Cohort 28 Enterprise Academy Graduation
2024 Enterprise Academy Graduates, Cohort 28. LTR standing: Lacey Fuhrer, Mitchell Kadlec, Fawn DeWitt, and Damian Beaulieu. LTR sitting: Danielle Smith, Janelle Boyd, and Jenelle Kingbird. Not pictured: Joanna Hill Congratulations, Cohort 28 Enterprise Academy graduates! Embedded within MLCV’s Tribal Economy Investments is an initiative that promotes personal and economic growth. In partnership with the Initiative […]
Celebrating Alana Brenny — Winner of the Hinckley Mille Place Coffee Shop Contest
Alana Brenny, Winner of the Hinckley Mille Place Coffee Shop Contest It’s May of 2022. You are fresh out of college, seeking a community. A place of people, connections, and friendships — searching to find your footing in a vast, wide-open world. You find it. In a little neighborhood café where the world’s eagerness slows […]
Q&A: Cohort 14 Enterprise Academy Graduates
Cohort 14 participants (LTR back: Christopher “Spud” Gahbow, Jeff Wig, Treston Panachyse, Angie Litchy, Rachel Nelson, Beverly Knowlen, Danielle Kadlec, Pam Thomsen, LTR front: LeeAnn Woiteshek, Raina Killspotted). Not pictured: Carmen Weous, Donita Odden For just a moment, soften your gaze, and tune out the world. Recall the minutes you sat in pure wonder analyzing […]
10 Entrepreneurs Graduate Enterprise Academy with Businesses for the Mille Lacs Tribal Economy
Participants in the fall 2022 Mille Lacs Enterprise Academy cohort include (back row, left to right): Christopher Gahbow; Jeff Wig, trainer; Treston Panachyse; Angie Litchy; Rachel Nelson; Beverly Knowlen; Danielle Kadlec; and Pam Thomsen, trainer. Front row: LeeAnn Woiteshek; and Raina Killspotted. Not pictured: Carmen Weous and Donita Odden. LITTLE FALLS, MN—The Initiative Foundation and […]
Entrepreneurism in the Mille Lacs Tribal Economy
MLCV’s Enterprise Academy, Cohort 12 The future of entrepreneurship within the Mille Lacs Tribal Economy is bright. The Tribal Economy Business Incubator (TEBI), through Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures (MLCV), has paved the way for numerous business ventures — inspiring dreams and advancing skills. THE TRIBAL ECONOMY BUSINESS INCUBATOR (TEBI) The creation of the TEBI program […]