CNY Business Journal reported that the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) will host a workshop to help high-school students develop ideas for a business competition.
ESF has partnered with the Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York (MDA) to provide help to students interested in the annual Creative Core Emerging Business Competition. The workshop will be held from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo.
Marcie Sonneborn of the Central New York Technology Development Organization will run the event, which will help students expand and develop business ideas for submission to the competition.
The contest features a $5,000 prize for the best student idea. Its grand prize is $200,000 for the region's most innovative and growth-oriented company.
Pre-registration for the student workshop is required, but there is no charge. For more information, visit www.esf.edu/outreach/sage/.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Facebook co-founder offers advice for entrepreneurs
The Central NY Business Journal reported on Chris Hughes speech at Onondaga Community College where he let his audience know his definition of entrepreneurship.
"Profit isn't what defines what entrepreneurship is about," the Facebook co-founder said just a few minutes into his speech.
Rather, he said entrepreneurs focus on building organizations that have an impact on the world. Those organizations could be companies. They could be nonprofits or schools or churches.
The desire to spark change is what drives them, he said.
Hughes spoke today during the first lecture in this year's Famous Entrepreneurs Series. The annual lecture series aims to inspire more entrepreneurship in the region. OCC's Storer Auditorium was filled to capacity for the talk and an overflow crowd of students watched a video feed of the event elsewhere on campus.
Hughes founded Facebook in 2004 with Harvard University roommates Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz. In 2007, he left the company and became director of online organizing for President Barack Obama's campaign.
Hughes said he and his roommates never really thought of themselves as entrepreneurs. None of them were even business students.
And, of course, he said they made plenty of mistakes along the way.
"In a lot of ways, we didn't know what we were doing when we got started," he said.
For more on this story, see the Nov. 20 print edition of The Central New York Business Journal.
"Profit isn't what defines what entrepreneurship is about," the Facebook co-founder said just a few minutes into his speech.
Rather, he said entrepreneurs focus on building organizations that have an impact on the world. Those organizations could be companies. They could be nonprofits or schools or churches.
The desire to spark change is what drives them, he said.
Hughes spoke today during the first lecture in this year's Famous Entrepreneurs Series. The annual lecture series aims to inspire more entrepreneurship in the region. OCC's Storer Auditorium was filled to capacity for the talk and an overflow crowd of students watched a video feed of the event elsewhere on campus.
Hughes founded Facebook in 2004 with Harvard University roommates Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz. In 2007, he left the company and became director of online organizing for President Barack Obama's campaign.
Hughes said he and his roommates never really thought of themselves as entrepreneurs. None of them were even business students.
And, of course, he said they made plenty of mistakes along the way.
"In a lot of ways, we didn't know what we were doing when we got started," he said.
For more on this story, see the Nov. 20 print edition of The Central New York Business Journal.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Online Entrepreneurial Forums: Ask Questions and Network
Interested in a forum to ask for assistance or float ideas? There are a number of online resources that offer an opportunity to network and connect with other individuals and businesses looking at new ideas and ways to generate money. One example is a newly launched resource I came across.
EntrepreneursBoard is a fresh, budding new online discussion forum dedicated to providing all entrepreneurs with a niche in which they can network and share ideas with other like-minded entrepreneurs.
Have other suggestions? Share them here.
EntrepreneursBoard is a fresh, budding new online discussion forum dedicated to providing all entrepreneurs with a niche in which they can network and share ideas with other like-minded entrepreneurs.
Have other suggestions? Share them here.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Aspen Institute Looks at 'Capitalism and the Future' During Two-day Event in NYC
Is capitalism broken? Will a new business ethic emerge in the aftermath of the financial meltdown? And is the financial crisis actually a crisis of failed leadership? The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program will explore these questions with thought leaders from business, government, religion and the nonprofit sector in a two-day program modeled after the successful Aspen Ideas Festival, held each summer in Aspen, Colorado.
The two-day program begins with an evening panel on Tuesday, November 3rd at The New York Public Library, as part of the Live From the NYPL series. CEOs Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo and Eric Schmidt of Google, will join authors Niall Ferguson (The Ascent of Money) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (The Black Swan) in a discussion moderated by Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson. The event starts at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Celeste Bartos Forum, at the New York Public Library on 42nd Street at Fifth Avenue. Tickets, which are $25.00 ($15.00 for students and members), can be purchased by going to theLibrary's Web site, www.nypl.org/live.
The second day continues at Bloomberg corporate headquarters in New York City, with panels on business innovation, a look at the problem of short-termism in capital markets, the conflict between beliefs and business and a discussion of the relationship between Washington and Wall Street. Bloomberg, which is Aspen's media partner for the two-day event, will provide moderators for the panels and will be broadcasting parts of the program on Bloomberg Television. Tickets are sold out for the second day.
Panelists include:
-- David Blood, Senior Partner and Co-founder, Generation Asset Management
-- Bill George, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard University and former CEO, Medtronic
-- Jeffrey Hollender, Chief Inspired Protagonist, co-founder and Executive Chairperson, Seventh Generation
-- The Very Reverend James Kowalski, Dean, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
-- Pamela Passman, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Global Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
-- Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
Peter Weinberg, founding partner of Perella Weinberg Partners, will be interviewed at lunch by Bloomberg Television journalist Erik Schatzker.
The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program develops leaders for a sustainable global society. Through dialogue, business education and research, BSP creates opportunities for executives and educators to explore pathways to sustainability and values-based leadership. For more, visit www.aspeninstitute.org/bsp.
The two-day program begins with an evening panel on Tuesday, November 3rd at The New York Public Library, as part of the Live From the NYPL series. CEOs Indra Nooyi of PepsiCo and Eric Schmidt of Google, will join authors Niall Ferguson (The Ascent of Money) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (The Black Swan) in a discussion moderated by Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson. The event starts at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Celeste Bartos Forum, at the New York Public Library on 42nd Street at Fifth Avenue. Tickets, which are $25.00 ($15.00 for students and members), can be purchased by going to theLibrary's Web site, www.nypl.org/live.
The second day continues at Bloomberg corporate headquarters in New York City, with panels on business innovation, a look at the problem of short-termism in capital markets, the conflict between beliefs and business and a discussion of the relationship between Washington and Wall Street. Bloomberg, which is Aspen's media partner for the two-day event, will provide moderators for the panels and will be broadcasting parts of the program on Bloomberg Television. Tickets are sold out for the second day.
Panelists include:
-- David Blood, Senior Partner and Co-founder, Generation Asset Management
-- Bill George, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard University and former CEO, Medtronic
-- Jeffrey Hollender, Chief Inspired Protagonist, co-founder and Executive Chairperson, Seventh Generation
-- The Very Reverend James Kowalski, Dean, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
-- Pamela Passman, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Global Corporate Affairs, Microsoft
-- Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO
Peter Weinberg, founding partner of Perella Weinberg Partners, will be interviewed at lunch by Bloomberg Television journalist Erik Schatzker.
The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program develops leaders for a sustainable global society. Through dialogue, business education and research, BSP creates opportunities for executives and educators to explore pathways to sustainability and values-based leadership. For more, visit www.aspeninstitute.org/bsp.
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