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Oct. 19, 2006
 

Kevin Learned Joins Idaho Small Business Development Center at Boise State University

The Idaho Small Business Development Center has announced that Kevin Learned has joined the Region III office at Boise State University as a business consultant.

Learned will assist area small businesses within the 11 counties served in southwest Idaho. The Idaho SBDC provides no-cost business consulting to businesses throughout Idaho from six regional offices. Additionally, it offers a wide range of business training programs at a modest cost to attendees.
 

Kevin Learned
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Learned received his undergraduate business degree in economics from Yale University, an MBA in accounting from the Wharton Graduate School and his doctorate in business strategy and entrepreneurship at Texas Tech University. Learned practiced as a CPA with Arthur Young Company in Los Angeles. He was co-founder and president of Learned-Mahn, a national developer and distributor of computer software, which was sold in 1994.

From 1988 to 1994, Learned taught courses at Boise State and was twice chosen by students as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year in the College of Business and Economics. Most recently, he served as president of Albertson College of Idaho from 1999 to 2003, and president of The Network Group, an Idaho business technology company, from 2004 until 2006.

Learned has assisted many community civic activities over the years, including the Boise Public Schools Foundation, the Boise Chamber of Commerce executive committee, the Caldwell Chamber executive committee, Rotary Club of Boise, TechConnect, the United Way and the YMCA.

He will be assisted in Region III through a vast network of SBDC resource partners, including the Small Business Administration, Boise State, SCORE business volunteers, TechHelp, the Idaho Department of Commerce, area chambers of commerce, the TECenter business incubator, TechConnect and other small business assistance programs available to all businesses in the region. To schedule an appointment with Learned and other consultants within Region III, or to learn more about services offered by the Idaho SBDC, call 426-3875 or visit www.IdahoSBDC.org

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Contact: Kevin Learned, Idaho SBDC, (208) 426-3875, klearned@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208) 426-1563, ssquires@boisestate.edu

Where you see blue, we see the largest institution of higher education in Idaho. For the ninth time in the last 10 years, Boise State University has set an all‑time state record with a fall enrollment of 18,876 students. Since 1996, Boise State’s student population has increased 25 percent.


 



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