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Advance Your Career through Entrepreneurship Education
Easy as 1, 2, 3
Step 1: Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile
The entrepreneurial mindset is vital to navigating the ever changing economic climate. Take the EMP.
Step 2 : Business Needs Assessment
Taking step 2, the BNA will help you to identify where are you NOW, and where you want to be in the FUTURE. The next step to consider, is HOW will you get there?
Step 3 :
Participating In Entrepreneurship (PIE) App
Learning and participating In entrepreneurship is only one click away. Download the PIE App today and start the process.
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For A Better Future; Learn How to Start, Manage and Grow A business
Our approach to entrepreneurship education is interdisciplinary & experiential. “Everyone benefits from learning how to start, manage and grow a business”. Our vision and mission is built on this premise.
Our Vision
- To build the entrepreneurial capacity of African American business owners and to provide greater access to intellectual and financial capital. To close the knowledge and wealth gaps.
Our Mission
- To establish PIE Academies on the campuses of all 107 HBCUs in partnership with the National Black Chamber of Commerce.
Participating In Entrepreneurship
In this course you will determine if you have the entrepreneurial mindset to successfully start, manage and grow a business.
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Historical Black Colleges & Universities
HBCUs are Fostering an Entrepreneurial mindset & business growth .
WHO BENEFITS?
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HBCUs clearly benefit the students who attend them and the entire nation, which makes use of the valuable entrepreneurial skills these graduates bring to the workplace.
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HBCUs benefit the communities in which these institutions are located, and the wider regions that serve them, in other ways as well. They act as significant drivers of essential economic activity both on-and off -campus. -
The numbers are compelling: Investing In HBCUs Entrepreneurship Education pays large and lasting dividends for all of us.
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In total, the nation’s HBCUs generate over $14.8 billion in economic impact annually; that’s equivalent to a ranking in the top 200 on the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest corporations.
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The nation’s HBUCs generate 135,000 jobs in total for their local and regional economics – equivalent to the jobs provide by Oracle, the nation’s 48th largest private employers.
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HBCUs play a major role in economic success of their graduates by enhancing their education, training and leadership. An HBCU graduate working fulltime throughout his or her working life can expect to earn $927,000 in additional income due to a college education. An entrepreneurial mindset increases the economic impact.
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“As a creative culturalist, I recognize the value of entrepreneurship education in monetizing my passion. ”
Amir KhuladTheatrical Performer
” As a former Police Officer, I used the PIE App to start my security business.
Alfonso JonesPolice Officer
“I majored in computer science, but was not exposed to entrepreneurship in college. PIE help me close the gap between academic theory and business practice.
Marty FriedmanStudent
Participating In Entrepreneurship is what I do as a freelancer.
Romy ForandoFreelancer
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The interest in Participating In Entrepreneurship (PIE) is growing among high school and college students throughout the United States. The PIE Academy Strategic Collaborative is leveraging the collective power of the U.S. Black Chamber Of Commerce, National Business League, USASBE, Major Corporations, Economic and Workforce Development Agencies to bring entrepreneurship education to high schools and HBCUs across America. Learn more about this innovative approach to teaching and learning entrepreneurship. Take a look at the research that will provide answers to the following question: “Why Support Entrepreneurship Education at HBCUs?
