[Nfbk] FW: Hadley's Business Venture Competition is Now Open for Your Customers

[George Stokes]

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Subject: FW: Hadley's Business Venture Competition is Now Open for Your Customers

 

FYI. Please share with anyone you think may be interested.

 

From: Chuck Young [mailto:Chuck at Hadley.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 12:01 PM
To: Flanagan, Allison A (OFB-FK)
Subject: Hadley's Business Venture Competition is Now Open for Your Customers

 

Dear Colleagues,

At the fall conference in Seattle, you heard me introduce our first-ever Business Venture Competition exclusively for people who are blind or visually impaired. Participants can win a cash award of up to $10,000 to put towards the launch of a new business.  We are now accepting applications for the competition. Winners will be awarded in May, 2016 in Chicago! The announcement is below. Please share this announcement and help us spread the word about this exciting opportunity to vocational rehabilitation counselors and business consultants within your agency. The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2016. Participants must be Hadley students, but only need to be enrolled in one business course to be eligible.  Please direct all questions relating to the competition to Colleen Wunderlich, Director, Forsythe Center for Employment and Entrepreneurship at: 847-784-2889 or colleen at hadley.edu. 

Thank you,
Chuck Young, President

Eyes on the Prize: 

The Hadley School for the Blind Wants to Back Your Business 

The Hadley School for the Blind’s Forsythe Center for Employment and Entrepreneurship <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=20128017&msgid=799370&act=3TIX&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hadley.edu%2Ffce.asp>  (FCE) was launched in 2011 to address the 70 to 80 percent un-and underemployment rate among Americans who are blind or visually impaired. Through this business education program, Hadley, the largest provider of distance education to people who are blind and visually impaired worldwide, offers tuition-free courses to help prepare students for employment and entrepreneurship. Today, Hadley is announcing its inaugural 2016 New Venture Business Competition <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=20128017&msgid=799370&act=3TIX&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FNVC> .

In the spirit of ABC’s hit show, Shark Tank, Hadley is inviting new, current or recent Forsythe Center students to submit their plans for a start up for a chance to win one of three cash awards for up to $10,000. Entrants must have enrolled in at least one FCE module for consideration of their business plan. However, it’s not too late to become an FCE student and participate in the competition. New FCE students must provide proof of legal blindness from a physician before enrolling in an FCE course. Participation and submission rules can be found at hadley.edu/NVC <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=20128017&msgid=799370&act=3TIX&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2Fnvc> .

To enroll in the FCE, please visit hadley.edu/FCE <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=20128017&msgid=799370&act=3TIX&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hadley.edu%2FFCE>  or call Student Services at 800-526-9909.

“We are thrilled to be able to help support new businesses in this fun, exciting way,” said Colleen Wunderlich,Director, Hadley Forsythe Center for Entrepreneurship. “Our students are so innovative and enthusiastic—I look forward to learning what they have in mind.”

Contestants will need to move quickly, though, as the entry period ends when the clock strikes 11:59 pm CST on Feb. 15, 2016. Winners will be recognized and receive their awards at the 2016 Business Leadership and Superior Training (BLAST) Conference in Chicago, May 17-20, 2016.


 

 

 


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