College's new $10M home for entrepreneurs has bright future

With a charismatic leader at the helm and significant community financial support, the Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship has big plans for the future.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 1:20 p.m. September 30, 2021
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Sandra Kauanui has been with FGCU since 2007.
Sandra Kauanui has been with FGCU since 2007.
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Sandra Kauanui had already had two careers, one as a business owner and one in academia, when she moved with her husband to Southwest Florida in 2007. While not in full retirement mode, she didn’t plan on working too long when she took on a role launching an entrepreneurship program at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers.

 

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