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August 16, 2019

“Beginning on September 17, the BEDC will offer its “Ice House Entrepreneurship” course. The eight-week programme runs Tuesdays from 6pm until 8.15pm through November 12 at a cost of $275. Participants will learn the core essentials of an entrepreneurial mindset, how to identify and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities, and will develop cross-discipline entrepreneurial attitudes, behaviours and skills, the BEDC said.” Click here to learn about all of the details and other programs the Bermuda Economic Development…

May 6, 2019

  “Thirty members of Robeson Community College’s staff and faculty graduated from the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program on March 29. The program was a partnership between RCC and the Thomas Entrepreneurship Hub. The Hub’s director, Thomas Hall, and entrepreneur Ed O’Neal facilitated the program. Participants met every Friday at RCC for eight weeks. “The plan is to expand the program throughout the area. Future participants are anticipated to be eighth-graders in Pembroke, start-ups at the…

March 20, 2019

Chris Tecklenburg completed the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program in Reno County during the Fall of 2018. Below, he talks about the impact that this program has had on him and how it has helped him work toward launching his business, Tecklenburg Farms. The six-acre urban farm is located in a neighborhood on the west side of Hutchinson, KS. Q: Describe your business and how it began since participating in the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program. A: “Tecklenburg…

March 3, 2019

Jeff Jones, Summit County’s economic development director, is a fan of homegrown businesses. He said they help create stable jobs over time, and the businesses that emerge tend to better reflect and serve the community. So, when he has a chance to help people in Summit County start their own businesses, he takes it. Jones recently launched the county’s third cohort of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program. Over the span of 16 weeks, he teaches…

November 7, 2018

Seeking Launch Partners for Entrepreneurial Mindset Training This December DURHAM, NC – November 7, 2018 – NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic advancement in North Carolina, announced today that the organization is supporting a statewide rollout of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program (IHEP) and seeking launch partners who want to offer entrepreneurial mindset programming to their constituents. The Ice House Entrepreneurship Program (IHEP) is an experiential, problem-based program designed…