Kentucky Entrepreneur Network

2017 Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The 2017 inductees were announced at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Business Summit on July 21, 2017. (1) Doug Cobb is a life-long entrepreneur, Doug’s early days of entrepreneurship involved founding The Cobb Group, which was the world’s leading publisher of newsletters for personal computer users. (2) Kimberly “Kim” Brown Knopf is the founder, president and CEO of Innovative Mattress Solutions, a mattress retailer operating as Mattress Warehouse, Mattress King and Sleep Outfitters with over 155 stores with just north of 500 employees in six states. (3) Joeseph “Joe” Steier is the President & CEO and Co-Founder of Signature HealthCARE (SHC), one of the nation’s leading long-term care, rehabilitation and health care providers with 125 locations in 11 states and some 18,000 employees. 

Delta Dental Foundation Grant
SBV received a grant from the Delta Dental Foundation to conduct a Study of the “Entrepreneurial Climate” in Kentucky which is designed to gauge the entrepreneurial environment as viewed by active entrepreneurs. Go to www.KENL3C.com/survey to complete the survey and you will be entered into a drawing for a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Tablet

For more information, please contact Bobby Clark bclark@sbventures.org.