Des Moines Register
07-23-06
Biz buzz
24 to attend first Okoboji Entrepreneurship Institute
Two dozen entrepreneurial students from Iowa's three state universities will
spend a week at Lake Okoboji beginning July 30 in a special business boot camp
at the state's Lakeside Laboratory.
The students at the Okoboji Entrepreneurship Institute will stay with local
residents.
They will meet daily to attend classes, hold discussions and play simulated
business management games.
The camp is the brainchild of Tom Bedell, a member of the Iowa Board of
Regents, chairman of Pure Fishing and a Spirit Lake resident. Gateway founder
Ted Waitt and other entrepreneurs will meet with the students.
Eight students were selected each from the University of Iowa, Iowa State
University and the University of Northern Iowa.
By holding the camp at Okoboji, Bedell said, the students will be exposed to part
of Iowa that most would not normally experience.