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SBA Hosts National Entrepreneurship week Webinars
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New River Community and Technical College is hosting its second annual Small Business Summit.
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Youth Entrepreneurship Academy
Clinton Township, Michigan
Dates: February 9th 2012
Host: Michigan State University Extension
Website: http://msue.anr.msu.edu/events/entrepreneurship_academy
Contact Name: Kathy Jamieson
Contact Tel: 586-469-6093
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o Description: Attention middle and high school youth!!! Are you interested in becoming a young entrepreneur? Do you want to create your own business? Attend this hands-on program to learn the basics of entrepreneurship and explore what it is like to be your own boss. You will learn creative ways to generate business ideas, create a business plan, marketing, distribution, pricing and financing your business. Present your plan to a panel of young local entrepreneurs and learn from experienced entrepreneurs. Click on the link to find out more and register today.

Nationwide

U S Small Business Administration (SBA)
Recognizes 6th Annual National Entrepreneurship Week
February 18-25, 2012

As far as we're concerned, every week is "entrepreneur week" at Bloomberg Businessweek's SmallBiz channel. See details by Karen E. Klein

Washington, District of Columbia

DC Area Entrepreneurship Coalition HOSTS CELEBRATION

The Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education (CEE) and DC Area Entrepreneurship Coalition invite you to participate in the 6th Annual National Entrepreneurship Week (NEW) February 18-25, 2012 www.entre-week.org . Joseph Clarke is the Chair, DC Office at SCORE will be offering brief remarks at the reception on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, at the JIN Lounge, 2017 14th Street, N.W., DC. The brief program will start at 6:30pm. Additional remarks will be presented by The White House, Operation Hope, the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation, and SBA. NEW will be celebrating the spirit of entrepreneurship both locally as well as across America. This year's theme is "What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know for 2012!". SCORE's presence at this event will provide hope and inspiration to so many entrepreneurs knowing that you are advocating and promoting business ownership to become a successful reality.If you have questions, please contact Johnetta Hardy at 202.359.0334 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Again, thank you as we continue to strive, shape and infuse the spirit of entrepreneurship both locally and nationally.

Alabama

University of Alabama event focuses on business activities. Entrepreneurship Weel 2012 will end with awards banquet. See details

Callis Communications Awarded as Elite Entrepreneurial Company. See details

California

National Entrepreneurship Week at The Lyles Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship February 18-25, 2012 - See Details

Are you an Entrepreneur?  E-Week workshop focuses on you. See details.

Colorado

Entrepreneurship is a vital part of higher education in Colorado. The attached 2009 report describes entrepreneurship programs and support systems for many colleges and universities in the state system.

This link (http://cunvc.org/about/) connects to the current new venture challenge at the University of Colorado. The New Venture Challenge celebrates Entrepreneurship in April.

The Colorado Rural Development Council holds an annual state-wide Entrepreneurship MarketPlace each fall and here's the link to the Fall 2012 event: http://www.ruralcolorado.org/Colorado-Entrepreneurship-Marketplace. See details.

Florida

The Academy of Entrepreneurship at Buchholz High School hosted a special event titled "ICE 2012: Innovation, Creativity, Entrepreneurship" on January 24, 2012. This was a student project for DECA State competition. We invited five area entrepreneurs to speak for 15 minutes each to the audience about their businesses, triumphs and challenges, and how they were able to be so successful. Also, the Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Mr. Kenneth Lawson, was in attendance and presented a check for $1,000 to the Academy of Entrepreneurship to provide support for their educational program. Almost 400 people were in attendance that evening, and we received much positive feedback.  More information is on the attached flyer, school press release and state press release. .The link which follows is a compilation of clips from the evening. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxgt2m-BMqg&feature=youtu.be.  See also Press Release, Media Release and Flyer

Illinois

Important News from Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education. Included is the information on the Young Entrepreneurs Summit (YES) sponsored by the Small Business Administration (SBA), Friday, March 30th at the Federal Reserve from 9am-1pm. This is a "free" event targeting entrepreneurs between the ages of 18-35. The YES Summit includes panel discussions with some of the most influential young entrepreneurs in Chicago, a continental breakfast and a box lunch. I have included the link to the registration page for the Young Entrepreneurs Summit. REGISTER HERE

ESN to Kick-Off National Entrepreneurship Week, February 18-25 - Galesburg, IL (February 1, 2012) – The Entrepreneurial Support Network of West Central Illinois (ESN) will announce plans to kick-off and celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week 2012 at a press conference on Tuesday, February 14, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the Galesburg Business & Technology Center on the Carl Sandburg College Campus, CME – Building G, 2051 Tom L. Wilson Boulevard, Room G108A. Local activities for National Entrepreneurship Week 2012 will be held February 18-25 to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of leaders, organizations, and communities in the West Central Illinois region. See details

State senator touts entrepreneurship in Peoria. See details

Indiana

PCCTC Participates in Annual Entrepreneurship Week. See details

Iowa

In honor of National Entrepreneurship Week, some of the students in Entrepreneurship at PCM High School in Prairie City, IA, set up a bulletin board and table promoting various hats!  Our theme was "Entrepreneurs Wear Many Hats." See details

Maryland

The Entrepreneurial Development & Assistance Center. February 2012  - Using Media to Impact Entrepreneurial Success. Visit www.improveandprogress.com to receive weekly tips, strategies and informationto help you improve and progress on your entrepreneurial journey. EDAC flyer

Audio BriefCase Radio Workshop. February 19, 2012, 9 p.m. on WEAA 88.9 f.m. or www.weaa.org

Maine

Welcome to www.eweekmaine.org - A broad coalition of public and private organizations coordinates and promotes EWeek Maine, as part of National Entrepreneurship Week. The coalition includes small businesses, educational institutions and a variety of agencies that are dedicated to strengthening the entrepreneurial culture and capacity of Maine. EWeek Maine encourages and supports their efforts with panel discussions, workshops and networking events, designed to foster entrepreneurial education and lifelong learning. EWeek Maine helps entrepreneurs access the resources and education they need to meet the demands of today's global economy.

University of Maine celebrates. See Details

Michigan

Students present better ideas! Annual Thumb Area School-To-School "I've Got A Better Idea!" CHALLENGE was held Thursday, February 23. This competition of 14 area high schools was sponsored by ThumbWorks! of Marlette, MI. Each presentation was videotaped by Casey Turner of Turner Arts and will be included on a National Entrepreneurship Week website. As ThumbWorks! Congratulations to all for a great event. Students from the schools shared their great ideas on this link. See the video here - "I've Got A Better Idea!" CHALLENGE

Michigan State University celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week. See details

Missouri

Biotech expert speaks at entrepreneurship event, Thursday, February 23, 2012
By Melissa Miller ~ Southeast Missourian
After starting his own biotechnology businesses, Southeast Missouri native Dr. Jerry Caulder now helps transform the tech ideas of others into successful companies. See details

Nebraska

Summit for Entrepreneurship Pre-Conference Cornstalks Reception
Embassy Suites Omaha-LaVista Hotel & Conference Center
Thursday, 2/23/2012      6:00-8:00 p.m.

A special reception is being hosted the evening of Thursday, February 23 immediately prior to the Summit on Entrepreneurship which begins the next day (February 24). The Cornstalks event will be held at Embassy Suites Omaha - La Vista/Hotel & Conference Center. The evening will begin with a reception and will be followed with networking and a keynote speaker, Stephen J. George, CFA, co-founder and chief investment officer of Capricorn Investment Group, LLC. George founded Capricorn Investment Group, LLC in 2002, and has since led an overall investment strategy, capital allocation, risk management and development of the firm. Currently, he is focused on the firm's investing programs in venture capital. Cornstalks was created by the Greater Omaha Chamber to be a forum that allowed entrepreneurs working on high-growth projects to come out of their labs, garages and basements to meet and discuss real problems that they, and their companies, were facing. Discussion topics and presentations have included how to find investors, create a good capital structure, protect intellectual property and find good employees. nThe event is hosted by: Cornstalks, Greater Omaha Young Professionals, Lincoln Young Professionals Group, and Connecting Young Nebraskans. The reception is FREE to attend! Register here.

Entrepreneurship Week in Columbus, NE. See details

The Center for Rural Affairs is hosting MarketPlace in celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week and to provide networking, information and entrepreneurial skills that empower Nebraska's entrepreneurs and rural communities to succeed. See details

New Jersey

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New Zealand

Celebrates Entrepreneurship Week. See details

North Carolina

A-B Tech National Entrepreneurship Week Events Feb. 20-24, to learn more...

Asheville Chamber of Commerce celebrates. See details

Ohio

Teenagers can discover how to launch their own successful micro business in the new Western Reserve Public Media production Micro Business for Teens: Starting a Micro Business, which will premiere at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday on Western Reserve PBS (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1). Carol Topp, a Cincinnati-based certified public accountant, hosts the 90-minute program, which is based on her "Micro Business for Teens" book series. The program celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week. See details

The Burton D Morgan Foundation sponsored the television program, "Micro Business for Teens: Starting a Micro Business," which was produced by Western Reserve Public Media and aired on PBS during National Entrepreneurship Week. The TV show is a practical how-to production that walks teens and their parents and teachers through steps that can lead to the launch of a successful micro business. An audience of Northeast Ohio students, teachers, and parents attended the taping. The program aired on Western Reserve PBS February 23, 2012.

Following the initial broadcast run, the production team began editing the program into a 60-minute production. When the edited program is ready for release again in May 2012, Western Reserve Public Media will begin the process of distributing "Micro Business for Teens: Starting a Micro Business" to PBS stations nationally for rebroadcast. Also in May, Western Reserve Public Media will distribute 500 DVDs of the program to Northeast Ohio high school entrepreneurship programs and after-school programs for use in the 2012-13 school year.

Interested educators can contact Maria Mastromatteo for additional information regarding the "Micro Business…" national broadcast and DVD distribution to area high schools: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 330-677-4549

OU Center Celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week, February 20, 2012. Athens, Ohio - On the eve of its first anniversary and in celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week, Ohio University's Center for Entrepreneurship announces a newly-burnished online home at www.ohio.edu/entrepreneurship. In honor of National Entrepreneurship Week, which takes place February 18-25, the Center is also hosting a student video competition in which students can submit three-minute video interviews of their favorite entrepreneurs for prize money and public recognition. More information about the competition can be found at the Center's new website. See details

Pennsylvania

BlogHer Publishing Network  by Paula Gregorowicz, Philadelphia, PA. See details

Milford, PA - January 27, 2012: Pike County Economic Development Authority and Pike County Chamber of Commerce to host seminar in honor of National Entrepreneurship Week. See details

Temple University | Fox School of Business, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute features an event titled " Launching a Startup to Fund & Commercialize Your Invention". See details

Pike County Economic Development Authority and Pike County Chamber of Commerce to host seminar in honor of National Entrepreneurship Week. See details

Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference DETAILS AND REGISTRATION: http://whartoneconference.com/index.php

South Carolina

Special Entrepreneurship Week Events at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College in South Carolina ..... See details

Texas

Lemonade Day and National Entrepreneurship Week: Revitalizing ...
What is Lemonade Day about, and what does it do for kids? A guest blog post from Michael Holthouse, American entrepreneur and founder of Prepared 4 Life.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a series of webinars this week in recognition of the sixth National Entrepreneurship Week. See details

Vermont

CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN VERMONT. See more by visiting http://vermontentrepreneur.org/

Washington

The Tacoma Entrepreneur Network: College Edition is celebrating the sixth annual National Entrepreneurship Week, established by the U.S. Congress in 2006. See details

West Virginia

W.Va. Educators, Businesses Work Together to Create Strategy to Promote Next Generation of Entrepreneurs and Innovators. See details

NEW RIVER SPONSORING SMALL BUSINESS SUMMIT FEB. 24. See details

Celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week Nationwide. Read more...

National

How to Promote CTE (ACTE is a National Entrepreneurship Week Sponsor) Month. Read More...

USA Today Supports National Entrepreneurship Week. Read More...

Gen Juice - Celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week in Your State. Read More...

Raising CEO Kids - Happy National Entrepreneurship Week. Watch the Video...

Arizona

Kids Cafe Article More details...

California

Stanford University Entrepreneurship Week with Speakers and Campus Events. Read More...

Idealab founder kicks off Stanford E-Week with advice for student entrepreneurs. Read more...

NFIB Statement on National Entrepreneurship Week. More details...

UC Berkley Hosts National Entrepreneurs Forum. Read more...

Finding the Next Big Startup. Read More...

Connecticut

Gateway plans events for business owners. More details...

2011 National Entrepreneurship Week Read More...

District of Columbia

Conversation that Build & Strengthen the Youth Enterprise Livelihoods Development Field. Read More...

Reception honoring National Entrepreneurship Week February 23rd in Washington DC. More details...

BUILD is celebrating National Entrepreneurship Week by conducting our Showcase #2 for our Entrepreneurship 101 9^th graders at our partner schools that week.  We'll have approximately 80 students, in their teams, presenting the progress of their plans to panels of judges at every BUILD school.  This will be the second of three showcases before the Business Plan Competition in May at the GW University School of Business on Saturday, May 21^st!  We welcome any of you who would like to participate in our showcases that week as BUILD shares this milestones with our students. To learrn more about BUILD go www.dc.build.org.

Florida

Miami Herald's Small Business Forum More details...

GAINESVILLE - Buchholz HS Entrepreneurship Academy students thank the Governor. Read More...

Georgia

ATS Celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week 2011 Read More...

National Entrepreneurship Week Discussion Series. More details...

ATLANTA - Join ATS Professional Learning Center for National Entrepreneurship Week. Read More...

Idaho

MERIDIAN - National Entrepreneurship Week: Starting a New Business. More details...

Illinois

GALESBURG - Group seeks to change community culture. More details...

Maine

Maine's Eweek Coalition will sponsor the 5th annual National Entrepreneurship Week from February 12-19, 2011. Maine Entrepreneurship Week offers a selection of events for entrepreneurs, from those who design and create things like engineers and artists, to those who become business owners and sellers of products and services. Read More...

The Maine Center for Enterprise Development is kicking off Entrepreneurship Week, held Feb. 12-19, with an event for creative entrepreneurs. Read More...

Portland, South Portland, Brunswick and Orono. Several organizations will offer one-on-one coaching sessions as part of National Entrepreneurship Week. The "Calling All Entrepreneurs" events are planned. Read More...

MaineStream Finance offers Business Workshops during National Entrepreneurship Week. Read more...

Main Business Works Read More...

Maryland

BALTIMORE - An interview with Eisner. Patricia Granata Eisner strives to turn Baltimore's neediest kids into business owners. As executive officer of the Baltimore office of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, she introduces low-income kids to the world of business plans, spreadsheets and returns on investments. Through school classes or business boot camps, NFTE helps kids come up with an idea, write a business plan and then eventually open that business. Read More...

Massachusetts

WORCHESTER - National Entrepreneurship Week Starts Today in Worchester, MA at WPI Feb 21-25.  Read More...

SPRINFIELD - Brewing the American Dream at STCC. Read More...

Celebrating the Heritage of American Entrepreneurship Across the USA. Read More...

Michigan

Looking for the next great idea

By TRACI L. WEISENBACH
Published: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 9:55 AM EST
Tribune Staff Writer

UPPER THUMB — Some may say money makes the world go 'round. In reality, though, it just m ight be entrepreneurship. Just think of what we wouldn't have today if people hadn't had bright ideas for new or im proved products or services. Oftentimes, it doesn't take a college degree to produce a great idea. Plenty of entrepreneurial creativity sits within the minds of high school students. The Thumb Area Research & Innovation Center NETWORK (TARICN), a partnership between the Central Michigan University-Research Corporation and a wide range of economic development, educational and business service organizations, wants to unleash some of this ingenuity in today's high schoolers. In recognition and support of National Entrepreneurship Week, TARICN is hosting its first school-to-school "I've Got a Better Idea" Challenge. Read More...

Minnesota

DETROIT LAKES - Come celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week with M State's Business & Entrepreneurial Services (BES) at the M State campus in Detroit Lakes with a seminar and a fun game to test out your business idea pitch. Read More...

Missouri

MARLETTE - Those are some great ideas! - Huron Daily Tribune. Read More...

National Entrepreneurship Week 2011 - Thoughts for the Day. Read More...

ST. LOUIS - SBTV.com Online Video Series with Shep Hyken on Customer Amazement Premieres During National Entrepreneurship Week. Read More...

CAPE GIRARDEAU - CIE Announces SPARK Awards for National Entrepreneurship Week. Read More...

Nebraska

LYONS - News release: National Entrepreneurship Weeks Begins. Read More...

SCC plans entrepreneurship events. Read More...

COLUMBUS — Central Community College-Columbus Campus will be celebrating Entrepreneurship Week Feb. 19-26. Read more...

New Jersey

Celebrating National Entrepreneurship Week, all month! Read More...

News from Rising Tide Capital (February Newsletter) Read More...

New Mexico

NMSU Launches Studio G to help students grow business ideas. Read More...

New York

ROCHESTER - Lecture by Bestselling Author Dan Senor Commemorates National Entrepreneurship Week at the University of Rochester. President Joel Seligman will introduce bestselling author, geopolitical expert, and investor, Dan Senor, as the keynote speaker for National Entrepreneurship Week. Read More...

North Carolina

CLYDE - Haywood Community College holds event, celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week. Read More...

CVCC plans entrepreneurship, adventure programs. Read More...

Ohio

Burton Morgan Lemonade Day Photos. View Here...

KENT - DECA Students Celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week Read More...

CLEVELAND - Source:  Herald Leaders, Feb 6, 2011 - LTC seminar to feature Sargento Foods' president. Louie Gentine, president, chief customer officer and a third- generation family member of Sargento Foods Inc., will be the featured speaker at Lakeshore Technical College's Family Business — The Next Generation event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 24. The seminar will provide an overview of relevant issues and an opportunity for networking with other family business members. The event is being held during National Entrepreneurship Week to provide participants with succession strategies that can be used in business now and in the future. The seminar is sponsored by LTC's Center for Entrepreneurship's Lakeshore Business Assistance Alliance and the Wisconsin Family Business Forum, which is part of the College of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The event costs $30. For more information, contact Ruth Semph at (920) 693-1167. To register, call (888) 468-6582, Ext. 1366. Registration deadline is Feb. 17.

HUDSON -- Deborah Hoover, president of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, is hoping a Feb. 24 meeting introducing "Lemonade Day" to educators and community members will illicit more smiles than sour pusses. The foundation will introduce the a national entrepreneurship program at the Hudson Library and Historical Society as part of National Entrepreneurship Week Feb. 24 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.  Read More...

Pennsylvania

Win $2,500 for your Business Idea - National Entrepreneurship Week Event

When:              Thursday May 19, 2011,    5:30PM EDT  - 8:00 PM EDT

Event Type:     Networking/Meetup

Region:            Greater Philadelphia Area

Location:         Montgomery & McCracken

123 South Broad Street, 28th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19107 US

Website:          http://worc-pa.com/training-impact-business-plan-competition.html

Keywords:      Women Entrepreneurs, Women In Business, Small Business

Intended For:  Women, Women Entrepreneurs, and other people interested in business.

Organization:  WORC

Need an extra $2,500 for your business idea? WORC is celebrating National Entrepreneurship week by awarding cash for your business plan. See the details below or attend the awards (free) and support women entrepreneurs.

Attend the 2011 Impact Awards Honoring Women Entrepreneurs on May 19th 5:30-8pm Honoring Sara Van Aken, SaVA Fashion

Organizer: Jamila Payne , Founder National Association of Sustainable Fashion Designers, Greater New York City Area

"The American Entrepreneur" Ron Morris talks with Carmen Scott Dawson, a noted entrepreneurship advocate, about this week's celebration of National Entrepreneurship Week, and the many resources that are available for entrepreneurs of any size. Listen to the MP3 Here...

Vermont celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week February 8th. Read More....BENNINGTON, Vt. -- Southern Vermont College's McCormick Division of Business will host a forum on owning your own business from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, at the Everett Mansion Theatre.The workshop is titled "Starting Your Own Business? Is Franchising Right For You?" and will be led by Keld Alstrup, president of FranNet Vermont and New Hampshire, a national franchise consulting firm. FranNet consults for franchise concepts of all types of businesses and investment levels and assists and coaches clients in finding the best fit in a franchise business. The forum, planned to concur with National Entrepreneurship Week, Feb. 19-26, is free. Info: 802-681-2898 or svc.edu.

Virginia

ROANOKE - National Entrepreneur Week to be celebrated in Roanoke. An Entrepreneur Express workshop targeting current and potential restaurant owners will be offered in Roanoke during National Entrepreneur Week Feb. 19-26.