Kenan-Flagler professor Jim Kitchen challenges undergraduate students in his Entrepreneurship and Business Planning course to come up with business ventures that will ultimately help charities across the Triangle. By Kristin Stepneski, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Monday, March 11th, 2019 Kitchen challenges them to come up with business ventures, and profits go to charities across the Triangle.… Read More
Hastings Makaka, Lilongwe, Malawi On the 24th of April 2018 I was assigned to take a three days private tour in Lilongwe and a day trip to the Lake (lake malawi ).We had a good city tour of Lilongwe City.The second day of the tour we went to the Lake, enroute to the Lake we… Read More
Laurinda Mafuta from Luanda, Angola I work as Tourist Guide and I like to meet people from every corner of the world. Receiving this Medal of Honor from Mr. Jim Kitchen was a fulfilment of what other tourists said, and this brought me very good hapiness and I was full of joy. It is good… Read More
Valentina Permiakova from Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia Allois arrived in Pohnpei in 2000’s chasing a wave he has seen on the background of an article in a National Geographic magazine. He started to surf here with friends visiting and eventually it developed into the business with quality of services that we are very… Read More
The most important lesson Chase Jones (BSBA ’11) learned as an undergraduate at UNC Kenan-Flagler was a simple one: It can be done. He credits this lesson – learned in Jim Kitchen’s entrepreneurship class – with giving him the confidence needed to found Vs. Cancer, his non-profit venture. “I started Vs. Cancer when I was… Read More
A week prior to leaving for Iran I still did not have my visa and I was getting a bit nervous. This is a country that has had US sanctions imposed on it since the 70s and gets few visa requests from Americans. I’m sure that my request was thoroughly vetted by the authorities and… Read More
Peni Dovi from Nadi, Fiji Island Bula! On the 8th of March 2017 I was assigned to take a PRIVATE TOUR for a Half Day Village Tour to Nausori Highland a remote Fijian Traditional village just an hour drive from NADI town 900 meters above sea level. This medal was presented to me by the… Read More
Yonten Jamtsho (Y.J) from Thimphu, Bhutan Asia Transpacific Journeys provides Cultural, Historical,Trekking and Adventure tours. Life is Adventure.
This past Friday was an exciting day for one Durham man, Mussasa Mpengh. Social entrepreneur and Kenan-Flagler Business School instructor, Jim Kitchen, had a very big surprise in store for Mpengh. Posted by Lauryn Colatuno | “Mussasa, this is your new car, and these guys made it possible,” said Kitchen, as he pointed to the… Read More
“The project is really about the intersection of profit and purpose,” Kitchen said. The remaining money, after sending Will to Hawaii, will go towards the Community Empowerment Fund, which assists local homeless people transition to home ownership. Some groups in the project used the football game on Saturday to bring their products to the market.… Read More
