Rusty Loeffler: Restaurateur Rusty co-opened Interurban Restaurants in 1976 in Norman and has been long involved in the community. He is dedicated to positively impacting our city and those around him. Rusty loves spending his free time with his family, playing with his grandchildren, and fishing. Rusty has been volunteering with Loveworks since 2011. Once…
Category: Entrepreneurship
Biz Boot Up Episode 4: Making Your Business Legit with 4th and Olive and Furry Fortunes
Welcome to the Business Boot-Up Edition of The Dreamers and Doers Podcast! We believe you are never too young to start a business. We’re bringing you live interviews from the Norman Farmer’s Market in Norman, OK. Each episode will feature one of our student-run businesses where they will be sharing what they’ve learned by starting…
Biz Boot Up Episode 3: Knowing Your Numbers with Hoot’s Agri-Market and Sam’s Heavenly Nectar
Welcome to the Business Boot-Up Edition of The Dreamers and Doers Podcast! We believe you are never too young to start a business. We’re bringing you live interviews from the Norman Farmer’s Market in Norman, OK. Each episode will feature one of our student-run businesses where they will be sharing what they’ve learned by starting…
Lessons from the Pitch
The Pitch presentations are complete. The finalists have been selected. Students, breathing more easily, are standing proud of what they’ve accomplished. The volunteer Pitch leaders are delighted by what the students accomplished over the past five weeks… So what was the purpose of the Pitch? To select a studio to redesign? Well, yes, but not…
What would it be like to let middle school students experience a Silicon Valley style tech-startup?
This week’s blog post is by a guest blogger, Brent Wheelbarger. Brent is the CEO of Trifecta Communications. In February I found myself standing on the floor of the largest toy exhibition in the world; the New York International Toy Fair in Manhattan. Hundreds of toy companies were also there, each presenting their latest concepts,…
Who Better To Create a Toy Line than Kids Themselves?
That’s the idea behind Wristworld, the newest Loveworks Leadership student-run business. Wristworld is a series of collectible wristbands generating holographic-style augmented reality (AR) video games, right on your wrist! Last year, Trifecta Communications teamed up with Loveworks Leadership for an experiential learning opportunity that was designed to inspire innovation and entrepreneurialism. In February, a team…
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