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

Read chapter 5 in the text book at: http://www.liebowitzentrepreneurprogram.org

Part 1
List the particular strengths and talents that you, as a partner would bring to a business enterprise. Be broad in your view: List items as diverse as salesmanship, being detail-oriented, creativity, being good with numbers, being an idea person, being businesslike, an ability to think outside the box, inventiveness, being a good manager…traits specifically helpful to a business you might have in mind as well as traits that would come in handy in many businesses in general. Now list your weaknesses, and the traits that would be detrimental to your running a business successfully—the places in which a partner with complementary traits and skills would come in handy.

Part 2
You met Julie Levi today from Progressive Promotions. What promotional products do you think would work for you potential business enterprise?

Extra Credit Current Events:
Read an article on entrepreneurship online from one of the sources here:
http://www.liebowitzentrepreneurprogram.org/links.html
and summarize in three paragraphs or less what you learned from the article.
Please put a link to the article you referenced.

Please do not forget to bring back the “Gray Matters” DVD as I need for future classes. Also, bring to class homework assignments that you have not handed in. Home works count for 33% of your grade.

Next week we will hear from Alisa, Jack and Corine on their potential business opportunities. Remember you will have up to three minutes for your presentation.

Have a nice week!