Movers & Shakers August 10, 2010
Caywood opens insurance office
A lifetime resident of North Idaho has opened a new insurance office in Coeur d'Alene. The Toni Caywood Agency is an American Family Insurance office now open at 7905 N. Meadowlark Way, Suite E.
Caywood, who has been insurance licensed in the state of Idaho since 2000 and recently obtained her Washington reciprocal license, offers insurance coverage for auto, home, life, business, farm and ranch.
Caywood has also worked in the banking, mortgage and real estate fields. She is an active member of the Kiwanis Club of Coeur d'Alene as past secretary, vice president, and president and current board member.
She also has two licensed assistants, Shelly Lovdahl and Tricia Ludwig.
Office hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Information: 277-9227; fax 763-3230; e-mail tcaywood@amfam.com
Wells Fargo provides $200,000 to program
Vandal Innovation and Enterprise Works, or VIEW, is the signature entrepreneurship education program at the University of Idaho. The College of Business and Economics leads this program, which is open to the entire university community, with the goal of moving ideas and innovations developed in the classrooms and laboratories into the marketplace.
The program's emphasis on educating students to be active in the economy of Idaho attracted financial support from Wells Fargo in the form of a $50,000 gift in each of the past two years. Recently, the bank's Idaho Region office doubled its commitment to the program. The Wells Fargo Foundation will now provide $100,000 a year for the next two years.
"Wells Fargo is pleased to invest in the VIEW program and its focus on providing students 'real world' experience,'" said Dana Reddington, Idaho Regional Banking president. "We support the vision of developing tomorrow's entrepreneurs, who will drive the success of traditional and emerging organizations and will build a diversified infrastructure for a modern Idaho."
At Idaho, VIEW is a blend of education, innovation and competition.
• The university now offers a 12-credit entrepreneurship certificate that is open to all students, regardless of major. The certificate is suited for the non-business major who desires to learn the basics of starting a business.
• The Wells Fargo Speaker Series brings successful entrepreneurs to campus to share their real-world experiences in developing an innovative business solution or effectively bring a product to market.
• In the Wells Fargo Elevator Pitch Competition, student innovators give a two-minute overview of their bright idea and the business model that can take it to the next level. Students learn to pitch their concept in the time frame of an average elevator ride.
• The annual VIEW Business Plan Competition features teams of students out to win a share of $35,000 in cash prizes. The teams develop a business plan for a product, process, service or technology idea, and present the plan and receive feedback from a panel of judges.
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