Events
Center for Entrepreneurship Launches
Inaugural Bootcamp
The inaugural St. Francis College Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (eCamp)
drew 25 highly creative and engaged high school students who spent
five days developing their entrepreneurial mindset this summer. Hosted by
the SFC Center for Entrepreneurship (CFE), the eCamp offered students an opportunity to experience the process
of planning and starting a business through experimental exercises designed to boost their confidence and skills
in communication and idea generation.
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he eCamp was organized by CFE Director and Assistant Professor
of Management and Technology Eda Sanchez-Persampieri;
Dr. Michele Meservie Montecalvo, Assistant Professor of
Biology & Health Promotion; Dr. Marie Segares, Assistant Professor
of Management & Information Technology; and Dr. Dennis Anderson,
Professor and Chair of Management & Information Technology. The
five-day experience kicked
off with a Design Thinking Crash
Course based on the Stanford
d.school model. eCampers were
also able to gain tremendous
insights from guest speakers,
including Joshua Dezil ’21 founder
of JD Bundles, Aki Ashe founder
of Brooklyn United Ties, and
SFC alumni Michael Quinn ’97
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who has re-launched Feltman’s of Coney Island. eCampers went on an
engaging field trip to the Made in NY Media Center by IFP, which is a
collaborative workspace and community that caters to entrepreneurs
in media and tech industries.
The eCamp concluded with team presentations of their projects
which included a prototype and pitches for two different audiences.
The presentations were judged by
300 students from the New York
City Department of Youth &
Community Development, as well
as Thomas Volpe, SFC Board of
Trustees Chairman Emeritus,
Margaret Murphy of NYStaffSearch,
Claira Zambon Versland of Pratt
Institute/LIM College, and Ramel
Smooth Bradley of App Harvest. ●
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