BizCamp
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BizCamp Sales Event held outside Wal-Mart |
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BizCamp is E CITY’s summer program and is open to high
school students from Cleveland and surrounding suburbs. BizCamp
is just like our after-school programs, during which students learn
about opportunity recognition and are taught to write business plans
for their own small businesses…but BizCamp meets all day, every day,
for two weeks. Most summers, we run two BizCamps! We’re thankful
for friends at Tri-C Metro Campus, who have donated meeting space
and lunch for all of our students. And, thanks to our many
additional donors who have provided all of the $1,000 scholarships
for 20 students in each camp.
We completed two BizCamps between June 13 and June 30! |
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Basic BizCamp I |
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lead teacher was Rodney Decipeda (Certified Entrepreneurship
Teacher and Lincoln West science teacher) and he was assisted by
Greg Malkin (University School math teacher) and Peg Zitzner
(E CITY web master and Certified Entrepreneurship Teacher).
19 students participated in this program, from a variety of
Cleveland schools and from Garfield Heights, Cleveland Heights,
Shaker Heights and University School. |
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Thank
you to our volunteer business plan coaches:
David Boone
Charles Burkett
Ron
Cohen
Jim
Hatton
Greg Ferrazza
Anju Matthew
Richard Eshleman
Daniel Young
Farley Helms
Corasse Germany-Hawkin
Jaye Ramanan
Dennis Ross
Rina Spyrou
Michael Goldberg
Tory Coates |
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thank you to these volunteers who served as judges at the business
plan competition:
Paul DeLuca
Marshall Emerson III
Larry
Goddard
Randy
Markey
Bill Leahy |
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Congratulations to these students, who won prizes at the
competition:
J.
Michael Mentrek 1st Place ($150) for “DJ J
Productions”
Ariana Smith-Bland 2nd Place ($100) for “Monai
Enterprise” (tissue holders)
Alex Barrett 3rd Place ($50) for “The
Grocery Express” (delivery
service)
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Basic BizCamp II |
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Our lead teacher was Alisa Smedley (Certified
Entrepreneurship Teacher) and she was assisted by Rita Dent
and Tanisha Jackson-Long (also a Certified
Entrepreneurship Teacher |
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Thank you to these volunteers who were
business plan coaches:
David Boone
Andre Bryan
Michael Bull
Nina Talley
George Williams
Allison Motz
Matt Salmon
Sonja Thomas
Ray Leach
Jen Schueller
Jessica Ciccarelli
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And thank you to these volunteers who
were judges at the business plan competition:
Sharron Gordon
Douglas Magill
Robert
Richardson
Raymon
Spottsville
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Congratulations to these students who
won prizes at the business plan competition:
Anntwinette Martin 1st
Place ($150) for “Urban Beauty” (hair salon)
Danielle Kirkpatrick 2nd
Place ($100) for “Dynasty Books” (self-help books for teens)
Gabrielle White 3rd
Place ($50) for “The Beauty Revealer” (beauty consultant) |
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Students working together preparing
for their sales event. |
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Click here to download
the application for Basic BizCamp (MS Word) |
Click here to download
the application for Basic BizCamp (PDF) |
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Advanced BizCamp (For E CITY graduates only) |
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Dates & Time:
August 14-18 |
Location: Nance College of Business Administration
CSU |
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Teacher:
Del Daniels and Katarina Zacharia (from NFTE NYC office) |
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Click here to download
the application for Advanced BizCamp (MS Word) |
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Click here to
download the application for Advanced BizCamp (PDF) |
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Students and Coaches working on business plans |
