Annette Weeks ’87 has been named director of the Craig School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurship and a ribbon cutting 
was held for the center this fall.
Weeks, a northwest Missouri native, spent the last seven years as the enterprise facilitator for Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation, a nonprofit organization that offers free business coaching for clients wishing to start a business or those who need help with an existing business.
Prior to that, she was co-owner and general manager of Jesse James Antique Mall in St. Joseph. She also helped start a home décor shop, The Rusty Chandelier, and a convenience store, Jesse’s Last Stop.
The Center for Entrepreneurship trains, mentors and supports entrepreneurs, providing one-on-one business coaching in starting, operating and growing businesses. Among other services, the Center helps entrepreneurs create a business plan and secure financing to start their business, and to create a strategic plan and integrated marketing plan to help their business grow. Faculty and students in the Craig School of Business will serve as a resource for the Center’s clients. All services are free of charge and confidential.
Weeks earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in math from Missouri Western.
“It brings me great pleasure to assist clients in making their dreams a reality – to start with a concept that they may have been thinking about for a long time and put it in to a plan for success,” Weeks said. “The joy on their faces at a grand opening celebration is gratifying.”
To contact the Center for Entrepreneurship, call (816) 271-4283 or email Weeks at aweeks@missouriwestern.edu.
