News from E-Magnify

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November 2009

Global Entrepreneurship Week Activities:

Impact Technology: An Entrepreneurial Perspective Event

Please join us Tuesday, November 17, 2009, from 6:00p.m. to 7:30p.m., during Global Entrepreneurship Week for an intriguing discussion with a panel of technology entrepreneurs who will share their "unlikely" career paths, how they are solving 21st century problems with technology, and how their gender impacts the way they do business. For more information and to register click here.
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CORE FOURŽ Business Planning Course

Develop your ideas for starting a new business or growing a current business in this two class offered by Seton Hill University's E-Magnify. Click here for more details.

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Save The Date:

Plan now to attend E-Magnify's Women's Entrepreneurial Symposium at Seton Hill University's New Performing Arts Center March 9th, 2010.

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Click here to see all of E-Magnify's calendar of events.

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Your input is needed!

Is there a topic or event that you'd like to see featured on e-magnify? Would you like to write an article that we can feature in this newsletter or on the E-Magnify website? We welcome your input and feedback. You can reach us at info@e-magnify.com.

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Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Dear ,

The world's most innovative week is just around the corner! Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 is November 16-22.

The celebration, sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, is a worldwide movement to unleash the ideas of tomorrow's entrepreneurs. Millions of young people around the world will be inspired by organizations to think of innovation as a vehicle that can take them anywhere.

Seton Hill University's E-Magnify and our collaborative academic partners at the University will be one such organization and you're welcome to join us! Our lineup of activities on campus will include the Farrell Entrepreneurial Leadership Series on Tuesday, November 17th at 6 p.m. featuring a panel of impressive women technology entrepreneurs.

For more information, or to register, please see Upcoming Events in the left hand column of this month's E-Magnify Extra. We look forward to seeing you at Seton Hill next week!

Sincerely,

Jayne Huston
Director

E-Magnify

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SBA Launches New Online Training Course: Winning Federal Contracts - A Guide for Women Entrepreneurs

WASHINGTON ─ Women who own small businesses will be able to use a new online U.S. Small Business Administration training course to learn how to identify and take advantage of federal contracting opportunities. The new training course, Winning Federal Contracts: A Guide for Women Entrepreneurs, is part of an ongoing government-wide initiative to promote opportunities for women-owned businesses in the area of government contracting. Read more.

About E-Magnify

Seton Hill University's E-MagnifyŽ women's business center provides business counseling, mentoring and education and training to help women start and grow their businesses. For more information about E-Magnify please go to www.e-magnify.com.