Conferences and Events
Annual Interdisciplinary Conference
The Annual Interdisciplinary Conference is a day long event featuring scholars and policy makers exploring issues relating to entrepreneurship or community development, and discussing the challenges facing existing small businesses and start-ups.
Cost: $50 per person
Friday, October 23, 2009, Blake Law Center, Western New England College
Keynote Speaker: Beverly Holmes, President of the Center for Women's Business Research
Interdisciplinary Conference 2009: Women, Ethnicity & Entrepreneurship
"How To" Entrepreneurship Institute
The annual "How To" Entrepreneurship Institute is a daylong business seminar featuring seminars are a wealth of business topics.
"How To" Entrepreneurship Institute
Business of Lawyering Seminar
An informational program for solo practitioners and attorneys establishing firms. Panels will discuss: Financial Strategic Planning, Partnerships-Collaborations-Practice Groups, and Rainmaking. Presented by: Caroline Dillinger, Dillinger Law Firm, Irvine, CA. Blake Law Center, Room D. Cost: $125 per person. Western New England College School of Law alumni: $90 per person. Call 413-796-2030 for more information.
Februrary 26, 2010
Speaker Series
The Center brings experts from around the country to speak small business topics and economic development issues.
September 22, 2009 - Darian Ibrahim, Assistant Professor Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School - "Debt as Venture Capital"
November 6, 2009 - David Bullock, Author and creator of website Barack 2.0, - “Effectively Leveraging New Media For Profitable Business Development”
January 26, 2010 - Robert Lawless, Professor of Law and the Galowich-Huzienga Faculty Scholar, University of Illinois College of Law
April 15, 2010 - Harold T. Epps, President and CEO, PRWT Services, Inc.
All Speaker Series events are free and open to the public and held at the Blake Law Center at Western New England College at 12:00 noon. Lunch will be provided.
Information Sessions
Information Sessions are offered several times a year, presented by established business consultants. Session topics have included: Forming a Legal Entity, Intellectual Property protection, ABCs of Non-Profits, Marketing Research, Financing, Succession Planning, Franchising, Buying & Selling a Business, Dealing with Government Red Tape, and Investor POV.
Information Sessions are held at locations throughout western Massachusetts. They run from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m., are free, open to the public and lunch will be served.
September 29, 2009 - Women in Business Strategic Position for Profitability, Scibelli Enterprise Center, 1 Federal Street, Springfield, MA
October 14, 2009 - Legal Entities, Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund, 4 Open Square Way, Holyoke, MA
November 19, 2009 - Protecting Your Ideas and Prospering in the Arts, Dane Gallery, Indian Orchard Mills, Indian Orchard, MA
February 9, 2010 - Marketing on a Shoe String, Scibelli Enterprise Center, 1 Federal Street, Springfield, MA
April 9, 2010 - Intellectual Property, Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund, 4 Open Square Way, Holyoke, MA
EXTREME Business Makeover
The semiannual EXTREME Business Makeover provides an entrepreneur with a chance to present their business plans to a panel of judges, consisting of a venture capitalist, attorney, banker, organizational developer, accountant, marketing professional, and industry insider. On the day of the presentation, in front of an audience, the entrepreneurs receive feedback from the panel. This event offers entrepreneurs and audience members a rare opportunity to hear the point of view of business experts and financiers.
December 4, 2009 - Brandon Reed, Fitness Together
NUVO Bank Community Room, 1500 Main Street, Springfield, 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Small Business Clinic
Also hosted at the Center is the Small Business Clinic, one of the five clinics associated with the School of Law.
To learn more, contact us at 413-796-2030.