Global Entrepreneurship Week Penn State celebrates the Community of Entrepreneurship. Penn State and the communities surrounding the campuses that are emerging as a vibrant collective of independent thinkers who work together to get important things done. This is the vision of community enabling a better world through collective effort.
At University Park each day has a theme: Go Freelance!, Social Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship Innovation, Entrepreneurial Women, Start-Up Shake-Up. Keynotes are from noon-1:00 (except Wednesday) and master classes follow the keynotes. Perspective Panels, 3-5 experienced entrepreneurs talk about their successes and failures, are held from 3:00-4:00. From 4:30 to 6:30 every day you will find workshops. New Leaf Initiative sponsors networking opportunities every day from 6:30-8:00 followed by Flavor Flights, sponsored by the CBICC, every evening from 8:00-9:30.
Are there freelancing opportunities in your field? What is the outlook for contract work? What are the trends and issues you may encounter? Prepare yourself for the risks and rewards of freelancing by doing your research and digging up as much job, company, and industry information as possible. This session will offer an introduction to the job, company, and industry research skills and information sources that will help you explore freelance or contract work and support you as you search for your niche.
