Entrepreneurial Mindset Workshops Slated for North Carolina Girl Scouts

NC IDEA, a private foundation committed to supporting entrepreneurial ambition and economic empowerment in North Carolina, announced today that the organization is partnering with Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines, a council serving 41 counties in central and eastern North Carolina, to co-produce a series of workshops to help fourth to 12th-grade girls amplify their business skills and explore pathways to innovative leadership.

Introducing the Kansas Maker Space Collective

The Kansas Maker Space Collective, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to fostering innovation and community development, is proud to announce its official launch. This dynamic collective unites individuals from diverse communities across Kansas and beyond, offering a platform for those interested in establishing their own community maker space—a hub for creative thinking, design, and hands-on fabrication.

Making It Happen: From Dorm Room Prototype To Market With Chad Porter Of CHVD JUSTIN

While studying biomedical engineering at Ohio State, Chad Porter noticed that students were hauling fewer books around campus, which required a new type of backpack. Once he scraped up the money to buy a sewing machine, he went to work, experimenting with designs. Like most entrepreneurs, Chad’s story is full of challenges and setbacks, as well as unforeseen opportunities.

NACCE Annual Conference

Join with your peers from community colleges across the country at the 2023 NACCE Annual Conference. Engage in activities and networking in entrepreneurial mindset and innovative action with a special focus on arts and interdisciplinary areas such as STEM, Workforce, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, and Development. ELI is a proud sponsor of this can't-miss event.

Uncle Cleve Still Mentoring Beyond My Day...

by Clifton Taulbert

As a young boy growing up in the deeply segregated Mississippi Delta, I never dreamed that my Great Uncle Cleve's impact upon my life would become a book that is currently touching lives in 31 countries. Uncle Cleve mentored me to ‘always dream’ even at the time when cotton was still king. Due to his mentoring decades ago, I am a TIME Magazine recognized emerging entrepreneur today.

I was his wing man as we drove the dirt and gravel roads of the Delta delivering Ice. When I became thirteen, I was left in charge of the Ice-House and the scores of customers coming in and out. He had taught me how to successfully cut the 300-pound blocks of Ice and most importantly ...how to treat his customers which mirrored our small cotton community. For a period of time, he was the only Ice-House in town, and he provided Ice to the Black community, the White community, the Jewish and Italian communities. The two of us served them all.