Entrepreneurs Bootcamp

The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management will offer the sixth annual Syracuse Entrepreneur's Bootcamp on October 10, 17, 24, 31, and November 7 and 14. The Bootcamp is held on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m.-noon for six weeks. 

Focused, intense, and packed with useful material, Entrepreneurs Bootcamp is tailored to aspiring entrepreneurs in the Syracuse area, helping them answer the following questions:

• What is a good business concept?
• How can I determine if my business idea is a good one?
• Do I really need a business plan and, if so, how can I write a great one?
• What do I need to know about my customer and market, and how can I get answers?
• Where do I get financing?
• How do I make sense of the numbers, and which numbers really matter?
• What is a business model, and does my business model make sense?
• What is guerrilla marketing? Are there ways to do more with marketing while spending less?
• What does it really take to succeed in business by myself?
• Where do I go to get the information I need to organize my new business?

A team of experienced faculty and successful entrepreneurs works with participants, introducing ideas and concepts, and showing how to apply them to a current or potential business. A number of guest entrepreneurs share their experiences, challenges, successes, and advice throughout the course of the program. Each participant receives an SU certificate upon completion.

If you would like to receive information about Syracuse Entrepreneur's Bootcamp program and potential scholarships, contact Lindsay Wickham, events coordinator in the Falcone Center, at (315) 443-3550.

2009 Bootcamp instructors will include:

	Randy Elder, senior associate dean		Bill Walsh director, Lubin School of Accounting
	Mike Haynie assistant professor of entrepreneurship		Minet Schindehutte associate professor of entrepreneurship
	Mitch Franklin assistant professor of accounting practice