{"id":2065,"date":"2017-04-28T01:05:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T01:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/business\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2017-04-24T21:37:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T21:37:55","slug":"walkabout-winona-taste-of-the-professional-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academics.winona.edu\/business\/walkabout-winona-taste-of-the-professional-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Tour with Walkabout Winona"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Walkabout<\/a><\/p>\n

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The next big opportunity for Winona State University\u2019s College of Business students? Walking tours through Walkabout Winona<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the fall of 2016, the College of Business (COB) was presented with a very unique opportunity: taking over control of a walking tour business created by a local seventeen year old. The COB saw this as a chance to give college students a glimpse into what it takes to start a brand new company. The model and product were already created. Scaling the model would be the challenge.<\/p>\n

Operating under the name Pointour before the COB took over, just under 100 people were given the tour in 2016. Having now rebranded, Walkabout Winona<\/a> is shooting for the stars and is hoping to reach 800 people taking the tour in 2017. A team of 10 students is taking on this project under the direction of COB Dean Hamid Akbari, faculty advisor Lee Gundersheimer, and the creator of the business Bailey Bestul.<\/p>\n

The team has already accomplished big things in preparing for Walkabout Winona<\/a> to launch in Fall 2017. A complete business plan was presented to the entire COB faculty back in February. A new logo has been developed and partnerships have been formed with local businesses and universities. A new website is in the works as well as the hiring and training of tour guides.<\/p>\n

Having already locked in a couple major tour groups for months in advance, Walkabout Winona<\/a> is already on its way to accomplishing big things in its first year of operation under the COB.<\/p>\n

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Nathan Krause<\/em>\r\nMarketing Senior<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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