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Author Archives: swfranks
So, What Is Steve Up To, Anyway?
By now some of you have heard that I have decided to leave the Innovation Center. I have waited to discuss this publicly until the Innovation Center made an organizational announcement, which they did yesterday. Here’s what’s up. First of … Continue reading
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Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 5, Karen Gillie
So one day four years ago I received a message to contact Karen Gillie at Anthis Career Center. She wondered if I’d be willing to let a student interested in entrepreneurship visit me for a job shadow. That student was … Continue reading
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Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 4, Joyce Vogely
If only we had proof (or at least an example) that teaching entrepreneurial skills in Middle School leads to entrepreneurship careers later in life. Wouldn’t that be cool? Well, read on! I had the pleasure last year of being invited … Continue reading
Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 3, Dustin Walls
What kind of person is best equipped to teach entrepreneurship? That’s easy. Someone who is a successful entrepreneur. That describes Dustin Walls of Carroll High School. Dustin has owned and operated a commercial cleaning business for 25 years while teaching … Continue reading
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Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 2, Jennifer Galloway and Vanessa Wyss
A couple of months ago I was invited to speak to the kickoff event of a great project at Churubusco Middle School. Each and every 8th grade student would be creating a business plan. Is that cool or what? They … Continue reading
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Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurship Teachers – Part 1, Riley Johnson
Over the past few years, I’ve had the pleasure to see some absolutely wonderful teachers in action. They act entrepreneurial themselves, and as a result they find and cultivate the entrepreneurship in their students! I have 6 teachers in mind … Continue reading
Calling all Fort Wayne Entrepreneurs
In case you haven’t heard yet, the next JumpStart260 event is scheduled for Friday March 16 at 7:00 p.m. at Columbia Street West. My confidential inside sources (cough Graham and Ray cough) tell me that nearly as many people as … Continue reading
Listen to This: My City
Last week I wrote about a ground breaking entrepreneurship event here in Fort Wayne. Only one week later and I find myself embedding a just-released video showing some great work by a bunch of our young artists (musicians, videographers, audio … Continue reading
Jumpstart260 Brings Fort Wayne Entrepreneurs Together
Hey, what just happened here!? Yesterday, the newly revived Jumpstart260 filled the upstairs room at 816 Pint and Slice with entrepreneurs. Yes, you read that right. Filled. Entrepreneurs. Downtown Fort Wayne. I’m guessing there were 50 people there – I … Continue reading
Ignore this Post
The purpose of this post is to show Technorati that I do in fact own this blog by posting this code: JV3CDK79Q8SE But – if you READ the post just because the title said to IGNORE it, you’re my kind of … Continue reading
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