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Courtesy Photo Nick Campbell, senior entrepreneurship major, describes the business environment for Village Guide, a new business guide at Lake Tahoe, during rehearsal for business plan presentations.
Don Cooper and Dan Campbell will be on the edge of their seats Wednesday and Thursday.
The two Sierra Nevada College students will join 63 other entrepreneurship students and potential business owners in presenting their ideas to the Incline community this Dec. 15 and 16 to receive the public's judgment on their chances for success.
The two Sierra Nevada College students will join 63 other entrepreneurship students and potential business owners in presenting their ideas to the Incline community this Dec. 15 and 16 to receive the public's judgment on their chances for success.
The residents, trustees, local business people and area investors of the Incline Village and Sierra Nevada College community have been issued a general invitation to the Sharon M. Croom Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership in the newly constructed Prim Library at the SNC Lake Campus to view a showcase of student business plans, completed by many who have never participated in an event of this kind before.
The purpose of the event, said Dr. Peter Hackbert, Harold W. Siebens Chair of Entrepreneurship at SNC, is to get students who normally would not consider a future in business to realize that, "I could really do this."
The purpose of the event, said Dr. Peter Hackbert, Harold W. Siebens Chair of Entrepreneurship at SNC, is to get students who normally would not consider a future in business to realize that, "I could really do this."
"I wouldn't be doing this if it didn't lead to sustainable businesses," Hackbert said. "This really does work (and) the kids are really starting to get it."
Since the launch of the Entrepreneurship program in 1999, six former SNC students have gone on to create their own successful "ventures," according to Hackbert, and many of the plans to be presented next week could someday impact the Lake Tahoe area.
Since the launch of the Entrepreneurship program in 1999, six former SNC students have gone on to create their own successful "ventures," according to Hackbert, and many of the plans to be presented next week could someday impact the Lake Tahoe area.
Cooper and Campbell will present their idea for a Tahoe Basin business directory, the entire proceeds of which will go to an after-school athletic program for the city of Incline, Hackbert said.
Another plan, by students Mike Chestone an Rob Donnell, suggests a plan for a sustainable energy project to be implemented in the many windows of the Prim Library building.
The event begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and again at 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Those wishing to serve as a judge for the event can contact Hackbert at 831-7799, ext. 7540 or email phackbert@sierranevada.edu.
Another plan, by students Mike Chestone an Rob Donnell, suggests a plan for a sustainable energy project to be implemented in the many windows of the Prim Library building.
The event begins at 8 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and again at 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Those wishing to serve as a judge for the event can contact Hackbert at 831-7799, ext. 7540 or email phackbert@sierranevada.edu.
