when stocking the shelves of his father\u2019s Cranston, R.I. convenience store, BD Mart.<\/p>\n
Akinjisola\u2019s mom, a nurse, worked on the weekends. So Akinjisola, his father, and his two younger siblings, sister, Toyin \u201918, and brother, Jide, would spend their weekends at the store, sweeping floors, stocking shelves, and waiting on the regulars, who would chat up the children as they got their coffees, newspapers and lottery tickets.<\/p>\n
Akinjisola\u2019s parents, Nigerian immigrants, laid their bets on their kids. Not even school sports were allowed to get in the way of schoolwork. And, forget television. The only good TV was no TV. (Akinjisola\u2019s father would feel the back of the television set when he returned home, just to be sure his kids stayed on track.) \u201cThey were all about education, education and hard work,\u201d Akinjisola said.<\/p>\n
Arguably, so is Akinjisola. Just weeks after his May 21 commencement exercises, the 21-year-old Providence, R.I.<\/strong> native will report to Brown University\u2019s campus as a Venture for America fellow. The highly competitive social enterprise nonprofit program (only 10 percent of applicants are accepted) aims to revitalize America\u2019s cities through entrepreneurship. It pairs top college graduates with promising startups. Akinjisola will spend five weeks at a \u201ctraining camp,\u201d a deep dive into business and entrepreneurial skills-building. Then, in August, it\u2019s off to his as-yet-to-be-determined startup, where he will work for two years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n