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Bringing Entrepreneurship to Rural Communities

July 31, 2017

Ice House Facilitator and Director of FabLab at Independence Community College, Jim Correll, joined forces with Gary Schoeniger, an internationally recognized public speaker and expert in the field of entrepreneurial mindset education to present in Ohio. “I’m very pleased and honored to be sharing the agenda with a global thought leader like Gary,” Correll said. “His Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, using the revolutionary Ice House Entrepreneurship program, is changing the face of entrepreneurship education all over…

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ELI Kicks Off GlobalMindED: Creating Entrepreneurial Learning Environments

June 23, 2017

In partnership with Watson University Founder Eric Glustrom, former ELI President Bree Langemo presented a pre-conference on “Creating Entrepreneurial Learning Environments” at the 2017 GlobalMindED Conference in Denver, Colorado. Early the same year, Bree and Eric joined Carol Carter of GlobalMindED on a podcast discussing the importance of entrepreneurship for all graduates. Learn more here.

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SXSWedu 2017 Book Signing

March 6, 2017

ELI Founder & CEO Gary Schoeniger conducts a book signing in the SXSWedu Bookstore. Check the SXSWedu schedule here.

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Huffington Post Features the Inspiring Work of Former Dean Bree Langemo

February 6, 2017

“Pikes Peak Community College took a leap of faith in requiring an entrepreneurial mindset for developmental education students to help them succeed, without having the data to know if it worked. They were early adopters, and I had the pleasure of helping coordinate the first rollout of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program at PPCC.” Read more here.

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Entrepreneurship: A Mindset, not a Business Model

The Entrepreneur Learning Initiative (ELI) defines an entrepreneur as a person who asks: “What problem do I want to solve in the world?” For ELI, an entrepreneur is someone who doesn’t follow, but designs his or her own combination of processes, relationships, and situations to optimize their individual talent to introduce a new idea. According to ELI, 87 percent of employees are not engaged in their day-to-day work; 24 percent are actively disengaged. However, Gary Schoeniger, founder…

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