The MKE Entrepreneur Incubation Program (EIP) will offer Marquette students that come from majority low-income, first-generation, or underrepresented backgrounds entrepreneurial skills to host pop-up events through a community-minded lens. The events are designed to educate, inspire, and promote the work of students from a sustainable and ethical perspective. The goal is for students to have a direct impact in the Milwaukee community and help them execute their vision for transformable change within their communities while gaining valuable skills to continue to use in the future. This will serve as a bridge program between what the student is learning, what experiences they bring to the table from their own lives and giving them space and tools for them to build on their talents. In creating these events it will also be an opportunity for them to give back to their community, cross collaborate with students from different departments and create valuable connections. We will be able to provide the tools and connections for their ideas to be explored on a short-term basis and for them to experience and create an environment that succeeds in equity, representation, and good business practices.
