UNEMPLOYED?      NEED MONEYMAKING OPTIONS?
 
THE RENNAISSANCE ROW 75th St. Businesses & The BUSINESS ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION ASSOCIATION (BERA) Presents

WHY BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR…WHY NOW
 
Workshops on becoming self employed as a community based business
        Featuring walk and talk tours of 75th street business successes
 
FRIDAY SEPT 18, 2009 -- 9AM – 3PM
Cathedral of Love Missionary Baptist Church 
  360 East 75th Street
 
Walking Business Tours  noon - 1:00 pm  and 3pm- 5pm
 
        ***************  Events of the Day  **************

9:00- 9:30     Registration, Coffee
 
9:30- 10:00   Welcome – Plenary Session - Why Entrepreneurship, Why Now!
      Zira Smith, Entrepreneurship Educator,  University of IL Extension, Cook County                
                                                                     
10:00 – 11:00  Business Plan Writing Workshop       
      Zira Smith
 
11:00 - 12:00 Marketing Workshop                                   
      Kandias Conda, Director Youth Conferences and Programs 
  Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education
 
12:00 - 1:00           Lunch – Brown Bag or Lunch on your own
 
Roundtable Discussion:  Minority Business Updates
     Hazel King, Owner, H.A.King Associates
 
Walking Business Tour
 
1:00 -  2 :00    Finding Money for Your Business – Panel Discussion
     Accion Staff, Accion Chicago  
                                                                  
2:00 – 3:00   Walk and Talk - Meet some successful 75th street businesses