Entrepreneurship is a state of mind.

It is a culture that sees opportunity where others see impediment. It makes its own way when the path is not easy to see.

It is a spirit that the Studer Community Institute wants to help grow in Pensacola, through events like the inaugural EntreCon.

In the Feb/March edition of 850 Magazine, Linda Kleindienst writes that EntreCon may not be as sexy as ComicCon, but its potential may be just as great.

What a great resource for someone thinking of starting or expanding a business. The event, hosted by The Studer Institute and the University of West Florida’s Center for Entrepreneurship, even drew in owners of existing long-term businesses who are in the throes of starting yet another business and trying to get some up-to-date advice. 

Pensacola business leader Quint Studer hopes EntreCon is a concept that will continue and grow. After all, he says, the hardest part of running a small business is that entrepreneurs don’t have time to get the training they need — yet successful small businesses are the very backbone of a community.

“I’ve always found education and learning really important,” Studer says. “There are a lot of small businesses here . . . so I tried to come up with a cost-effective way to bring the intellectual capital to them.”

Read more here. And to get in on the ground floor of EntreCon 2016, click here.