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Delaware Tech Students Showcase Entrepreneurship Skills

Owning your own business takes more than big dreams. Students at Delaware Tech who pursue a degree in entrepreneurship know that a successful business starts with a strong plan. Four Entrepreneurship candidates for graduation who hope to own their own businesses presented their business plans to a panel of Kent County-area judges in May.

Megan Vogl presented her plan to establish the Duck Blind Billiards Bar and Grill – “Duck In and Stick Around.” Anna Henry shared her goal of assisting aspiring musical artists in Delaware and the surrounding area by developing the web-based Garage Band Music Management. Brittany Ellsaesser has a vision to start a non-profit animal sanctuary for exotic pets that people realize they cannot care for properly. Sandra Castro-Dawson graduated from Delaware Tech’s culinary program in 2012. Before completing her degree she decided that she wanted to open her own business and applied for the Entrepreneurship Certificate. Her goal is to open a small cafe in downtown Dover with an organic focused menu.

Delaware Tech
– the First State’s only community college – offers academic, technical and continuing education, and corporate and community training comprising more than 120 associate degree, diploma and certificate programs. The College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Delaware Tech has four campuses across Delaware in Georgetown, Dover, Stanton and Wilmington. Visit www.dtcc.edu to learn more about Delaware Tech’s programs.

Pictured left to right are Pete Teague, State Contract Procurement Administrator,  Lisa Strusowski, Business Department Chair, Megan Vogl, ENT candidate for graduation,  Richard Rexrode, Business and Entrepreneurship Instructional Coordinator,  Anna Henry,ENT candidate for graduation,  Al Paoli, Kent County Director of Small Business and Technology Development Center,  Brittany Ellsaesser, ENT candidate for graduation,  Sandra Castro-Dawson,ENT candidate for graduation,  Paul Hughes, III, Assistant Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer, The First National Bank of Wyoming, and Charles E. Schafer, Certified Counselor, SCORE Delaware.

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