Press Room

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…

February 15, 2019

In the keynote titled, Redefining Entrepreneurship, Schoeniger will be addressing the need for entrepreneurial thinking, combing real-world examples of every day “unlikely” entrepreneurs with research in social and behavioral science to reveal the underlying logic and environment that can empower ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things. Learn more about this event and how else the Hammond Institute is furthering the discussion of innovation and entrepreneurship here.

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…

November 6, 2018

ELI team members Gary Schoeniger, Joanie Weber, and Nic Houle attended this year’s Enspire Conference in Cleveland, OH. While there we were inspired and engaged by the impactful speakers, but more importantly by the passionate teachers and educators that we met from around the Midwest and the country. On Friday, author Ted Dintersmith provided the audience with a call to action that rings true for the ELI family: the world is changing more rapidly than…