Part of Penn State University's Startup Week 2021.  

Stress comes from many sources.  From concerns for the future, to time management, to managing limited resources, the lifestyles of students and entrepreneurs are filled with many of them.  During this conversation with Stefani Abreu, Penn State Abington Instructor of Kinesiology, Peter Hornberger, Director of the Abington LaunchBox, and Penn State Abington students, we will discuss ways to build awareness of our stress and the causes. We will provide actionable guidance to assist any student or entrepreneur to develop a strategy to manage stress and increase performance.  

This event is sponsored by Abington LaunchBox powered by Penn State.

Part of Penn State University's Startup Week 2021 and presented in Spanish.  

Ozuna will share the story of her social entrepreneur project Dominican Access. The project is the result of the strategic alliance of leading companies specialized in different fields in the field of universal accessibility and design. With nearly 30 years’ experience, Dominican Access offers the search and implementation of comprehensive solutions that generate competitive advantages in accordance with the reality and new trends in the sector.  

This event is sponsored by hosted Penn State Hazleton and Hazleton LaunchBox hosted in partnership with Abington LaunchBox and Berks LaunchBox.

Parte de Serie de Conferencistas de Emprendimiento.   

Presentado por los LaunchBoxes de Hazleton y Berks y Abington.  

Join network professional Luis Romano and discover why it is important for businesses to be active on social media in order to be relevant. 

 Luis will also explain International Organization for Standardization (ISO), standards that are crucial to manufacturing, quality, information security management systems, and other business aspects.  Luis has more than 15 years experience supporting and implementing information system solutions with serves, desktops and other hardware.

Parte de Serie de Conferencistas de Emprendimiento

Presentado por los LaunchBoxes de Hazleton y Abington y Berks.  Este programa se ofrecerá en Español.

This recording was part of Penn State University's Startup Week 2021 and presented in Spanish.  

Gain insight on building a business from the ground up with speaker Juan Martinez. Owner of Don Juan Mex Grill, a multi-million dollar business with locations throughout northeastern Pennsylvania, Martinez brings a strong background in project management, talent acquisition, marketing, growth and much more.

Parte de Serie de Conferencistas de Emprendimiento

Presentado por los LaunchBoxes de Hazleton y Abington.  Este programa se ofrecerá en Español.

How do you create a message in a way that sticks in the mind of your customer? Mario Moreno and his family, operators of Pura Cultura, will explain how. The family's business promotes the Cultura of Mesoamerica through indigenous inspired fashion. Each of the family are either immigrants or the first generation born in the U.S.

This event was recorded live during Penn State's Startup Week on 4/1/2020.  

As a business owner, your time is often consumed with building a better products and services. Unfortunately, having the technically superior product or service does not always translate into business success.  This workshop uses a Design Thinking framework to look at 3 stories from big business success and translate them into meaningful and actionable direction for small business leaders. Design thinking is a creative problem-solving process that focuses on a user-centered approach to create a solution.

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On Entrepreneurship 101 (E101) we cover a few topics related to entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, and  leadership with students and community members each week.  The catch is, once a topic is introduced a guest only has 101 seconds for their response.  Tune in to the weekly podcast (Starting in January 2021) for quick takes on topics related to business and entrepreneurship.

This episode features E101 producer and guest Aidan Pulli.

Topics in this episode:

Topic #1-Traits of entrepreneurs

Topic #2-Soft skills vs hard skills for entrepreneurs

Topic #3-Finance and entrepreneurs

On Entrepreneurship 101 (E101) we cover a few topics related to entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, and  leadership with students and community members each week.  The catch is, once a topic is introduced a guest only has 101 seconds for their response.  Tune in to the weekly podcast (Starting in January 2021) for quick takes on topics related to business and entrepreneurship.

This episode features E101 producer and guest Aidan Pulli.

Topics in this episode:

Topic #1-Personal Growth

Topic #2-Has Covid-19 changed your perception of the feasibility of becoming a successful entrepreneur?

Topic #3-What is the value of college to entrepreneurs?

Parte de Serie de Conferencistas de Emprendimiento.   

Presentado por los LaunchBoxes de Hazleton y Abington.  

Alejandro Acosta Garcia, an experienced consultant in strategic planning, organizational structure and more, will discuss how entrepreneurs can serve as leaders of projects.  Alejandro will also share insight on the importance of seeing each start up as the sum of several small projects.  In addition to his background in consulting, Alejandro also brings extensive experience as a teacher in project formulation, evaluation, management and business planning for entrepreneurs.

Networking is a critical function during all stages of personal and professional career development.  Circumstances that arose in 2020 certainly created challenges to networking but they may also create opportunities.  During this discussion with Michael Wojcik, CEO and Founder of Wojcik Communications, we will discuss how networking in 2020 has changed and how it remains the same.  Michael will offer tips and perspectives for students and entrepreneurs to develop your network now and in the future.  

This podcast is also available in video format on the Abington LaunchBox YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD0-Jd0cmN8