By Jessica Kopp News-Press NOW|Aug 21, 2019 Entrepreneurs had the chance to learn about digital strategies during a Grow with Google workshop on Wednesday morning. The workshop, hosted by the Craig School of Business's Center for Entrepreneurship, followed the weekly Cup of Joe entrepreneur meeting. "For business owners, the internet is so important and Google [...]
Justin Myers, owner of Heartland Paint, helps a customer. Myers bought the paint store in 2015 with support from the Center for Entrepreneurship. By Jessica Kopp News-Press NOW, Jul 13, 2019 Connecting budding entrepreneurs and the resources to own a business has been the mission of Missouri Western State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship [...]
By Ray Scherer News-Press NOW, Jul 11, 2019 St. Joseph’s enclave of small business owners earned a large measure of support and interest in their long-term welfare Thursday. Celebrating its fifth year this month, Missouri Western State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship held a gathering of its council members at the Hoof N Horn restaurant, with [...]
July 10, 2019—The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business and Technology at Missouri Western State University is celebrating its fifth anniversary in July. “It’s hard to believe that the Center for Entrepreneurship will be celebrating its five-year anniversary this month,” said Annette Weeks, CFE director. “While the years have flown by for [...]
CFE Honors Local Entrepreneurs The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School at Missouri Western State University honored two local entrepreneurs during the capstone luncheon of the fourth annual Entrepreneurship Week today. Additionally, business leader and former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth spoke at the luncheon. The Emerging Entrepreneur Award is given to an entrepreneur who [...]
Peter V. Uebberoth Feb. 27, 2019— The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University has announced that renowned business executive Peter V. Ueberroth will be the keynote speaker at the Entrepreneurship Week Capstone Luncheon at noon on Friday, March 29 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri [...]
Feb. 19, 2019—The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business and Technology at Missouri Western State University is accepting nominations for the 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year and Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. The Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award is given to someone who has been in business five years or [...]
The Innovation Stockyard announced two new companies to receive funding through its recent partnership with Digital Sandbox KC. “We’re thrilled with the quality and quantity of ideas coming to the Sandbox through our partnership,” said Ronan Molloy, president of the Innovation Stockyard. “In less than a year, we’ve found three high-growth St. Joseph businesses to [...]
The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School at Missouri Western State University honored two local businessmen during the capstone luncheon of the third annual Entrepreneurship Week on March 23. Scott Gann was named Entrepreneur of the Year. Gann opened Scott Gann Construction in 1986 and later bought his parents’ business, Gann Backhoe Service. He [...]
Annette Weeks, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business Annette Weeks, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University, was recently featured as one of Ingram’s Magazine’s “50 Missourians You Should Know.” Weeks is the Center for Entrepreneurship’s founding [...]
