Entrepreneurship: Catalyst for Successful Reentry by Bobby Clark and Kim Potter-Blair was published in late May 2011 in Corrections Today, the national magazine of the American Correctional Association. Bobby Clark is President of Sustainable Business Ventures a 501 (c)(3) non-profit and Kim Potter-Blair is Deputy Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame (http://entrepreneurhof.org)
Kentucky Student Ventures Corp teamed with Awesome Inc and others established the first ever Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. The Induction Ceremony was November 17, 2010 and recognized nine notable Kentucky entrepreneurs. Here are video links of this historic event: http://www.youtube.com/entrepreneurhof.
Al Smith, former Host of KET’s Comment on Kentucky, talked about some of the hall of fame inductees that have made major contributions to the Commonwealth. Curt Jones, Dippin' Dots Founder and Chairman changed the way the world enjoys ice cream and spoke about the importance of entrepreneurship in Kentucky.
The 2010 Inaugural Class includes: John Y. Brown Jr., KFC; Pearse Lyons, Alltech; the late William T. Young, W.T. Young Storage. & Overbrook Farm; Warren Rosenthal, Jerrico - Long John Silver's/Jerry's Restaurant; John Schnatter, Papa John's; Jim Host, Host Communications and Printing; the late Ralph G. Anderson, Belcan; Davis Marksbury, Exstream Software and University of Kentucky President Lee Todd, Projectron, Inc. and DataBeam Corp.
The Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame was sponsored by Awesome, Inc.; Kentucky Student Ventures Corporation; Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation, Kentucky Small Business Development Center/KyBIZ.info.com and Global Entrepreneur Week 2010.
In addition, another major sponsor is the Kauffman Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010, which is being celebrated this week in 100 countries, with 40,000 events and an expected 10 million people participating in this global movement unleashing new ideas. http://www.unleashingideas.org/
Business First - Nov. 16, 2010 - click here
Lexington Herald - Nov. 16, 2010 - click here
Kentucky Student Ventures Corporation featured on NPR/WFPL State of Affairs Program on August 11, 2010 - click here
Bobby Clark, Kim Baker and Jonathan Ortmans with the Kauffman Foundation were interviewed.
kyGREENtv Launched on Earth Day
kyGREENtv is an internet based television station and social network focused on promoting all things green in Kentucky.
People can tune in and find everything from educational and original programming, how-to videos, discover local events,
green businesses and non-profit organizations. They have a motto here at kyGREENtv that they're Organically Grown,
Sustainably Operated. For them, that means they're always evolving as a company. They're nurturing our resources so they can
continue to offer the best programming, resources and features for their audiences to enrich their lives and their own.
KSVC's Green Entrepreneur Program was one of the programs featured on KyGREENtv. Click to see our interviews (Part 1) and (Part 2 ).
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Low-income Lexington 18-24 year olds WTVQ-TV Chris Dietz Interviews Bobby Clark & Kim Baker - May 19 - Video Interview What is the Bluegrass Green Entrepreneur Program? The Bluegrass Green Entrepreneur Program is a program awarded to KSVC by the Bluegrass Area Development District to provide entrepreneurial training, work experience and assistance in writing business plans for economically disadvantaged participants, ages 18-24.
Participant Training and Work? The program lasts eight weeks. Participants will go through a 10 day entrepreneur boot camp, basic computer skills and environmental literacy training. Participants will work and learn at a business or non-profit organization for 6 hours a day, 3 days per week for six weeks. Who pays the participants? Bluegrass Area Development District will pay the participants $7.25 per hour for 30 hours per week for training and work. What are the participants supposed to learn during work assignments? We are asking employers to provide participants with varying experiences in order to help them understand the breadth of running a business — and to introduce participants to human resources, accounting, sales and marketing, production and more. How do I become part of the Bluegrass Green Entrepreneur Program? To sign up your business or for information about the Bluegrass Green Entrepreneur Program, contact: Kentucky Student Ventures Corporation, (859)-233-0236 or kystudentventures@gmail.com.Space is limited so call now!
Kentucky Student Ventures Corporation Overview GREEN ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (GEL-IN)
Green Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (GEL-IN) Salato Wildlife Education Center in Frankfort BLUEGRASS GOES GREEN Kentucky Student Ventures Corporation was recently selected by the Bluegrass Workforce Investment Board to manage a similar “Green” program in Central Kentucky. The “Bluegrass Goes Green” project focuses on developing local community plans to “go green.” There will be one team of five economically disadvantaged youth in each of the 17 counties. The youth participants will be paid $7.25 per hour for thirty-hours a week for six weeks. This program is funded by the federal stimulus package. Youth will be researching and developing a “green” plan for their communities to present to local government officials. The team with the best plan will be awarded a laptop and a Lexmark Printer. This Project is funded by the Bluegrass Workforce Investment Board and the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Estill County Jolly Green Giants team won first place in the Bluegrass Goes Green Competition, a summer jobs program Media Coverage of Bluegrass Goes Green
Estill County kids win green award - click here Kentucky Student Ventures Corporation Media Articles |
Entrepreneurial Support Services Application Free Youth Entrepreneur Business Start-up Training Clean Energy Corps Hybrid Bus Tour VideoA remarkable short film about the Earth Day 2009 and the Clean Energy Corps Hyrbid Bus Tour, narrated by First Lady Jane Beshear, and filmed and produced by George Parker and the talented folks at Louisville's Small Batch Productions. This is just a small taste of how we hope to use the brave new digital multimedia world to spread the gospel of clean energy.
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