Opportunities to explore Entrepreneurship
We’re knee deep in setting up projects but we had so many emails about opportunities for those seeking to start a business we had to stop to post! As for the competitions, for those just starting, they are a gret tool to think outside your comfort zone.
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NYC ENTREPRENEUR WEEK
Organized by the NYC Entrepreneurial Community, NYC ENT was created to
strengthen and accelerate the collective entrepreneurial spirit of New
York City through a week long series of events. a 21 team business plan
competition with a full day of customized training developed April 20th -25th
exclusively for NYC ENT. http://www.nycentweek.com/event-details/
BROOKLYN
Attention entrepreneurs, start-ups and existing business owners! Sign up now for the 1st Annual Brooklyn Business Summit and the “Triple Bottom Line” Business Plan Competition now. Triple Bottom Line addresses the 3P’s of People, Planet, and Profit.
Click here and register now for the FREE Summit
www.brooklynbusinesssummit.com 
If you are 18 years of age or older, live in Brooklyn, are a legal resident or US citizen, and wish to start a business in Brooklyn, you are eligible to win a Cash prizes of $15,000 for first place. “PowerUP!” is a competition to help applicants start a business. Three winners will receive cash awards for entering the best business plan to start a business in Brooklyn. $5,000 will be awarded to two runners-up positions.http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/pdf/2009PowerUpSchedule.pdf
BarCamps-
Laid Off Camp NY
LaidOffCampNY is a free two-day event for people in a career transition who are looking to gain perspective, discover new passions, or reinvent their careers. LaidOffCampNY is directed towards entry to mid-level professionals in digital media, advertising, publishing, technology and financial service space. We want to collaborate with you and your community, so spread the word! Please contact us if you’re interested in supporting this effort or have ideas on how to make LaidOffCampNY a success. http://ny.laidoffcamp.org May 1st and 2nd
BarCampNYC
General Open Unconference on new media and technology from the people who create the apps .Mark the dates May 30th and 3st vist their site http://barcamp.org/BarCampNYC4
EileenFisher.com for women owed businesses
http://www.eileenfisher.com/ourcompany/cons/women_owned_bus_prog.asp
EileenFisher.com five $10,000 grants for women owned business companies to get Eileen Fischer March 1st to June 1st 2009 http://www.eileenfisher.com/ourcompany/cons/women_owned_bus_prog.asp
Photography Now Are you redefining the photographic book?
Whether you’ve already made your book or want to start, Photography.Book.Now is for working photographers, students of the discipline, and curious enthusiasts.
Deadline for entry is 12:00 PM PDT July 16, 2009. http://pbn.blurb.com/
Prize $25,000 to finish – or start
Lark Books is seekng artist
http://www.larkbooks.com/submissions/artist-submissions
Artist Submissions
Are you an artist who would like to submit some of your work for consideration? We are always looking to feature new and established artists and hope you’ll join us!
http://www.promosedia.it/design_bando_eng_2009.html
Promosedia announces a competition for ideas for chair design.
The aim of the competition is to stimulate innovative creative ideas, which must however be technically feasible and designed to be mass produced. Submissions are invited which express originality and innovation and which identify the use and function of the chair, giving due consideration to ergonomics, choice of materials and the requirements for mass production.
http://www.designboom.com/competitions.html
kitchen ecology: recipes for good design june 26 -28, 2009
dwell on design, los angeles
‘kitchen ecology: recipes for good design’,
this curated group show will express subjects and details of our kitchen
environment by analyzing the ongoing conflict of ecology and consumerism.
it will feature works from the freshest young and upcoming international
designers, exploring ways to tweak the basic ingredients to produce the
most eco-friendly, energy efficient models possible.
EPILOG CHALLENGE 09
To encourage the making of amazing things, Instructables is hosting the Epilog Challenge ’09. Make something awesome with a green twist and win a Epilog laser cutter! The form of awesomeness is entirely up to you: your project can be on any subject, using any components, and in any field. Just use your skills to make something incredible, share it on Instructables, and you can win one of the most truly incredible and versatile tools available: a Zing Laser from Epilog! To make it even better, this contest is open to entries from all over the world!
http://www.instructables.com/contest/epilogchallenge/
I’ve am also receiving lots of emails on “how to start,” I highly recommend attending Barcamp Type events and the seminars listed! We wull be back full force in with the workshops aby May and will be announceing them shortly. we are hands on so our groups are small, however this time the general public can follow online!
At The End of The Day It’s About Selling Culture
In New York, Seventh Avenue is preparing for Fashion week even as my local designers’ community is preparing is starting their prom, graduation and Spring Summer 2009; In my native Trinidad they’re 
preparing for Carnival, while in Brooklyn , local merchants are trying to eke out what ever mileage they can from Black History Month and Valentine’s Day. In between I am trying to find time to follow the threads and contribute to the planning of BarCampNYC4 a tech “unconference”. Not to mention working with my mentor on jazz Documentation projects.
Even with 20 hrs a day I can manage to stay on top of it all. At first glance these various groups seemingly have little in common. However underlying it all they are they are simply trying to support themselves and their family doing what they love, what they are passionate about.
The challenge is to get the advanced tech community to see the value of time-worn traditions and appreciate “expertise’ gained not by sending 10,000 “tweets” but working over 10,000 hrs at particular task. On the other hand traditionalist, scoff at new techniques because they are “untested” and created by “young inexprienced” minds. Simalarly Young designers have old ideas but lack the technique of the veterans. Sure their is validity in fears of “stolen legacies” and economic abuse, but open and free interaction can offer so much including the knowledge of how to protect one’s intellectual property and cultural integrity.
Efficient blending of technology, tradition and expertise can not only add extra opportunities but also cut cost as a result of effeciency. What “we” have found is that whether it is fashion or costume design, technology or storytelling, jazz or code the rules and process for creating and income and livelihood are the same. It is because I am fortunate enough to live in such a diverse community that I can access all this great inforation, tools and experise to create and test a program that not only works, but positively affect s life.
Photo credits:Model Stacia Gregorio simulates a “fashion doll” merchandise concept, boxed and “merchandise with” downloadof their chosen “road” Music. The option exist for futher merchandising with ringtones and wallpapers, etc. since each bandmember has a mobile, a Qr code (at the side of the box) can be used to extend the experience with updates, communication and community features. Costume from Rango 2007 Brooklyn Labor day Presentation, “BLUE”.
