EPICENTRE UPDATE for September 22, 2005

NEWS

Interested in Leaving the Corporate World?

A recent study found that over 70% of American adults have considered starting their own businesses. Many of these people want to leave conventional career paths for the tempting freedom of self - employment. If this sounds like you, the CEC has a program that you should attend.
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Student Consultants for Your Business

Business plans, marketing plans, competitive analyses… Do you have a project that you know would benefit your business, but you just don’t have time to do it? The CEC coordinates student teams to do consulting projects. Find out how you can get one.
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The Great Chicago Networking Extravaganza

Grow your network and your networking skills: Join Chicago’s leading networking authorities in open and structured networking activities to create and build relationships that will help you improve career and business success.
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ARTICLES

Entrepreneur of the Month: Josh Schwartz

Josh Schwartz’s ABOV: Art Beyond Our Vision gallery has virtually created a new genre of art, one based on technology and an eye for strange and surprising locations. But the route he took to this venture has been one few might think would lead to entrepreneurship - that is, everyone but Schwartz, who always wanted to be his own boss.
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The Nuances of Networking

By Rickey Gold
Mention the word networking and you usually either get a “where and when” response or a look of “not me!” For the latter, a networking event may be synonymous with a root canal. But it doesn’t have to be painful. Unlike things like parenting, which you learn only when you become one, you can learn how to network.
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Centerpoint: University Entrepreneurship Centers in Action

In recent years, entrepreneurial hubs like the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center have become increasingly popular on university campuses. To that end, epicentre update presents an ongoing column interviewing various universities’ entrepreneurial directors about the goings-on at their centers. This month, we feature Leonard Black Director of the Utah Entrepreneur Center at the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah.
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