Dear Students,
We had another great selling day even though it got quite cool late in the afternoon. Everyone is really starting to get the hang of setting up, displaying and selling the merchandise. You will soon be ready to do this for yourself if you desire.

Just a reminder our graduation and awards ceremony for the program will be held:

Date: May 12, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM
Place: Applebees Restaurant
Nostrand Avenue and Avenue H

Business attire will be required for this ceremony.

Homework # 10: Read Chapter 12 in our text book at the class website.
End-of-chapter exercise 1:
If you are a woman and/or a member of a minority, research online for at least one grant, loan, or business advantage you are eligible for by dint of your status, and list the steps you need to take to apply for the loan, grant, or minority certification involved.

Extra credit: Cut out or print a recent newspaper or magazine story on entrepreneurship or small business and write at least three paragraphs telling what lesson or information you, as a future entrepreneur, can learn from this article.
You can either e-mail me or bring in the homework next week.

Dear Faculty and Staff,

As we near the end of the spring semester, we at the Magner Center would like to announce the final two Professional Skills Training events. Because you have been so cooperative in the past by nominating students for Dale Carnegie events, we ask you once again to send this to your students. Your assistance is greatly appreciated and we truly believe your students can benefit from the following events.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Michael

SECRETS OF THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
Tuesday, April 20, 12:15-2 p.m., Gold Room, 6th Floor Student Center
Brooklyn College alumni who have achieved the highest level of success in their careers are coming back to share their secrets of success. Do you aspire to own your own company or one day become the head of a company? Do you have questions on what it takes to get there? This panel of illustrious alumni will surely help you get on your way to achieving your career success.

Panelists include:
- Jeffrey Fried, sports agent/lawyer and founder of Fried & Company
- Edwin Cohen, principal partner at Prism Capital Partners
- Carmen Pacheco, founder of Pacheco & Lugo (first Hispanic women-owned law firm of New York)
- Barbara Simmons, director of Urban Fellows Program, NYC DCAS

YOU ARE GRADUATING….NOW WHAT: TRANSITIONING AFTER COLLEGE
Tuesday, May 4, 12:15-2 p.m. Penthouse, 7th Floor Student Center
Panelists will include recent alumni who work at CBS, PWC, Target, John Wiley and Company and NYC Teaching Fellows. Learn from recent graduates about what to expect and how to strive for stability and success. They will share their stories of transitioning from college to their first “real” job. Ask them questions about what employers expect and what it takes to be successful.

HOW TO REGISTER: Sign up at http://portal.brooklyn.cuny.edu via the Career Tab or e-mail Michael Sarrao at msarrao@brooklyn.cuny.edu. For each event, lunch will be provided and a free book on the topic will be given to the first 25 registered students who attend.

For more information regarding any of these events, please contact Michael Sarrao at msarrao@brooklyn.cuny.edu or 718.951.5696.

Michael Sarrao, Professional Skills Training Coordinator
Natalia Guarin-Klein, Career Education and Training Coordinator
The Willard and Eleanor Archie Professional Skills Training Program
Magner Center for Career Development and Internships

Dear Students,
We had a wonderful start to our selling days yesterday. Under the sunny blue sky our amazing students did almost $800 worth of business, a very impressive first day outing for the class. Next weeks weather is predicted to be just as nice and hopefully we can do more business now that you know what to expect. Thanks for all the students that showed up promptly for their shifts, courtesy counts in business alot!

Congratulations to Matthew Burns and David Mizrahi for setting up their own tables to sell T-shirts and Phone accessories respectively, hope you guys did well selling. You are well on the way to becoming successful entrepreneurs!

Next weeks homework assignment is the following: What did you learn on our selling day and what selling techniques are you going to try this week that is different then you used last week? Read Chapter 11 in the text book and answer the following question: Make a list of the tasks you feel qualified to perform well that may be pertinent to your business, or the business you’d like to start. Now make a list of all the tasks you feel you will need to have performed for your business by someone—whether it’s you, a partner, or a worker (employee or independent contractor).

I will see everyone next week at your slated times. For those that did not show up I need you to make up the hours missed, please contact me via e-mail for those hours.

You are cordially invited to the annual graduation ceremony for the Liebowitz Entrepreneur Program at Brooklyn College.

Date: May 12, 2010
Time: 12:30 PM
Place: Applebees Restaurant
Nostrand Avenue and Avenue H

Come celebrate with our students who studied and worked hard at mastering the art of entrepreneurship.

Next week is our first of our four selling days on campus. Those selling days are on Wednesday April 14, 21, 28 and May 5th and you must show up promptly at your assigned times. For those students that would like to sell their own merchandise that they have made or have access to you will need to bring your own bridge table to the school. Most of you will be selling the jewelry that we have purchased and we have our own tables for those goods. If you plan on selling your own products please let me know at this time so I can make accommodations at our booth. Also, please bring your own version of the flyer’s for our selling day. Please use similar language that is on the attached flyer. I have attached a copy of the flyer that I made as a sample. We will be posting those flyers in the cafeteria as well as handing them out on campus. Lets hope we have a nice warm day and remember to dress warm.

While we are selling on campus I will be doing one-on-one reviews with the following students: Max Savin,Sheyna Shalamova, Krystal Cox and Jack Fallas. We will be reviewing your homework’s, business plans and future entrepreneurial goals.

Liebowitz Entrepreneur Program
Homework # 8 April 7, 2010

Read chapter 10 in the text book at class website

Part 1: Make a list, in descending order, of the places you feel would be most beneficial for you to market or advertise the business you plan to start or, if you have no specific business in mind for sure, then a business you might be interested in starting. Be specific: Don’t just write “newspaper” but give the name of the paper that most interests you. Don’t just write “TV” but give the name or at least the type of program (news, drama, soap opera, infomercial, golf tournament) you’re interested in advertising on, and the channel or network.And for radio give the station call letters and the time of day: morning drive, midday, afternoon drive, late evening, overnight.

End-of-chapter exercise 2: Cut out or photocopy a recent newspaper or magazine
story on entrepreneurship or small business and write at least three paragraphs telling
what lesson or information you, as a future entrepreneur, can learn from this article