Ignite Institute Hosts Local Living Economy Summit

Excerpt courtesy of University Communications:

“The real fuel of entrepreneurship is hope. Every day when you wake up you have another shot at it. Maybe today is the day. As long as there is hope, maybe people are willing to try.”

Those were the words of Jeff Hoffman, author and co-founder of Priceline.com and ColorJar, who delivered the luncheon keynote speech at the 2nd Annual Local Living Economy Summit, which took place on October 8 in the Mac Mahon Student Center at Saint Peter’s University.

Produced by Rising Tide Capital (RTC), with the support of the Local Economy Working Group (LEWG), the event was hosted by the Ignite Institute at Saint Peter’s University. Titled “Igniting Local Opportunities: From Ideas to Action,” the summit presented an opportunity for ideas to be shared on ways to support local entrepreneurial initiatives, which help to create new opportunities through workforce development and small business cluster-based growth.

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