How a college student's pitch called Puente is reshaping what it means to market Hispanic-owned businesses in northwest Iowa, and what it taught her coach along the way.

A coach spent 2 hours with 6 student entrepreneurs using one method: reflection, not advice. It started at Sunday night's meet and greet — two of their stories are still with her.

Twenty years of OEI, my second year coaching. A night at Tom Bedell's former home, a family legacy, and what I hope to learn from this year's students.

After three intensive coaching days at OEI, I discovered brilliant students with perfect research solving the wrong problems. An engineer thought he needed better software - turns out volunteers just needed more time with kids. Sometimes the most valuable question is: 'What if we're solving the wrong problem?'