{"id":376150,"date":"2022-09-20T06:01:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T20:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=376150"},"modified":"2022-09-20T06:01:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T20:01:06","slug":"center-for-future-entrepreneurs-unveiled-at-uog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/center-for-future-entrepreneurs-unveiled-at-uog\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for future entrepreneurs unveiled at UOG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Center front, from left: Katrina Perez, University of Guam Endowment Foundation; dean Fred Schumann, School of Business and Public Administration; former Gov. Joseph Ada; senior vice president and provost Anita Borja Enriquez, UOG president Thomas W. Krise; Bank of Guam CEO Joaquin Cook; Lesley-Anne Leon Guerrero, senior vice president and chief experience officer for Bank of Guam; and Opake representatives Tim \u201cSois\u201d Deleon Guerrero, Rome Daco and Ed Gaza. In the back, from left: James Ji, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Mike Naholowaa, with the UOG Board of Regents.\u00a0\u00a0(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
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A place for University of Guam students and island residents to help launch their dreams of becoming entrepreneurs was unveiled at the University of Guam Sept. 15.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bank of Guam and University of Guam leadership attended the unveiling of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, located on the second floor of the Jesus & Eugenia Leon Guerrero School of Business and Public Administration building at UOG.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bank is committing $250,000 over five years to support the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The occasion stirred a special feeling for Joaquin \u201cKin\u201d Cook, Bank of Guam president and CEO, and grandson of the bank\u2019s founder Jesus Leon Guerrero, who spoke in front of a mural featuring a quote from his grandfather, which reads: \u201cMy philosophy has always been that a man is entitled to take at least one or two leaps in life in the pursuit of a challenging and difficult endeavor that will make a difference.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cook remarked that his late grandfather took the leap and then set the foundation for what is now Bank of Guam.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

UOG president Thomas W. Krise thanked the bank, the UOG Endowment Foundation, the SBPA, the Small Business Development Center and others for the partnership.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The center can help UOG do a better job of serving the island community, Krise said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also seek to diversify our revenue resources, and so having an innovation and entrepreneurship center helps us to think entrepreneurially,\u201d Krise said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

James Ji, Ph.D., director of the center and assistant professor of management at SBPA, said, \u201cWe are truly thankful and honored to have Bank of Guam as our partner and title sponsor. We feel they are the perfect partner in supporting us to achieve our mission – to spur entrepreneurial ideas and innovation among our students and within the community.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0The center is available for workshops, trainings, presentations, and co-working spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The center is open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. To make a reservation outside of regular hours, contact c4ei@triton.uog.edu.\u00a0
\nFor updates and more information about the program, visit url.uog\/c4ei or follow C4EI on Instagram. (PR)<\/strong>
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