It's been both harder and easier to achieve those milestones as a team building from scratch—the first to do so since 2008.

But it's these challenges that shape us. Every entrepreneurial journey starts with your mindset. Ask yourself: How do you handle setbacks? Do you see opportunities where others only see barriers?

As the director of the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Marasco and the entire Farley center teaching team teach students to have an entrepreneurial mindset, whether they end up ...