JumpStart NYC will help you examine how you can retool your skills in a start-up environment and see if the entrepreneurial world is for you. JumpStartNYC will also hold regular opportunities for network expansion, and we’ll focus on tips for effective networking. JumpStart NYC is sponsored by the NYC Economic Development Corporation and The Levin Institute, and it’s all at no cost to you.
JumpStart NYC consists of:
5-10 day intensive boot camp at Levin to re-orient talent in order to succeed in small company environments. Participants will learn through presentations, simulations, and dialog about the entrepreneurial economy in New York and the expectations of venture-financed firms. Students will assess personal working style, strengths, and weaknesses, aiming to deliver value in a new context.
10-12 week action-learning project in a firm, including digital media, financial and other services, IT, and new sectors like green finance. In some cases these projects could turn into continuing assignments - full or part time. Participating firms have included: HBO, The Ladders, Peek Communications, Project 2050, Babble Media, Pasta Resources, People Capital, Solaire Generation, MediaMerx, Media Morph, Speaklike Translation, Cluster Seven, and many others.
Bi-weekly updates and networking events with peers and NY business people. Levin will hold regular meetings, and involve the participants in Levin networking opportunities. All Levin educational programs involve guided networking as a crucial element, and our graduates testify that this is a prime advantage of their Levin experience. Levin students are taught how to effectively network in New York, and to use this to advance their careers. Levin’s strategy involves ambitious institutional partnerships that will be used to broaden participants’ networks. One month before the program’s conclusion, a day-and-a-half session will target “How I deliver value,” to maximize their chance of success of landing a position.
1-day wrap-up session on completing a successful transition.
Curriculum topics for the boot camp:
– Identify and articulate personal value propositions
– Innovation and transformation of NYC industries: patterns and opportunities
– The world of the Venture Capitalist: financing and growing small businesses in NYC
– Getting it done: bridging the knowing/doing gap during times of uncertainty and disruption
– Specific "electives" on the arts and green technology companies
To learn more about the upcoming JumpStart NYC 11.0 session (July 16-20, 2012), please RSVP to attend an Information Session on May 22 or June 6 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the SUNY Global Center in mid-town. Click here to RSVP
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