{"id":1131,"date":"2015-01-30T15:23:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T15:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/?p=950"},"modified":"2019-06-12T10:23:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:23:17","slug":"center-for-entrepreneurship-names-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/2015\/01\/30\/center-for-entrepreneurship-names-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Entrepreneurship Names Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u00a0<\/b>Annette Weeks \u201987 has been named director of the Craig School of Business\u2019s Center for Entrepreneurship and a ribbon cutting <a href=\"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Center-for-Entrepreneurship-Ribbon-Cutting.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-952\" alt=\"Center for Entrepreneurship Ribbon Cutting\" src=\"http:\/\/lamp1.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Center-for-Entrepreneurship-Ribbon-Cutting-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>was held for the center this fall.<br \/>\nWeeks, 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.<br \/>\nPrior to that, she was co-owner and general manager of Jesse James Antique Mall in St. Joseph. She also helped start a home d\u00e9cor shop, The Rusty Chandelier, and a convenience store, Jesse\u2019s Last Stop.<br \/>\nThe 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\u2019s clients. All services are free of charge and confidential.<br \/>\nWeeks earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in math from Missouri Western.<br \/>\n\u201cIt brings me great pleasure to assist clients in making their dreams a reality \u2013 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,\u201d Weeks\u00a0said. \u201cThe joy on their faces at a grand opening celebration is gratifying.\u201d<br \/>\nTo contact the Center for Entrepreneurship, call (816) 271-4283 or email Weeks at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:aweeks@missouriwestern.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aweeks@missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Annette Weeks \u201987 has been named director of the Craig School of Business\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4284,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/4284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}