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$700,000+ In Profits Given To Local Charities (Updated)
Profits with Purpose 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...
Armenia
Jim's Perspectives: Had a chance to visit the USSR in 1987, with my Russian history professor Dr. Willis Brooks and about 15 other students. The trip took us to see the top destinations in the country. After going to Moscow, we traveled down to visit Tbilisi, the...
Chase Jones: It Can Be Done
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,...
Iran
A week prior to leaving for Iran (in '16) 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...
UNC Students Give Away 7th Car
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...