Global Entrepreneurship Week

November 14-20, 2011

Lorain County Community College is celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week – Nov. 14-20 – with a variety of events to inspire innovation.

“The goal is to inspire people of all ages to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity,” said Cindy Kushner, Director of Marketing.  “Global Entrepreneurship Week encourages people to think big, to turn their ideas into reality, and to make their mark on their community and the world.”

During Global Entrepreneurship Week thousands of activities are being planned in more than 75 countries around the world. The goal of the week’s events is to inspire young people to consider entrepreneurship, connect them with organizations that foster the business spirit, provide mentors and engage policymakers around the world.

“These events get students energized and thinking about their role as entrepreneurs across a wide spectrum of outlets,” said Cliff Reynolds, director of GLIDE.

Activities on the LCCC campus include:

Wednesday November 16 (please click here to register): 

• 11-12 p.m.: GLIDE open house at the Entrepreneurship Innovation Center on the LCCC Elyria campus
  • Dennis Cocco and Cliff Reynolds will present information about GLIDE and the Innovation Fund and how these initiatives connect to entrepreneurs
  • Entrepreneurs in residence will open their doors for visitors
     
• 12-12:50 p.m.: Andrea Trgovcich, an Innovation Fund award winner and owner of Wellness Integrated Network, will present at a brown bag luncheon open to our students, staff and community members 
  • Location EIC Lobby 
  • Topic: Female Investment Groups – How to get them started and how to grow them successfully
     
• 1-1:45 p.m.:  Networking and Q&A with Andrea and other entrepreneurs

 
Thursday November 17:

• 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.: Jim Gray from the Small Business Development Center, along with Katie Van Dyke from GLIDE will take their business assessments “on the road” and set up shop in the College Center on the LCCC Elyria campus to mentor and guide students interested in starting their own businesses.
   
  Mike Belsito, an Innovation Fund winner and owner of eFuneral will be joining us, along with his partner Bryan Chaikin. Mike was named the “Entrepreneur in Residence” for the City of Lakewood earlier this past year, and started an initiative called Startup Lakewood (www.startuplakewood.com) and created a series of events (Startup U) that focuses on topics that entrepreneurs and soon-to-be entrepreneurs care about.

Global Entrepreneurship Week is founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Make Your Mark campaign; sponsored by NYSE Euronext, IBM and Ernst & Young; and, supported by JA Worldwide, Endeavor, Entrepreneurs’ Organization, DECA, YPO-WPO, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Young Americas Business Trust, YES - European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs.
To view a complete list of participating countries and organizations or to learn more, visit www.unleashingideas.org.