The SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund (SMSF) is distributing $119,000 to more than 70 students to support educational goals and foster leadership opportunities in the specialty-equipment marketplace.
The automotive industry has shifted for good. “Get used to the changing, the fluctuation, fragmenting markets, more niches, smaller and smaller model runs, more vehicles on fewer platforms. Those are all part of our future,” said John Waraniak SEMA Vice President of Vehicle Technology John Waraniak during a recent SEMA webinar.
However, with the shift, Waraniak feels that real opportunities have emerged, and specialty-equipment companies are poised to reap the benefits of change. “That’s where you as innovators and entrepreneurial companies thrive. You can bring [products] to market much faster; your product lifecycles are two to three times faster than the OEM side of the industry," he said.
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Mentor Jason Bruce and mentee Dan Biezonsky are the perfect success story for the SEMA Mentoring Program, powered by the SEMA Businesswomen’s Network (SBN). Not only do they illustrate the program's goal of connecting industry experience with new talent, but they've also developed a lasting friendship. Read more in SEMA News.
What if your company had access to some of the brightest minds in the field, students at a major university who were allowed to focus on the creation and development of a product to which your company might eventually have marketing rights? Read what Texas A&M university is doing to bridge the academic-to-marketplace gap.