The Honorable Karen Weaver, Mayor of Flint, and other community leaders welcomed news that The Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative will hold its third annual Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium Oct. 19 to 21 in Flint.
Read more >I’m proud to be bringing a very special event to Flint this Fall. This event, the Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium, aims to improve the quality of life in Flint and similar communities by putting the focus on business innovation and investment. This will be the third year we have organized the symposium. In 2014, we held the […]
Read more >David Tarver — an engineer and entrepreneur who grew up in Flint — believes good businesses do more than make money. Source: Saving Flint requires urban entrepreneurial innovation
Read more >Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium 2016 heads to Flint, Michigan Oct. 19-21 with an expanded program and two new business challenge competitions Third annual event brings business innovators, academics and community leaders together to solve urban problems using for-profit business solutions; sponsorship opportunities available Media Contact: Barbara Fornasiero, EAFocus Communications, 248.260.8466; barbara@eafocus.com Detroit –July 19, 2016 –The […]
Read more >The 2016 Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium will take place October 19-21 in Flint, Michigan. Save the date! The Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium convenes entrepreneurs and thought leaders in business, academia, community organizations, and government to facilitate business innovation that improves the quality of life in urban communities. The first Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium (UES2014) was held at the Gerald […]
Read more >With all of the tainted-water stories coming out of Flint, Michigan these days, it’s easy to forget that life goes on, and that people in Flint are still working to enhance and grow the community. One such effort is the GreenLight Flint Business Plan Competition, which takes place on January 27 (next week)! I served […]
Read more >In the run-up to last Fall’s Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium 2015, we had an idea: why not interview some of the outstanding people in our urban entrepreneur ecosystem, and make those interviews available to the wider public? Well, that idea led to a whole series of Video Vignettes sessions where television host and playwright Brenda Perryman […]
Read more >Good News! As of December 21, 2015, the Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative, Inc. is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt not-for-profit corporation. This certification will permit tax-deductible donations to the organization, and will allow UEI to be even more effective in carrying out its work on behalf of entrepreneurs who wish to make a real […]
Read more >Many organizations representing academia, government, business, and urban communities were present at Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium 2015. Among these was the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In addition to its role in regulating monetary policy, the Fed studies, analyzes, and documents economic conditions and trends. Following #UES2015, the Chicago Fed posted a summary of the event […]
Read more >David Tarver, Founder and President of the Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative, discusses the upcoming Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium 2015 (#UES2105) with “Opportunity Detroit” co-hosts Paul W. Smith and Stephen Luigi Piazza. Show/podcast date 10/9/2015.
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