UNITE 16: Community Entrepreneurship Opportunities

05/08/2014

Congratulations to the Unite 16 CEO program participants (from all three school districts in Seward County) that did an excellent job yesterday presenting their business pitches to an audience at Concordia University! They should be very proud that they completed what they started this school year. Can't wait for next school year's Unite 16 CEO program to get started...

05/06/2014

The Unite 16 CEO students are presenting their final business plans tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. Good luck to the students!

Thanks to all of the students for their hard work this school year learning how to become entrepreneurs. We anticipate between 40 and 50 people that will be present tomorrow to hear their presentations.

03/24/2014

The rankings just keep piling up: http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/best-places-in-nebraska/. Congratulations, Seward for your recent #1 ranking! Keep up the good life and work.

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03/21/2014

The Unite 16 CEO program students participated in the 2014 UNL New Venture Competition at Embassy Suites on Tuesday, March 18. They listened to business plan pitches from UNL students and keynote entrepreneurial speakers. They're getting ready for their own business plan pitches on May 7.

03/17/2014

We're getting excited to attend the 2014 UNL New Venture Competition on Tuesday, March 18. Unite 16 CEO students will get to learn from entrepreneurial speakers and watch the UNL business plan competition. Here's a success story about a business plan competition winner that will hopefully inspire those who have a great idea to pursue it: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/ending-the-bridesmaid-dress-nightmare-with-a-rental-183626330.html

The new company, Vow to be Chic, rents designer dresses for bridesmaids from a web site. Instead of paying hundreds of dollars for a new dress, customers pay $95 to $125 and, after the bride and groom head off into the sunset, the dresses go back

03/07/2014

Job seekers of all ages (and your friends and family), please visit our Tri-County (Seward, York, and Fillmore Counties) Job Fair on Tuesday, March 25 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at York College. There will be 48 businesses present and ready to hire YOU! Here's a video that gives more information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM6rRR3DDaA&feature=youtu.be

Come to York Nebraska on March 25, 2014 if you are looking for a job. 47 businesses from a multi-county area will be there with jobs ready to fill

02/27/2014

UNITE 16: Community Entrepreneurship Opportunities met students at Centennial High School today in Utica to tell them about the opportunity to join the program next school year. For those that missed the meeting, please let your high school friends know about this unique entrepreneurship training program for next school year.

02/21/2014

UNITE 16: Community Entrepreneurship Opportunities met this past Wednesday, February 19 at the Seward Memorial Library. Thanks to our speaker, Charles Lieske for teaching the students about marketing their businesses. Also, thank you to Joey Carder at Sports Express and Michelle Mueller at Cornerstone Interiors & Design for teaching about their entrepreneurial experiences. Sheryl Piening-Keller completed the day by helping the students' business plans get into shape.

02/04/2014

Unite 16 CEO is meeting on Wednesday, February 5 in the basement of the Seward Memorial Library starting at noon. We will be learning about marketing from a small business owner (http://victorineoriginals.com/) and new Seward Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Charles Lieske. Then, we will be touring local businesses, Sports Express and Cornerstone Interiors & Design. We will finish up the day by reviewing the first drafts of the students' business plans. Are you ready for a great day of learning about entrepreneurship?!

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01/21/2014

The Unite 16 CEO students are starting to write their business plans in anticipation for their next session in Seward on February 5. If you could start a business in Seward County, what would it be?

01/09/2014

Yesterday, the session at The Pizza Kitchen in Milford got the students working on their business plans. Thanks to Larry Heyen (Heyen Tax & Accounting Inc.) and Trenton Volkmer (The Austin Company, Inc.) for spending time teaching them about their businesses in Milford. Time to start working on those business plans!

01/08/2014

Tomorrow's session will be in Milford! We will meet at the Pizza Kitchen @ 8 a.m.