The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University will celebrate its opening with a St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 at Popplewell Hall, room 203.<\/p>\n
The Center for Entrepreneurship trains, mentors and supports area business owners and entrepreneurs at no cost. Experienced staff members provide one-on-one business coaching and connect clients to helpful programs and services.<\/p>\n
Annette Weeks serves as the Center\u2019s director. A northwest Missouri native with years of practical experience as a business owner and facilitator of entrepreneurs, Weeks 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.<\/p>\n
Previously, Weeks was co-owner and general manager of Jesse James Antique Mall in St. Joseph, helping to develop the business into northwest Missouri\u2019s largest antique mall. She also helped start a home d\u00e9cor shop, The Rusty Chandelier, and a convenience store, Jesse\u2019s Last Stop.<\/p>\n
For more information about the Center for Entrepreneurship, call Weeks at 816-271-4283 or email aweeks@missouriwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Craig School of Business at Missouri Western State University will celebrate its opening with a St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 at Popplewell Hall, room 203. The Center for Entrepreneurship trains, mentors and supports area business owners and entrepreneurs at no cost. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[206,262,704],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8547,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions\/8547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}