Summit 2008 Events
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Monday, February 25, 2008
National Leaders Launch National Etnrepreneurship Week 2008 in DC.
See the Summit 2008 archived segments from Monday

US SBA sponsored the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour in Washington DC at Howard and George Washington Universities on Monday, Feb 25, 2008. Pictured are Hank Kopcial of NFIB and leaders of the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour

Cathy Ashmore, Executive Director of CEE at the SBA sponsored Kickoff of the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour group at Howard Univesity

Ryan Allis, speaker at the SBA sponsored workshop at George Washington University

Ben Sayers, CEO of Voipsupply speaks to students in Allegheny County about his success and growing up in Allegheny County.

Juried Art Show for aspiring artist and entrepreneurs in Allegheny County

Emily and Ethan the Entrepreneur contest winners in upstate New York

NATIONWIDE EVENTS 2008

Delaware Celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week

Delaware CODE (Coalition of Organizations Developing Entrepreneurship)
was their Kickoff to the Week. Click here to read more about the event.

Community Capital of Vermont
celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week with Dinner & Awards Ceremony

An awards dinner was held and the Vermont Entrepreneur of the Year was awarded. Vermont Governor Douglas spoke at the event. Read the press release.
Pictures are coming soon.

The Ohio Coalition celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week

Hundreds of events happened around the state. Just take a look at their Events Calendar to see the diverse and amazing events that happened in schools, communities, businesses and in government. Senator Sherrod Brown sent a letter of support.

The Ohio Expo

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Ohio's Burton Morgan Foundation celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week
"Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow"

Entrepreneurs Empowering High School Students

Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow Attendees

Larry Farrell addresses Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

Questions and Answer session at Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

Youth Entrepreneurship Day was held at McDowell Technical Community College. They hosted high
school and middle school students and gave them an introduction to
entrepreneurship, talked with them about entrepreneurship as a career and
let them simulate starting their own business.

The University of Pittsburgh, Bradford, Pennsylvania celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week.

Two alumni entrepreneurs, Donald Kemick and Jeremy Callinan, received the 2008 Entrepreneurial Excellence award, presented by the Pittsburgh regional office of the SBA (Small Business Administration) and the university’s Entrepreneurship department. Kemick and Callinan are founders of Protocol 80 in Bradford, PA, a firm specializing web-design and web-application development services.

Megan Mangini (UPB Senior Entrepreneurship major), Jeremy Callinan,
Donald Kemick, and Lindsay Retchless (UPB Director of Alumni Relations).

Entrepreneurial Institute at Springfield Technical Community College,
under the Division of Economic and Business Development, Springfield, Massachusetts celebrates
National Entrepreneurship Week.

Student Business Incubator students showcasing their businesses on campus, "Meet the Student Entrepreneurs".

Young Entrepreneurial Scholars program (high school entrepreneurship) one day speaker panel/conference event entitled "A Celebration of Women in Business". 

North Carolina celebrates National Entreprneurship Week

Former NC REAL  Executive Director Dr. Eleanor Herndon receiving recognition for her
accomplishments in entrepreneurship education at the
2008 NC Entrepreneurship Summit, Greensboro, NC on February 26, 2008

Making Cents International headquartered in DC celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week

On February 25, Making Cents International brought together leading practitioners in the field of youth enterprise and livelihoods to discuss the outcomes of the Global Youth Microenterprise Conference. Participants shared their ideas and questions about these issues, and discussed how they can be integrated into Making Cents' 2008 Global Youth Enterprise Conference.

New Hampshire Celebrate National Entrepreneurship Week

The Toys R US project at Rivier College has just finished its fourth year. Students are put into teams that are charged with creating a compelling and innovative toy concept for the US toy market. They must design and construct a prototype, perform a detailed situational analysis for their product, and present their positioning strategy for the product. Student teams are also strongly encouraged to perform market research to help validate their concept with users. Winners are selected from each class based on creativity, thoughtful analysis, prototype efforts and the likelihood of commercial success. Toys R Us managers are often involved with judging.

Students brainstorm ideas, agree on a selected concept, and then develop a plan for development and distribution. Several innovate concepts have been produced form these competitions, including: Skateboard-windsailing combo product; Catch the Snitch (a Harry Potter inspired snow sledding game);

four-in-one universal ball with shape memory metal frame; Rock’em Sock’em Robots with licensed, after market and interchangeable characters/boxers;

Melody Cups for toddlers that play music only when the child is drinking; and several game board variations just to name a few.