Free Entrepreneurship Workshop: An Opportunity for New Businesses in Northern New York
Point Positive and Clarkson University partner with ANCA and AEDC to support entrepreneurs
Saranac Lake, NY (08/23/2022) — Point Positive, Inc. and Clarkson's Shipley Center for Innovation will continue their annual Point Positive 101 workshop series for entrepreneurs in the Saranac Lake area on Wednesday, September 7th. This evening workshop will provide a valuable learning opportunity for anyone interested in starting their own business and for those that are already building a company. Participants will receive an introduction to new entrepreneurship tools that provide invaluable guidance to early-stage startups, take part in a variety of breakout sessions led by experts, and have a chance to win up to $500 for their business.
This workshop, which will be held at the Carry beginning at 4:00 pm, is being organized in collaboration with the Adirondack Economic Development Corporation (AEDC), Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), the North Country Chamber of Commerce, the Saranac Lake Chamber of Commerce, Adirondack Frontier, and the Canton Small Business Development Center (SBDC).
In addition to this in-person support, participants will also be invited to access a new online entrepreneurship training program being offered by Clarkson University that provides entrepreneurs with a foundation of knowledge to succeed in launching a new business. The program, Clarkson Entrepreneurship Training, will be offered free of charge to New York State Residents. The courses are completely online and asynchronous, meaning participants can engage with the material at a time and place of their choosing.
Most importantly, those who come to all or part of this workshop will have the opportunity to connect with resource partners and peers that can assist and support them throughout the development of their new venture. Experts will be available to offer help on topics like finding customers, marketing, and raising and managing money. The workshop will conclude with a networking / social hour and opportunities for additional one-on-one meetings. Food and drinks will be provided.
This event is part of a series of workshops led by staff from Clarkson University's Shipley Center and Point Positive. The first workshop was recently held in Carthage on August 17th, and additional workshops will take place in Plattsburgh (8/24), and Ogdensburg (8/31). This workshop series is made possible by the generous support from Adirondack Foundation and New York State's Innovation Hot Spot program.
Participants can register and find additional information at www.clarksonEtraining.com.
Point Positive is dedicated to establishing entrepreneurial businesses in the Greater Adirondack Region by giving aspiring professionals the support they need to start or accelerate their business and create jobs that also help our communities to thrive. We accomplish this through mentoring and education, raising awareness about economic vitality and business opportunities, and by assembling angel investors who can provide start-up and growth funding. The investors have expertise, networks and capital to support and seed sow promising Adirondack businesses from start-up through growth.
As a private, national research university, Clarkson is a leader in technological education and sustainable economic development through teaching, scholarship, research and innovation. We ignite personal connections across academic fields and industries to create the entrepreneurial mindset, knowledge and intellectual curiosity needed to innovate world-relevant solutions and cultivate the leaders of tomorrow. With its main campus located in Potsdam, N.Y., and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region, Beacon, N.Y., and New York City, Clarkson educates 4,300 students across 95 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, the arts, education, sciences and health professions. Our alumni earn salaries that are among the top 2.5% in the nation and realize accelerated career growth. One in five already leads as a CEO, senior executive or owner of a company.
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