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Imagine, develop, and market exciting new products and services with the guidance of proven entrepreneurs!
“ I plan to use what I have learned at the Entrepreneurship Institute to make me more confident and secure in my ideas. Everyone has been so supportive; I have felt like I’m part of a real community while I have been here.”
Do you want to turn your creativity and innovation skills into profit?
At the Entrepreneurship Institute you bring your passion and curiosity to a transformative and world-expanding dive into creativity and innovation. Learn how to develop, produce, and market new products and services with your own ideas and interests. With the guidance of proven entrepreneurs and examples from experts, everyone at the Entrepreneurship Institute joins an active network of peers and future collaborators that work together, empowering you to leverage your own unique business ideas and propel your ambitions into future success.
College credits available.
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This Institute offers 3 credits through Vermont State University! Every student who completes the Institute is eligible for these credits.
Please note that colleges charge extra tuition and fees on top of GIV tuition for granting credits, but students can utilize a Dual Enrollment voucher to fully cover the college tuition. The Dual Enrollment program guarantees free college tuition for most rising VT juniors and seniors. For other support options such as those offered through VSAC or the Fast Forward program for technical center students, contact us and we can help!
Important Note: students need to apply for this credit before attending the Institute.
For more information contact us at [email protected].
Every day is a unique experience filled with expert-led instruction, hands-on investigation, field trips, and immersive learning. We work to build a community around our experiences and share in our passion for everything we explore.
**The schedule is slightly different each year and announced when you arrive!
GIV’s supportive Institute structure is endlessly enriching, empowering, and engaging.
7:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Morning Workshop
10:00 AM: Work In Teams to Develop A Product
12:00 PM: Lunch and Free Time
3:30 PM: Continued Supported Team Time
5:00 PM: Dinner
6:00 PM: Team Presentations
7:30 PM: Evening Workshop
8:30 PM: Evening Activities
10:30 PM: End of Day
Tamie-Jo is a Nationally Board Certified Business Teacher. She has been teaching at CVU High School for the past 21 years. During her time at CVU she has redesigned the business course offerings; traveled to England, Ireland and Wales with students four times; traveled with students to Turkey to participate in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fair twice; advised remarkable business students in the school’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club; and worked strongly with the community providing valuable internship opportunities for students. She is a certified Jazzercise instructor and loves to make “guest appearances” in wellness classes and do school-wide fundraisers for organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Her passion is teaching entrepreneurship and business social responsibility. She provides training opportunities for teachers around the state on how to implement entrepreneurship into their curriculum, and her students have been winners of many state-wide business plan competitions.
A native Vermonter, Laurel has traveled extensively, as well as lived in several states/cities, Europe, the West Indies/Caribbean and Saudi Arabia, however, as she says, “Vermont is really at my heart – it’s home!”
She taught for several years in secondary and post-secondary education – business, entrepreneurship, personal finance, hospitality/tourism and assisted students in service learning, co-operative education and internship programs. In addition she spent many years in the hotel/hospitality industry (she is a CHA – Certified Hotel Administrator) in key operational, general management, marketing, training and franchise development positions as well as served on several local, state and national hospitality, convention and tourism boards. Laurel has also owned and operated her own small hospitality and consulting businesses. Currently, she works full time for the Vermont Small Business Development Center (VtSBDC) as a Business Advisor/Start-up Specialist, teaches part-time in the Women’s Small Business Program and enjoys painting in watercolors and mixed media.
