[NEohioPAL] News: OCAGC named host chapter for the APA Entrepreneur Empowerment Training Scholarship program

[Johnny K. Wu]

OCA Greater Cleveland Chapter (OCAGC) has been named the host chapter for
the APA Entrepreneur Empowerment Training Scholarship program for Spring of
2009 brining national attention to Cleveland.

 

OCAGC will work with the Association of Women's Business Centers' member in
Cleveland to publicize the program to OCA national members and other members
of the APA community in the US.

 

The APA Entrepreneur Empowerment Training Scholarship provides a limited
number of full scholarships to APA entrepreneurs to attend business start-up
and development programs. The Scholarship is designed for women and men who
want to start a business or expand an existing small business.

 

Funding for the Scholarship is provided by State FarmR. The business
development courses are conducted by members of the Association of Women's
Business Centers (AWBC). More information and application forms will be
available soon.

 

Scholarship awardees are selected through an application process. Awardees
are chosen by representatives from AWBC, the OCA National Center, State
Farm, and the OCA Cleveland Chapter. Awardees are chosen on the strength of
their application, but priority will be given to OCA members in cases where
two applicants have comparable applications. Non-OCA member awardees will
receive a year-long OCA membership.

 

Scholarship awardees will participate in intensive courses that run on a
weekly basis for 2-3 months each. Participants are expected to be present
and prepared for each session. 

 

Scholarship participants learn: 

What it takes to be a successful entrepreneur

How to develop and test a business concept or expansion plan

How to select the best business entry or growth option

How to organize, manage, and grow a business

How to research and market a business

Financial literacy for entrepreneurs and small business owners

How to find funding for a start-up or business development

 

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The ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTERS (AWBC) a national not for profit
501(c)(3) organization representing women business owners through a network
of women's business centers. Founded in 1998, the purpose of the AWBC is to
create a world where economic justice, wealth and well-being are realized
through the collective leadership and power of successful entrepreneurial
women. The AWBC supports entrepreneurial development among women as a way to
achieve economic self-sufficiency, create wealth and participate in economic
development through education, training, mentoring, business development and
financing opportunities. AWBC online: http://www.awbc.biz
<http://www.awbc.biz/> . 

 

Founded in 1973 as the Organization of Chinese Americans, OCA is a national
organization dedicated to the social, political, and economic well-being of
Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. Through its 81 chapters and
college affiliates, OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of APAs in
the United States.

 

 

Johnny Wu

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President

Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Cleveland

www.ocagc.org

 

Administrator

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