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Schreiner
University announced today that it is beginning a Business
Accelerator program to assist the growth of local businesses.
The purpose of Schreiner University’s Business Accelerator is to
positively impact Kerrville and Kerr County’s economic development
by helping spur the growth of existing and new businesses.
The business accelerator process is usually one of assessment and
evaluation, expert consultation, connections to human, capital and
other needed resources and ongoing, part-time, knowledge, expertise
and assistance as it may be required. In the initial phases of this
process the Schreiner University Business Accelerator program will
provide expert consultants and experienced managers to qualified,
growth-oriented businesses at no cost.
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Warren Ferguson,
Schreiner’s business accelerator manager, will lead the program.
Ferguson has 22 years experience owning, founding and growing small
businesses, and 25 years of experience in large global corporations.
“I’m pleased that Schreiner University is stepping up and sponsoring
the Business Accelerator,” said Ferguson. “It is a place where
people who want to grow their business, but are not sure how to go
about it, can come for help and guidance. I look forward to working
with others in the extended Schreiner community to help
Kerrville/Kerr County businesses grow.”
Schreiner’s president,
Dr. Tim Summerlin, said he expects
the accelerator program to contribute meaningfully in the coming
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“We at Schreiner University enjoy a
superb, mutually beneficial relationship with our community,” Schreiner
president, Dr. Tim Summerlin said. “When the decision was made to bring TXP
(an Austin-based consulting company) to Kerr County to conduct research for
an economic development plan, we knew that we wanted to help accomplish the
resulting plan.
Although we are still at an early stage of responding to that report,
Schreiner is proud to initiate a Business Accelerator on its campus to
provide assistance to those businesses which seek to grow, improve their
viability and thus enhance the local economy. It is a pleasure to ask Mr.
Warren Ferguson, former board chair and owner/founder of several small
businesses and experienced CEO of international corporations, to establish
and manage the accelerator.
We will continue to develop additional ways in which to bring the
university’s intellectual and physical resources to bear on the economic
questions of our region.”
For more information regarding Schreiner’s Business Accelerator program,
contact Warren Ferguson at 830-792-7464 or by e-mail at
cwferguson@schreiner.edu. |
