or five years Cup of Joe has provided a platform to showcase area entrepreneurs and connect them with supporters and community members. On Wednesday morning, Cup of Joe brought back six presenters to share their success stories and how the meetings have helped them grow. Presenters at the East Hills Library event, included Isaac Collins, [...]
Sept. 25, 2019—The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University will host a series of small business workshops with the South St. Joseph Development Corporation starting at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday in October at the InterServ Community Center, 5400 King Hill Avenue in St. Joseph. The workshops are [...]
Annette Weeks, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business and Technology and intern and MBA student Mui Sutton were the guests on 680 KFEQ's Hotline with Barry Birr on July 31, talking about the Center's fifth anniversary and its Business SUCCESSion initiative to help keep businesses open by connecting owners [...]
By Bailey Ketcham News-Press NOW|Aug 22, 2019 For the first time Missouri Western State University hosted the Griff Up downtown event to welcome the class of 2023 to St. Joseph. The event took place at Coleman Hawkins Park at Felix Street Square in order to get student acquainted with a new area. There was music, [...]
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 [...]
June 20, 2019— Students in the Craig School of Business and Technology at Missouri Western State University traveled to both Australia and New Zealand over 2 weeks this summer as part of the Global Viewpoints course led by Drs. Phillip Frank and Erin McLaughlin. Business students attended networking events, meetings and presentations with various business [...]
Andrea Hall (left) won the Center for Franchise Development's annual competition, then asked the other finalist, Michelle Scott, to partner with her in the Auntie Anne's pretzel franchise. May 28, 2019—There was one winner but two new business owners in the latest competition by the Center for Franchise Development in the Craig School [...]
