Blueprint for Survival helps laid off workers

This spring, the Foundation Board voted to target out of work and laid off residents of Maricopa County for our entrepreneurial training.  The Board agreed that enough people were laid off that wide-ranging outreach was necessary to help people consider alternatives...

AZEC08 sets a new standard for success

The money to run a new program this spring was raised last week in one fundraiser, in the middle of the financial meltdown, by a small, hands-on committed board and a larger group of supporters and volunteers. We are going to be in talks with the Casey Foundation, a...

Chris Pirillo to Live Stream in to AZEC08

Chris Pirillo To Speak at the Third Annual Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference Our annual fundraiser, the biggest gathering of entrepreneurs in Arizona, is coming up on November 19th. If you’d like to support us, register here: http://www.azentrepreneurship.com...

The Women OTEF Helped Have Opened Their Business!

The National Advocacy & Training Network (NATN)/SEEDs program opened Cup O’ Karma: Community Café for a Cause, which offers great coffees, teas & beverages; on the job training for SEEDs residents while generating revenue to support the non-profit agency’s...

Update on the Foundation’s Programs

by Francine Hardaway I am so thrilled to report that, at long last, the business plan we helped the women from SEEDs write last year is about to be executed. They closed today on a coffee shop in Mesa, which was sold to them for $1.00 by someone who was tired of...

Tumbleweed and the promise of youth

We Begin the Tumbleweed Program! drop in gallery Originally uploaded by a_hoss What a fabulous morning! We met with twelve Tumbleweed program managers in our first FastTrac(R) New Venture session. We are going to help them expand the Drop In Gallery and the...

Announcing a new program with Tumbleweed

This morning I made my first visit to The Drop-In Gallery (DIG) at 917 N. 5th Street in Phoenix. The Gallery is operated by Tumbleweed Youth Development Center, a drop-in shelter for runaway youth. The shelter has started a program through which young people who stay...

Co-founder of Macromedia to Address Entrepreneurship Conference

Nov.8 Conference helps anyone in or contemplating an entrepreneurial venture Phoenix, AZ – (October 11, 2007) – Businesses and entrepreneurs looking for funding, talent, real estate plays for the future, green initiatives or innovative ideas will find them all at The...