Event Postponed

Creative Arts Lounge and Media Center’s

Entrepreneurship 101: The First Years: An Interactive Conference

The Creative Arts Lounge and Media Center (C.A.L.M.) was developed in 2014 to bridge the gap between art and technology on the path of entrepreneurship. The C.A.L.M. Center encourages and challenges the ability of participants, while giving them a platform to display their talents to the public in a professional and artistic manner. Members are encouraged to express themselves in photography, video production, graphic design, web design, art, and live presentations.

The goal of Entrepreneurship 101 is to create successful entrepreneurs by bridging the gap between art, law, marketing, and technology. The conference focuses on the building of strong and efficient professional practices with the goal of increasing the rate of success during the first years of business development. The target audience participants are new and prospective entrepreneurs.

In 2014, United States Census reported The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) estimates that 39 percent of all small businesses make a profit over their lifetime. It reported further that about 30 percent break even and another 30 percent lose money. Further, according to the 2015 Kauffman Index, last year the downward trend of new entrepreneurs reversed. The C.A.L.M. Center is working to increase the rate of success and profit through hands on knowledge.

Kauffman further reported that within the last year, more entrepreneurs launched their own businesses in what is the largest year-over-year increase in the past 20 years, which translates to 310 out of every 100,000 adults venture into entrepreneurship per month. Moreover, entrepreneurs who were previously unemployed seem to be more likely to start businesses with lower growth potential, out of necessity. The raise in entrepreneurship displays the immediate need of entrepreneurship training countrywide.

Our partnership would allow young entrepreneurs access to seasoned industry professionals and knowledge. This rare access would allow young entrepreneurs a head start in the professional service development. The conference will include workshops, lunch, dinner and art show. Workshops will be tailored to be interactive by encouraging learning through exercises provided by experienced professionals. Conference participants will walk away with knowledge, direction, and resource materials in areas of branding, small business banking, government forms, community involvement, taxes, and social media marketing and training.

For a successful entrepreneurship conference, Wi-Fi access, projectors and project screens, four rooms for workshops, and one room for eating are needed.  The registration fee will include free lunch and dinner. All proceeds are donated to the

C.A.L.M Center youth program, which provides young teenagers entrepreneurship training.