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June 29, 2017

The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico has a new vision to change its historic reliance on being a “government and lab town” to create a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem.  Through a ground-breaking process of training city employees on the entrepreneurial mindset using the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, the city government is leading change in their community, and the results are astonishing.   Watch a video on their initiative, Mindset Memo, here, and read this article on their…

Venture Call in Abilene, Texas utilizes ELI Programs to train employees of businesses throughout the area on the power on an entrepreneurial mindset to make them more engaged and excited about their work and life.   Watch their video and view Venture Call’s website which both describe the impact of ELI programs and the entrepreneurial mindset on employees.

Augustana University’s Entrepreneurial Mindset Academy in South Dakota uses ELI programs to teach local businesses and budding entrepreneurs about the power of an entrepreneurial mindset to create “intrapreneurs” or people who can create positive change in their businesses and communities.   Learn more about the Academy.

June 23, 2017

Justine Petersen, a nonprofit micro-financing organization, recently received a grant as part of the Aspire Entrepreneurship Initiative to help connect convicted felons with employment opportunities in four American cities.  As part of their pre-release educational programs, Justine Petersen facilitators will deliver Ice House curriculum to approximately 200 individuals.  The grant that funded this initiative is sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Read more about their efforts here and…

June 19, 2017

The Ice House Entrepreneurship Program is a class devoted to encouraging participants to develop an entrepreneurial mindset – to view problems as opportunities. This course is sponsored by NetWork Kansas in selected communities across the state. In our 2017 fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30, eight E-Communities hosted an Ice House class: Riley/Pottawatomie Counties, Thomas County, Greeley County, Pawnee County, Sterling/Alden (Rice County), Cherokee County, and Hodgeman County. One hundred and sixteen…