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Inventor Shares Passion at Entrepreneurial Summit by STEPHANIE CRIDER "I am going to talk about my story, being bullied and Nancy Tedeschi is scheduled to speak at the Methodist how I had to fight so hard to get an education because University Center for Entrepreneurship's Spring I was so stifled. If I can do it anyone can, and that is Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit on Tuesday, April the God's honest truth," said Tedeschi. "I am going to 30. It's been said that necessity is the mother of invention talk about the process, the innovation path and what and in Tedeschi's case, that has proven to be true. it is like and what you need to do and think about and Tedeschi is the inventor of Snap-it Screw, an awardwatch out for and how this screw has enabled me to do winning invention that makes repairing eyeglasses easier what I am doing. than ever before. Snap-it Screw is available in major "Everyone says when you find your passion it is not retail stores throughout the United States, including Walwork. I love helping inventors and helping the bullied," Mart and Office Depot. Tedeschi's awards for Snap-it she continued. "This has given me the freedom to do Screw include first place Inventors Club of Kansas City that." and the People's Choice Award at the 2010 National While it has been a slow process, Tedeschi says it has Invention Contest, the National Hardware Retailers been worth it. Choice for Best Product in 2011 and was one of three "The biggest thing an inventor has to have is patience winners of the Wal-Mart "Get on the Shelf Contest" and tenacity. If you believe what you have is good, you in 2012. She is also featured in the May 2013 issue of have to believe it with all your heart. And don't give up," Kiplinger magazine. she said. Tedeschi never planned to be an inventor, but counts The Center for Entrepreneurship seeks to train herself blessed to have had the experience and appreciates "students to start new businesses and/or become the opportunities her success as an inventor affords her. successors to existing businesses." Proceeds raised from For Tedeschi, the Snap-it Screw is about more than fi xing Nancy Tedeschi, inventor of the Snap-it sponsors of the Summit are used for scholarships and glasses. It is about overcoming her childhood, which was screw is scheduled to speak at Methodist programs in the university's entrepreneurship program. wrought with bullying and other negative experiences that University. The Spring Entrepreneurial Leadership Summit takes pummeled her self-esteem. place at the Embassy Embassy Suites Fayetteville/ "I have this (unflattering) picture (of me as a child) Fort Bragg in the Richard M. Wiggins Conference Center, hanging in my hallway. I used to go up and down the stairs and cry when 4760 Lake Valley Drive, and starts at 6:30 p.m. Contact I passed it and think of all the pain that caused me. Now I see it and smile Marty Cayton at 910.630.7616 or mcayton@methodist. and thank God," said Tedeschi. "It is cool when you see that the pain that edu or visit methodist.edu/cfe you went through is to prepare you for the path you were meant to travel." STEPHANIE CRIDER, Editor. COMfor more information. At the summit, Tedeschi will not only share her life story, she will also talk MENTS? Editor@upandcominabout the ins and outs of being an inventor and getting an idea to market. gweekly.com Be a ! OPEN AUDITIONS Boys 9 1 4 (with unchanged voices) 9-14 ( i h h d i ) SINGERS• DANCERS Mon., May 13th • 5-7 p.m. • Snyder Music Academy Choir Room • 701 Westmont Dr. Mon., May 20th • 5-7 p.m. • Seabrook Recreation Center • 1520 Slater Ave. Tues., May 21st • 5-7 p.m. • Hope Mills Recreation Center • 5776 Rockfish Rd. Thurs., May 23rd • 5-7 p.m. • Eastover Recreation Center • 3637 Pembroke Ln. Kidsville Kids have fun singing & dancing their way across the region while developing their talents and gaining valuable experience in the performing arts. They encourage and inspire literacy, good character traits and high values in young people. This tuition based program is in its fifth year. For tuition information and to schedule an audition time, call Joy Cogswell, Director at 910-484-1041 Email: music@snydermbc.com www.kidsvillenews.com/cumberland WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM APRIL 24-30, 2013 UCW 9