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Overview Professor Lisa Banks has worked with businesses of all sizes during her career in accounting. She started out on the financial staff at General Motors for 15 years. Then, transitioned to a CPA role at a small accounting firm where she helped many entrepreneurs get their start. Banks found the flexibility of self-employment to be a good professional fit while her children were young. She later accepted a full-time faculty position at Mott Community…

Embedding Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Every Level Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Size: 63,000 students  Campuses: 4 Academic centers: 10  Students who engage with entrepreneurship each year: 500-1,000   Overview When Imran Siddiqui arrived at Broward College in November 2019, he took the lead on embedding entrepreneurship and innovation at every level using a newly developed framework. As luck would have it, while Siddiqui analyzed the college’s assets and started to choose strategies for implementing the framework,…

Overview Few of the students who enter the Entrepreneurship Program at Tarrant County College know anyone who owns a business of any size. As a result, students believe they have very limited opportunities. But by the time they complete the final course, they understand that they can empower themselves by creating value for others. “Their mindset is much different,” said Lourdes Ramboa, the Faculty and Chair for the Business and Entrepreneurship Programs. “I’ve seen that…

In August 2014, Pikes Peak Community College, (PPCC) the second largest community college in Colorado with 22,000 students, became the first community college in the nation to roll out the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program as a required first-year student success course for interdisciplinary students who were simultaneously enrolled in remedial courses.