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	<updated>2021-06-08T02:06:29Z</updated>

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			<name>francinehardaway</name>
							<uri>http://www.stealthmode.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[2018 Programs in Review]]></title>
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		<id>http://otef.org/?p=840</id>
		<updated>2018-08-03T02:09:34Z</updated>
		<published>2018-08-06T16:03:32Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Home" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship skills are not, as Silicon Valley would have you believe, always glamorous. In fact they are almost the opposite. They are survival skills. And they are becoming more necessary every year as we face a future in which many jobs from radiologist and dermatologist to truck driver and accountant may vanish because of automation [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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			<name>francinehardaway</name>
							<uri>http://www.stealthmode.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Summer 2017 Program]]></title>
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		<id>http://otef.org/?p=832</id>
		<updated>2021-06-08T01:56:44Z</updated>
		<published>2017-08-03T15:14:41Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Home" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="News" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="SySTEM Schools" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This summer, OTEF is working with SySTEM Schools to provide organizational support to its founder, Angelica Cruz, an entrepreneur who undertook the very difficult task of starting a STEM middle school for underserved students, mostly Hispanic, in the Phoenix inner city. We have helped Angelica bring in a human resources consultant, and when the board [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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			<name>francinehardaway</name>
							<uri>http://www.stealthmode.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[This Year&#8217;s Summer Program]]></title>
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		<id>http://otef.org/?p=720</id>
		<updated>2017-03-12T22:11:23Z</updated>
		<published>2016-09-01T16:15:46Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This summer, we once again partnered with the West Mesa Community Development Corporation to help low income people in downtown Mesa put themselves in business. As usual, we had wonderful cooperation from the participants, who ranged in interests from neighborhood advocacy to online marketing to wildlife management. The challenge as these budding entrepreneurs come to [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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			<name>francinehardaway</name>
							<uri>http://www.stealthmode.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Mesa Summer Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Programs]]></title>
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		<id>http://otef.org/?p=711</id>
		<updated>2021-06-08T02:01:51Z</updated>
		<published>2015-04-02T15:59:05Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Events" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Home" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="News" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[For the past two summers, OTEF has offered five-week programs in entrepreneurship skills to residents of West Mesa, Arizona, a neighborhood impacted by an aging population, changing demographics, and light rail construction. The West Mesa, Arizona neighborhood is now considered a low-income portion of a Phoenix suburb. To offer our programs, we partner with The&#160;West [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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			<name>francinehardaway</name>
							<uri>http://www.stealthmode.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[AZEC12 is October 30!]]></title>
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		<id>http://otef.org/?p=694</id>
		<updated>2012-05-25T22:06:41Z</updated>
		<published>2012-05-25T22:01:42Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The work of OTEF is almost entirely funded by the Arizona Entrepreneurship Conferences. The keynote speaker this year is Robert Scoble of Rackspace, renowned tech evangelist, blogger, and champion of entrepreneurs. He will be joined at the conference by Bill Reichert, Managing Partner at Garage Technology Ventures. Local entrepreneurial heavyweights Matthew Pittinsky, CEO of Parchment, [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Joan Koerber-Walker</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Join us at AZEC11 on November 16th]]></title>
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		<updated>2021-06-08T02:06:29Z</updated>
		<published>2011-11-07T02:42:57Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://otef.org" term="AZEC11" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="News" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Last week in a board meeting, I listened as the chairman opened his remarks with the opening quote from Dickens’ classic novel A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” There is no doubt that the last few years have been challenging ones for entrepreneurs at [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[New FastTrac programs roll out in AZ this September]]></title>
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		<updated>2011-09-04T03:16:36Z</updated>
		<published>2011-09-04T03:07:17Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The&#160; FastTrac Team has been busy this&#160; summer and is rolling&#160; new programs this September. Several new entrepreneurship programs are starting this month. Please spread the word to friends and associates who want to start a new business or advance their existing businesses.&#160; (FastTrac Graduates can attend any program below for Free.) &#160; Gilbert Front [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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			<name>francinehardaway</name>
							<uri>http://www.stealthmode.com</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[RoadMap to Launch a Rousing Success]]></title>
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		<id>http://otef.org/?p=597</id>
		<updated>2011-08-28T18:18:11Z</updated>
		<published>2011-08-27T02:18:09Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://otef.org" term="AZEC11" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Home" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="ChowLocally" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="City of Chandler" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Gangplank" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Roadmap to Launch" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="StartupWeekend" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This year, OTEF&#8217;s entrepreneurship training program was held in conjunction with the City of Chandler and Gangplank, a not-for-profit community collaboration space in downtown Chandler. Entrepreneurs with an idea gathered first at StartupWeekendChandler to collaborate in 54 hours of non-stop idea pitching, team formation, and preliminary planning. The teams that emerged from StartupWeekendChandler were invited to [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Joan Koerber-Walker</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Resources for starting and growing a business]]></title>
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		<id>http://otef.org/?p=353</id>
		<updated>2011-08-28T18:20:16Z</updated>
		<published>2011-02-04T17:51:40Z</published>
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		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Check our these great resources, classes and events to help you grow your business in Arizona.]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Joan Koerber-Walker</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Community News: YOB Business Fair March 18, 2011]]></title>
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		<updated>2011-08-28T18:59:32Z</updated>
		<published>2011-01-16T15:09:39Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Home" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Business Events" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Business Tips and classes Phoenix" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Greater Phoenix SCORE" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="Jerry Colangelo" /><category scheme="https://otef.org" term="YOB Business Fair 2011" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Are you exploring starting your own business? Mark your calendars for the YOB Fair on March 18, 2011 at the Shrine Auditorium in Phoenix. &#160; The YOB  Fair is designed to deliver: The Tools for Success The Inspiration to Use Them The Contacts to Make them Work The Opportunities for Growth Keynote Speaker JERRY COLANGELO [&#8230;]]]></summary>

		
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