Entrepreneurship Certification Program
The deadline for this year’s program has passed. If you are interested in receiving information about the next available session, please contact Pris Foster at 864-656-5802 or priscif@clemson.edu.
Sustainable
Entrepreneurs &
Economic
Development
Are you an early stage Entrepreneur?
Do you want to build sustainable success?
If you are an early stage entrepreneur … with a high impact business opportunity … Apply now!
What:
SEED is an eight-session course designed to help entrepreneurs understand the business behind success. This program will draw on the experiences of local business leaders to help early stage entrepreneurs build sustainable success.
Participants will form a core network of entrepreneurs that want to make a high impact in our Upstate community. You will learn inside tips on:
- Defining business opportunities, product development, outsourcing products and developing the proper infrastructure
- Marketing strategies, include the latest tools of social media and how to effectively use them to market your business
- Key ingredients to building a top management team
- How to protect intellectual property even with limited resources
- Where to seek capital and direct fundraising efforts
- How to generate sustainable growth
- Meet and form relationships with community leaders, business leaders and potential mentors
And Much More!!
Graduates earn an Entrepreneurship Certificate from Clemson University and the opportunity to pitch to successful business leaders during Pitch Night.
Moderators:
Mark Roth, Teludyne Tech Ind., Inc. and Doug Kim, McNair Law Firm, P.A.
When:
September 7, 2011 - Class every two weeks on Wednesday Night
Class times: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Pitch Night: December 14, 2011
Where:
McNair Law Firm, P.A.
104 S. Main Street
Suite 700
Greenville, SC 29601
Cost:
$199 (Class size limited to 25 students). Check payable to Clemson University.
Contact:
Mark Roth (864-201-9100 · mroth@teludynetech.com) or
Pris Foster (864-656-5802 · priscif@clemson.edu)