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Graduates of our Entrepreneurial Training Initiative (ETI) have seven weeks of intensive business training under their belts. They’ve assessed their business readiness, honed their offerings to meet the marketplace, and crafted a sound business plan.
See how these budding entrepreneurs made good. And consider joining the next ETI class.
While UCEDC has been offering entrepreneurial training for years, 2012 marked the first time its graduates were given the opportunity to win a cash award while showing off what they learned. Thanks to Capital One Bank, we launched the Annual Quick Pitch Business Competition in late 2012, where Joan Dickason, a certified holistic health coach and owner of Cross
Serial entrepreneur Mukesh Patel knows how to start a business, run a business, expand a business. So why did he attend UCEDC’s Entrepreneurial Training Initiative?
Charlie Mazzilli’s three kids were constantly outgrowing soccer cleats and softball bats, creating two issues: what to do with the old equipment, and how to afford replacements?
Start with tons of rotting food waste. Add a gazillion fly larvae. Wait one day. Then harvest biofuel and animal feed, while adding jobs to the community.
When Donna C. Schmidt, RN decided to become an entrepreneur in addition to her already busy career as a registered nurse, she knew all about colon hydrotherapy and ionic detox foot baths—the cornerstone of her new business. What she didn’t know was how best to market these services to potential clients of Cleansing Waters LLC in Westfield.
Jamie Chaves, owner of Xocolatz Café in Westfield, is living his dream thanks to hard work, mad cooking skills, and a microloan from UCEDC.
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