Are you a Global Hip-Hop Entrepreneur? Global Workshops at UROC start November 1

Oct. 26, 2010 - PRLog -- Starting November 1, 2010, Global Entrepreneurship Workshops will connect young people through local and global activities to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.  Students, educations, entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, governmental officials and many others will participate in a variety of activities from online to face-to-face and large scale competitions to intimate network gatherings.

Young entrepreneurs in the making will begin to acquire the knowledge, skills and networks needed to develop innovative and sustainable enterprises that have a positive impact on their livelihood and their community.  Join the millions of young people around the world in this growing movement of entrepreneurship!

The University of Minnesota’s Office for Business and Community Economic Development (BCED) Business Technology Center (B-Tech) sponsors a number of programs including:

"Clean-Tech @ B-Tech!"

Clean Tech @ B-Tech – Helping small business “Go Green”
On November 2, 2010 – December 14, 2010, Tuesdays from 4:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. join in on the movement to “go green”!  As the green technology industry expands, creating a green work environment and culture is at the top of the list for many small businesses in Minneapolis.  Not only are businesses concerned about protecting the environment and limiting the amount of resources they use, they also want to promote their green efforts to customers and the community.  This is where you come in.  Armed with you team, you will access a small business in Minneapolis and assist them with strategies to make their business “go green”.  At the same time, you will be exploring the possibility of your own green enterprise. =

Entrepreneurial Entrées -Creating young restaurateurs:
On November 4, 2010 – December 16, 2010, Thursdays from 4:15 p.m. -6:45 p.m., if you ever wanted to learn how to cook gourmet food or learn how to run your own restaurant?  Now’s your chance with Entrepreneurial Entrées!  A restaurant management and culinary arts workshop offered to potential junior restaurateurs, Entrepreneurial Entrées takes a positive and healthy approach to providing a Restaurant Management Workshop for entrepreneurs working in collaboration with the University of Minnesota Extension Services, the Simply Good Eating Program and the Office for Business and Economic Development.

Are you a Hip-Hop Mogul? Music Moguls – Step up your game!
Join us on November 3, 2010-December 15, 2010  – Wednesdays from 4:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. as we learn about Hip-hop becoming a multi-billion dollar industry, urban influences start to shape many of today’s commercial products and services.  Hip-hop Empresarios have crossed over into American culture offering products such as cologne, shoes, clothing, restaurants and more.  Names like Diddy, Jay-Z, Marc Ecko and Kimora Lee Simmons have become household brands in mainstream America.  What’s their secret?  The cultural phenomenon known as Hip-hop.  In 2008 alone, the Top 20 Urban Empresarios raked in a combined $800 million dollars.

myProduct™ Development Challenge -Become a Creator of Value
November 1, 2010 – December 13, 2010. Mondays from 4:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. – Every day, new innovations are created from existing products and services.  Why not be a part of it?  Entrepreneurs are known as “creators of value”.  You don’t have to invent something totally new to be an entrepreneur.

Read about all the workshops here: http://www.bced.umn.edu/Hip-Hop-Entrepreneurs.html

How to register and location of Workshops:‘

Register online now by clicking here; or contact Brandy Churchill at 612-624-3404 or email your RSVP to bchurchi@umn.edu. All workshops will be held at the Business Technology Center (B-Tech Center), at UROC, located at 2001 Plymouth Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411.

Media Contact:
Engeda Selemon Asfaw - Administrator
Youth Entrepreneurship & Leadership Programs
Office for Business and Community Economic Development
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
www.bced.umn.edu - asfaw007@umn.edu
Campus Office: 612.625.2412
UROC Office: 612.624.3603

About the Office for Business & Community Economic Development:

The Board of Regents created the Office for Business & Community Economic Development in 1999 to advance the University’s interests in promoting economic development and employment and training opportunities for historically under-served communities. The regents saw a unique opportunity for the University to play a significant role in improving the quality of life and conditions of disenfranchised neighborhoods through programs and initiatives designed to foster business, community, and economic development.

In only a few years this effort has grown from a single program to a University office with nine programs and four units. The Office for Business and Community Economic Development, which is charged with promoting economic opportunities for historically underrepresented groups, has doubled the University’s purchases from emerging small businesses; created more than 1,300 employment opportunities for women, people of color, and people with disabilities on University construction projects; and offered management and technical assistance services that have helped small businesses build capacity.

The office also has created a model partnership with Comcast Cable that provides scholarships and internships for students of color over the next 10 years. This partnership also includes major funding for leadership training and other business development initiatives that support emerging small businesses.

The partnership with Comcast Cable is a model for how the public and private sectors can work together to help strengthen communities. The Office for Business & Community Economic Development is committed to continuing to develop such partnerships, grow current programs, identify community needs and develop innovative programs and services to help meet those needs.

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