The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative Issue 8 | August 2019  
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"Who Owns the Ice House?" Audiobook Coming Soon!

Experience the Eight Life Lessons from Uncle Cleve Like Never Before!

The ELI team is excited to announce our newest addition to the Ice House catalogue, Who Owns the Ice House? in audiobook format.

Based on the life story of Pulitzer nominee Clifton Taulbert, Who Owns the Ice House? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur offers a powerful and compelling story that captures the essence of an entrepreneurial mindset and the unlimited opportunities it can provide.

Narrated by world class voice actors JD Jackson and Michael Beck and produced by Verity Audio Productions, hear a new perspective on the messages from Uncle Cleve, Clifton Taulbert, and Gary Schoeniger.

Now you can take the lessons of Ice House with you anywhere. The audiobook will be available for purchase by the end of the month, but you can sample the first chapter right now! Check out our sample below and look for our announcement of the full audiobook in the next few weeks.

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 Partner News   

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Girls Mean Business Contest

Know a 7–14-year-old girl running her own business or starting one this summer? Record a 60-second video about the business and she could be featured in The Startup Squad's next book (to be released by Macmillan Publishers in Spring 2020). Details about the contest at the link below!

 

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Growing the Spirit of Entrepreneurship in Wilmington

"The Spirit of Entrepreneurship has found a welcoming and supportive home in Wilmington...The UNCW Chancellor’s High School Innovation is collaborating with other entrepreneurial support organizations to bring the NC IDEA Foundation-supported Ice House Entrepreneurship Program to students in our region."

 

 

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Entrepreneurial Mindset 101

Learn about the 8 life lessons of how underdog entrepreneurs succeed.

  Wed, Aug 21, 2019 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

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Entrepreneurial Learning Environments: Why Building an Entrepreneurial Culture On Your Campus Is the Key to Student and Staff Engagement

During this webinar, participants learn strategies and best practices to foster entrepreneurial mindsets on college campuses from ELI’s Gary Schoeniger. This webinar is hosted in partnership with NISOD.

  Wed, Aug 28, 2019 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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 MINDSET BLOG   

 

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Creating Wealth: An Altruistic Paradox

We’ve all heard it said that “it takes money to make money.” And yet among the most intriguing attributes of the underdog entrepreneur is their ability to start where they are and use whatever they have in order to succeed. 

At the same time, access to capital is often cited as the biggest hurdle for aspiring entrepreneurs. And many entrepreneurship education initiatives encourage participants to focus much of their efforts on the pursuit of outside investment in order to get their businesses off the ground. 

Find out how underdog entrepreneurs succeed.

 

 

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