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Class Schedule (open to the public)

All classes are preceded by a networking session sponsored by the Isenberg Program in room SOM 210 starting at 5:00 pm.
All classes are followed by open-to-the-public social events from 7:45-9:15 pm at the Amherst Brewing Company (Upstairs).

9/9 | 5:30 pm | SOM 137 | Orientation & Kickoff Event
Miss this event? It re-runs on: 9/11 | 5:30 pm | ELab 323
9/16 | 5:30 pm | SOM 112 | Opportunity Assesment
9/23 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | Marketing & Competition
Where the heck is Fernald anyway! Find out here
9/30 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | What the Heck is Intellectual Property
10/7 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | Your Financial Dashboard
10/14 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | The Flavors of Capital
10/21 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | UMass EI Exec. Sum. Competition
10/28 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | Bookkeeping & Taxes
11/4 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | Intrepreneurship (yes, with an I!)
11/12 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | Design Workshop
11/18 | 5:30 pm | Hasbrouck 134 | Raising $$ from Friends and Family
11/25 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | Managing Growth (Speaker is Yankee Candle's founder Michael Kittredge)
12/2 | 5:30 pm | Fernald 11 | "War Stories" from people who's done it
12/9 | 3:30 PM | Campus Center 1009 | Innovation Challenge Fall Competition
12/11 | 5:30 pm | TBA | End of Semester Social

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Other Activities in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

9/27 | 8:00 am | E-Lab II Auditorium | Invention to Venture 2008 UMass
11/7 | 8:00 am | MassMutual Convention Center, Springfield MA | HGCF Entrepreneurship Conference

Non EI Competitions & Grants

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About Us

The Entrepreneurship Initiative (EI), in partnership with ComCol, offers a series of flexible, structured independent studies that meet once a week in the evenings, will teach you the critical skills you need to get started, and will introduce you to people who can help you take the next step. Our events are open to the public. Have a question? Contact Us and someone will personally reply.

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