{"id":73981,"date":"2014-02-28T08:11:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=73981"},"modified":"2014-02-28T08:11:16","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T13:11:16","slug":"umw-executive-in-residence-talks-entrepreneurship-and-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2014\/02\/28\/umw-executive-in-residence-talks-entrepreneurship-and-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Executive-in-Residence Talks Entrepreneurship and Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Ernst, the University of Mary Washington\u2019s 2013 Executive-in-Residence, has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to entrepreneurship and startup companies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74001\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"74001\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/eir-2014_matt-ernst\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1393495019&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EIR 2014_Matt Ernst\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Matt Ernst &amp;#8217;94 (center) talks with business leaders during the Executive-in-Residence breakfast on Feb. 27.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74001\" alt=\"Matt Ernst '94 (center) talks with business leaders during the Executive-in-Residence breakfast on Feb. 27.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/02\/EIR-2014_Matt-Ernst-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Ernst &#8217;94 (center) talks with business leaders during the Executive-in-Residence breakfast on Feb. 27.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 1994 UMW graduate shared his tips with regional business leaders and community members during a breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 27 at the Jepson Alumni Executive Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout calculated risk there are no innovations,\u201d said Ernst, who started his first business, a lawn care company, as a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>After college, Ernst founded Amentra, a company that provided systems integration services. He started the company in 2000 during the dot-com boom and two weeks before the dot-com bust. Under Ernst\u2019s guidance and leadership Amentra became one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the country, and he was named the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007. He sold the company in 2008 to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhat.com\/\">Red Hat<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s leading providers of open source solutions.<\/p>\n<p>His other pieces of advice included having a diversity of experience, remembering that change is constant, having a vision and having a strong appetite for risk.<\/p>\n<p>During the two-day Executive-in-Residence program, Ernst gave presentations to faculty, staff and students. He talked with students and answered questions about his experiences at UMW and his first job out of college.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet a job and be a sponge and really learn as much as you can,\u201d Ernst said. \u201cEvery conversation you have in life, take something away from it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His latest venture is Walnut Grove Holdings, LLC, an investment company focusing on early stage technology companies. Ernst is married to fellow UMW graduate Amy Henderson Ernst. They have three children and live in Richmond.<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 1989, the Executive-in-Residence program has brought more than 40 well-known and established business leaders to the university. The program is coordinated through the UMW <a href=\"http:\/\/business.umw.edu\/\">College of Business<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/advancement.umw.edu\/\">Division of Advancement and University Relations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Ernst, the University of Mary Washington\u2019s 2013 Executive-in-Residence, has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to entrepreneurship and startup 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