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July 6-August 12: IN-PERSON Young Entrepreneurship Certificate Program

The Young Entrepreneurship Certificate Program is designed to introduce high school seniors to the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. This program will explore the various aspects of why entrepreneurship occurs, how it occurs, and what is needed for it to be sustained. Students will have an opportunity to think critically by putting the pieces of the entrepreneurship puzzle together. They will also gain practical experience by developing their business idea into a conceptual business model and business plan, create a marketing plan, and craft a sales pitch to sell their entrepreneurial idea.

Program Objectives

By the end of this program, the students will be able to:

• Define entrepreneurship, its related vocabulary and business terms
• Identify and discuss well-known entrepreneurs and existing companies
• Give examples of problems/gaps that were solved/filled by entrepreneurs
• Describe why entrepreneurship is an attractive business option for some people and not others
• Understand and state the purpose of an Executive Summary
• List and define the basic legal business entities
• Share the variety of ways entrepreneurial companies seek financing
• Explain a real-life problem/gap, in their own words
• Explain and apply the S.M.A.R.T. goal concept to outline a process for developing focused ideas
• Create a conceptual business model and business plan from an entrepreneurial idea
• Identify target markets and create marketing messages to get noticed
• Present, communicate and sell their entrepreneurial idea confidently and clearly

Location: 300 Pompton Road (Main Campus), Wayne NJ 07474

This class is scheduled to run in-person but is subject to move online in deemed necessary because of COVID-19. Staff will notify you of any changes before the start of the class.

Instructor :
Dates : 07/06/21 to 08/12/21
Days : Mon,Tues,Weds,Thu
From : 9:00am - 12:00PM
Fee : $1299.00
Course Number : PC104

Class is unavailable at this time please call 973-720-2354 for more information or other course options

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