ErieMade Business Academy Graduation Celebration

650 East Avenue,Erie PA 16503

15 August, 2022

Description

ERIEMADE BUSINESS ACADEMY GRADUATIONWith support from Bridgeway Capital and its Creative Business Accelerator (CBA), the Erie Center for Arts and Technology (ECAT) launched the inaugural 2022 ErieMade Business Academy. Entrepreneurial artists, designers, makers, and craftspeople were invited to apply to the six-month program, which provided one-on-one and peer group support for a wide range of business fundamentals. Please join us to celebrate the hard work and entrepreneurial growth of ErieMade's graduating cohort. Light refreshments will be served. Please see an outline of the agenda below: AGENDA 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Arrival and Networking 6:30 pm: Opening remarks from Daria Devlin, Executive Director, ECAT 6:40 pm: Erie Arts and Culture representative announces CEA grant awardees 6:50 pm: Katie Johnson, Director of Bridgeway Capital's Creative Business Accelerator, highlights CBA programming and Erie partnership 7:00 pm: Kristen Santiago, founder of Gone Local Erie and ErieMade program facilitator, introduces program participants with 30-second elevator pitches for each business and receive their certificate, pose for a photo 7:30pm - 8pm: program concludes, networking