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Clark University Bootcamp

Clark Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program

Entrenuity trainer, Shane Scott, lead a Business Planning Bootcamp for students at Clark University (Worcester, MA) April 1-2,  including the Business Simulation Game. The game introduced students to small business operations in an experiential format that’s team-based, competitive, and fun. Students participated in a series of team-based opportunity recognition and marketing exercises around their business ideas to identify opportunities to possibly raise capital and execute a launch strategy. Shane will be virtually coaching a select number of students to help them prepare for a pitch event where they will communicate their business concept, present their deck, and receive feedback on their business idea from judges.

The Media Visits Overflow

WGN and NBC Chicago both visited Overflow Coffee during Women's History Month to interview Samotta Acklin, the daughter of Chicago singer/songwriter, Barbara Acklin. Barbara got her first big break in the music industry while working as a receptionist at Brunswick Records in 1966. Brunswick was located then at 1449 S Michigan Ave, now the home of Entrenuity (with Mox.E Coworking and Overflow Coffee). It was an honor to welcome Samotta and to participate in the opportunity to recognize her mother's prolific contribution to Chicago soul.

April 2022 Overflow After Dark

Entrenuity is excited to welcome back to Overflow After Dark SAM THOUSAND (formerly known as Sam Trump), the artist who kicked off our very first Overflow After Dark concert in April 2019. Also performing will be vocalist Morgan Pirtle with guitarist Aaron Day and bassist Jackson Kidder.

Entrenuity Partners with Clark University

Clark Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program

Entrenuity will lead a Business Planning Bootcamp for 30 Clark University (Worcester, MA) students in April 2022, including a Business Simulation Game to introduce students to small business operations in an experiential format that’s team-based, competitive, and fun, providing a memorable experience to small business operations. Students will participate in a series of team-based opportunity recognition and marketing exercises around their business ideas to identify opportunities to possibly raise capital and execute a launch strategy. Each student team will participate in a pitch event to communicate their business concept, present their deck, and receive feedback on their business idea from judges.

Black History Month 2022 - Event Recap

Thank you to the wonderful volunteers, guests, and artists who made our Black History Month event IN OUR OWN WORDS such an amazing evening of reflection and inspiration. Below is a list of the selections read and the talented creatives who read them.  

• The Warmth of Other Suns (pages 3-15 in the book)-Isabel Wilkerson:
  Read by Davo Sounds - Follow @davosoundschi and Brieann Jasmine - Follow @brieannjasmine
• Jamaal May “Pomegranate Means Grenade"
  
   Quincy Troop “Poem for My Father”
  Kevin Young “Eddie Priest’s Barbershop & Notary”
  Read by Twelvie - Follow @dannytwelvetree
• Kindred by Octavia Butler (Chapter 1-The River)
  Read by Kierra White - Follow @sunny_3389
• The Creative Process by James Baldwin
  Read by Shaffer Jones - Follow @shaffer.jones
• Khadijah Queen “my loved blacknesses and some blacknesses I knew”
  Natasha Tretheway “History Lesson”
  Read by Tiara Deshane - Follow @countingtiaras
• Audre Lorde “Coal”
  Maya Angelou “Caged Bird”
  Read by Queen Ash - Follow @kingdomyogafitness
• Intermission Poet and Introduction of How Men Cry
  Jordan “Dxtr” Spits-Follow @dxtrspits; How Men Cry - Follow @howmen cry
  
• Sonia Sanchez “I am Looking at Music" (Nina’s Poem)
  Maya Angelou “Phenomenal Women”
  Read by Keya Trammell - Follow @keyatrammell
  
• Ralph Ellison “Juneteenth” (pages 3-9 in the book)
  Read by Courtney Boyd - Follow @revivefamilyandwellness
  
• Gil Scott Heron “The Revolution Will Not be Televised”
  Read by Chai Tulani - Follow @chaitulani
  
• Sharon G Flake The Skin I’m In” (Chapter 4)
  Read by Kenya Denise - Follow @simplykenyadenise
  
• William Ernest Henley “Invictus”
  Maya Angelou “Still I Rise”
  Read by Ace Da Vinci - Follow @sevendayhigh 

SUN 3 Day Facilitator Training

Entrenuity is excited to host the first The SUN Facilitator Training at our new facility on Michigan Ave in the South Loop, April 26-28, 2022. The training will prepare instructors to guide new and experienced entrepreneurs through the business planning process using the StartingUp Now (SUN) System.