User:Michael Hosford

My name is Michael Hosford and I am a student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in an online class for Social Entrepreneurship Fall 2012. My teacher is Professor Moliterno.

I am submitting the topic of Aileron Institute as a social entrepreneur foundation.

This organization can be found at www.aileron.org. This organization was founded in 1996 by Clayton Mathile, a successful businessman who created, built and sold the Iam's Company which provides Cat and Dog food. This foundation's purpose is to support privately held businesses to teach them professional management practices that allow them to grow jobs and positively impact their communities and customers.

I am the owner of a privately held business called VARtek Services, Inc. and I have been helped by this non-profit foundation in the Dayton Ohio region.

The organization has been highlighted in CNN Money, Forbes, Fox News and local papers in the Dayton Ohio and Cincinnati regions.