Entrepreneurs

UTPB’s Roden Center for Entrepreneurship is sponsoring two activities to highlight National Entrepreneurship Week from today through Feb. 26.

>> 10 a.m. to noon Monday in the second floor lobby of the Mesa Building, an Entrepreneurship Expo will showcase small and start-up businesses including student businesses like photographers, graphic designers, and jewelry makers. Area entrepreneurs will explain what it takes to launch a business.

>> 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Wednesday in the Mac Boring Room on the first floor of the Mesa Building, lunch will be served while a panel of area entrepreneurs discusses keys to success. Moderated by UTPB School of Business Dean Jack Ladd, the event is free to students.

For more information about these events or the Entrepreneurship Program at UTPB, contact Leslie Toombs, Pinkie Roden Chair of Entrepreneurship and professor of management, at 432-552-2203 or toombs_l@utpb.edu.