Our Entrepreneurs in Residence are available to mentor and guide any Belmont student. Whether you’re just starting out — or have been running your business for years — our EIRs provide practical advice, guidance and support for your entrepreneurial journey.
Entrepreneurship & Music Business ’06
Erin O. Anderson is the founder and CEO of Olivia Management. In her 13 plus years of managing and consulting with independent artists, Erin has helped artists view their careers as businesses, grow their fan bases, raise funds, make and release records, go to the Grammys, win Americana awards, and pursue their dreams on their own terms!
Schedule a meeting →Entrepreneurship ’18
Qui Daugherty graduated from Belmont with a degree in Entrepreneurship in 2018 and has spent the years since building a career at the intersection of personal style, luxury real estate, and high-end client experience. A Nashville native with more than 15 years working with executives, athletes, and high-profile clients, Qui has developed a practice around a straightforward premise: how you show up matters, and most people don’t have the time or the eye to get it right on their own. As both a luxury realtor and personal wardrobe strategist, she works with clients who value discretion and detail — helping them align the way they present themselves with where they are headed. She brings that same sharpness to her work with students at the Center.
Schedule a meeting →Founder, Relationary Marketing
Entrepreneurship ’13
Before graduating from Belmont with a degree in Entrepreneurship in 2013, Clark started podcasting—an experience that led him to become the cofounder of Relationary Marketing, an award-winning podcast production agency that has now been in business for 10 years. With a heart for service and community, Clark has also been part of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center team for 10 years and now, more recently, teaches podcasting as an adjunct at Belmont.
Schedule a meeting →Founder, Walker Brothers Beverage Co.
Music Business ’14
Sam Walker graduated from Belmont’s Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business in 2014 with a degree in Music Business — not exactly the typical path to the craft beverage industry. But when Sam and his brother Luke found themselves loving craft beer and not loving how it made them feel, they did what entrepreneurs do: they went to the garage and got to work. The result is Walker Brothers, a line of non-alcoholic and high gravity beverages made with organic ingredients, built around the idea that a great-tasting drink shouldn’t come at the cost of how you feel the next day. Sam brings that same instinct for finding a better solution to his work with students at the Center.
Schedule a meeting →Nursing ’19
Ryan Reisdorf came to Belmont on a path toward nursing, graduating from the Inman College of Nursing in 2019 with a deep interest in how food and health are connected. That interest eventually pulled him out of clinical settings and into the kitchen — and into a business built around the idea that better ingredients, sourced closer to home, can meaningfully change how people feel. His company brings neighborhood-sourced ingredients directly to people’s tables, guided by a belief that higher nutritional standards and sustainable food systems aren’t luxuries — they’re necessities. Ryan’s background in healthcare gives him a perspective on entrepreneurship that most business programs don’t teach.
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