Discover and Productize Yourself: Start an Entrepreneur Journey with Business School Faculty of Stony Brook University, operated by the Stony Brook Enrichment Center (SBEC).

Non-credit

Commuter

Final project

The program is designed to inspire ambitious and achieving high-school students to be future entrepreneurs. The camp prepares such students to be familiar with important toolsets to identify and capture sustainable and profitable entrepreneurial opportunities. It features a field trip to local startup incubators and opportunities to interact with local entrepreneurs and practitioners.

This program covers the foundational steps for entrepreneurs to discover opportunities and utilize business toolsets to pursue these opportunities. It addresses the following fundamental questions:
Does a business idea have the potential to become a successful business?
How to discover potential customer needs and desires?
How to start a new venture with limited resources?
How to craft a successful business pitch?
How to manage the supply chain, finances, accounting, and taxes of a startup or a small business?
Where are the potential opportunities, given the societal trends and the new technology landscape?

Each business day comprises lectures, experiential learning through projects and team collaborations, guest talks, or site visits, concluded by a business plan presentation contest. This program consists of 80+ hours of lectures or interactions with a team of professors, entrepreneurs, and graduate or undergraduate teaching assistants.

Possible incubators to visit:
Food Business Incubator at Calverton
The CEWIT Incubator
Long Island High Tech Incubator
Possible businesses to visit:
Zebra Technologies at Holtsville (company info).

Single Session

Jul 24 - Aug 11

3 weeks

Commuter

3500 USD

Program Costs:
Early bird (register by 5/1) $3000 payment received by 5/5.
Regular (register by 5/31) $3500 payment received by 6/3.
Other (register after 6/1) $3500 payment immediately due if seat is still available.