Climbing the BRV mountain
A few months ago, our team had what I will call a breakthrough. After years of creating new programs and integrating them together, we found a new way to tell our ...
Legacy: The final frontier for entrepreneurs
Leaving a legacy was a big deal for our founder Ed Lowe. In fact, he wrote that “I’d rather be remembered when I’m gone than known while I’m here.”
Financial wellness: making peace with money
Over the past 25 years, I’ve worked in small business as a controller, COO and CFO. During that time, I’ve learned how attitudes about money not only affect our sense of ...
Reconnecting: The power of in person
Connection with others has always been a priority for me...and as COVID guidelines relax, one of the things I plan to do is to get on a plane and make up ...
If I could turn back time: 6 lessons I wish I knew earlier
Reflecting back on her career, Colleen Killen-Roberts shares six lessons that have helped hone her leadership skills...
Ed Lowe’s progressive trinity: Instigate, develop and implement
Recently I’ve been watching several videos that Ed and Darlene Lowe recorded in the early 1990s to both refine and document their vision for the Edward Lowe Foundation...
AAE conference: Celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit
With the first three cohorts of AAE graduates, the foundation is planning its inaugural AAE conference...
From lemons to lemonade: a quick 2020 recap
For the foundation, 2020 started normally enough. Then just as we were gearing up for our busy retreat season, everything came to a screeching halt on March 24…
Online oomph: 7 steps to better virtual programs
Colleen Killen-Roberts looks at 7 best practices that have helped the Edward Lowe Foundation pivot from in-person programs to online ones…
Our new normal: expanding virtual programs
Previously I’ve talked about the foundation’s partnership strategy to work with advocates of entrepreneurship-led economic development (ELED). The pandemic has been a real proof of this strategy — especially when it ...