Erik Monsen’s Post

Many thanks to Meg Hammond, Mason Merriam, Veronica Newton and Emily Eley who provided our national and international guests with such an engaging tour, presentation and conversation about GENERATOR’s makerspace and Jumpstart entrepreneurship education program.  This "field trip" was a fun and informative part of last week's inaugural USASBE Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium here at the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business, which included exciting visits to local entrepreneurial hubs here in Burlington Vermont.  Rural Entrepreneurship (A USASBE SIG) USASBE- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Connecting people and building community is one of the most rewarding parts of my job. Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen, in particular Julienne Shields and the team at USASBE. USASBE- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Rural Entrepreneurship (A USASBE SIG)

A fun and informative part of last week's inaugural USASBE Rural Entrepreneurship Symposium here at the University of Vermont Grossman School of Business were field trips to local entrepreneurial hubs here in Burlington Vermont. Many thanks to David Bradbury and Nicole Eaton who provided our guests from around the country and the world with such a personable tour, presentation and conversation about VCET's co-working space and start-up seed capital fund. Rural Entrepreneurship (A USASBE SIG) USASBE- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship has a diversity of flavors, and it is important to support new value creation in all of its many forms.

It is amazing the entrepreneurs and new ventures that I continue to find in our brave little rural state.

In the spirit of crowd sourcing, is there anyone in my network with connections to the restaurant chain True Food Kitchen? I am asking, as I am working with Rural and Agricultural Entrepreneurship colleagues to develop a pre-conference workshop for the next USASBE- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship annual meeting, which will be in Las Vegas in February 2025. Any tips or connections would be greatly appreciated. And if you are planning on going to the 2025 USASBE meeting and want to join our team, please let me know, too.

Happy to create this community building event with Vermont partners, including New England Federal Credit Union (NEFCU) , Vermont Economic Development Authority (VEDA) , Myti , and Local Maverick . Likewise a special shoutout to VCET , GENERATOR , and Hula for opening your doors to our guests from across the country.