He exchanged teacher's hat for mini-turbines: In going to school on wind power, an educator turns entrepreneur
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To hear Michael Arquin tell it, he's more of a dreamer than a businessman--and he has a P&L statement showing a modest 8 percent return on revenue to prove it. But that's OK, because he's on a mission to educate teachers and their students about the science of alternative energy, specifically wind power, which means that he provides a sizable chunk of his offerings free of charge.
Arquin, 39, is founder and director of KidWind Project Inc., a St. Paul company that offers free lesson plans and 30 to 40 teacher workshops a year to promote what he calls "the elegance of wind power."
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He exchanged teacher's hat for mini-turbines
In going to school on wind power, an educator turns entrepreneur.
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To hear Michael Arquin tell it, he's more of a dreamer than a businessman -- and he has a P&L statement showing a modest 8 percent return on revenue to prove it.
But that's OK, because he's on a mission to educate teachers and their students about the science of alternative energy, specifically wind power, which means that he provides a sizable chunk of his offerings free of charge.
Arquin, 39, is founder and director of KidWind Project Inc., a St. Paul company that offers free lesson plans and 30 to 40 teacher workshops a year to promote what he calls "the elegance of wind power."
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as a teacher...
you try to get the kids to expand their minds and dream big. Maybe they, in the near future, can figure out how to make it possible to be … read more profitable.
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