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ELI Newsletter | October 2021
October 13, 2021
Check out ELI’s monthly newsletter for our thought leadership and entrepreneurial updates on partners and events! October 2021 Newsletter
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Minority Mentor Program at Richland guides entrepreneurs
September 17, 2021
Roxanne Thompson wanted to open her own small business and at first, thought she wanted it to be a coffee shop. She helped Jeremy Morris, Director of the Minority Mentor Protege Program at Richland Community College, teach a certified nurse assistant training class over the summer. “I’ve had a passion for health care all my life,” she said. During her first session with the Minority Mentor program, she realized a coffee shop was not at…
Read moreELI Newsletter | September 2021
September 7, 2021
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Read moreELI Newsletter | August 2021
August 10, 2021
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Read moreELI Newsletter | July 2021
July 13, 2021
Check out ELI’s monthly newsletter for our thought leadership and entrepreneurial updates on partners and events! July 2021 Newsletter
Read moreELI Newsletter | June 2021
June 8, 2021
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Read moreELI Newsletter | May 2021
May 10, 2021
Check out ELI’s monthly newsletter for our thought leadership and entrepreneurial updates on partners and events! May 2021 Newsletter
Read moreNon-profit To Host Free Program For Local Entrepreneurs
May 5, 2021
A Lexington nonprofit organization is offering free, virtual training for small business owners, aiming to energize local entrepreneurs. Sustainable Business Ventures’; (SBV) program includes five, weekly, 90-minute ZOOM sessions. The meetings will discuss the book, “Who Owns the Ice House? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur.” The first community read session begins May 27 at 4:30 p.m. SBV President, Bobby Clark, said in a statement the key lessons from the book include identifying and…
Read moreEntrepreneurship Students Complete Eight-Week Course
April 27, 2021
If you want a community’s economy to grow, help its members develop an entrepreneurship mindset. That’s the premise of the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program at Seward County Community College. Two pilot groups wrapped up eight weeks of focused learning April 20. Participants in Spanish- and English-language classrooms unpacked the components for a successful business start-up. Then, the course concluded with individual presentations to their peers. “Initially, I saw my role here as helping and hosting,”…
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