Leading entertainment and lifestyle
retailer, HSN (Nasdaq:HSNI), and The University of
Tampa’s John P. Lowth Entrepreneurship Center, Sykes College of
Business, announced today the next American Dreams Academy – an
interactive, educational and hands-on two-day experience for
emerging entrepreneurs. Randi Zuckerberg, entrepreneur, investor,
bestselling author, and founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media will
lead an opening conversation for the event.
“Today, more than ever, we believe in the powerful role small
businesses play in building communities and local economies.
Through our Academies we are helping support innovators, inventors
and entrepreneurs by giving them the tools and training they need
to take a great idea and bring it to life,” said Jill Kermes, head
of corporate affairs, HSNi. “Based on the feedback from our first
Academy, we know there is a real need for practical, hands-on
instruction that helps entrepreneurs bring a product to market and
ultimately build a great business around it.”
The scholarship-based Academy, which is sponsored by Quirky,
will be in Tampa, Florida, January 24-25, 2018, and include and
optional opportunity for entrepreneurs to pitch their product to a
live panel of HSN, University of Tampa and Quirky judges on January
26th. The first American Dreams Academy was in Washington,
D.C., in November and attracted a capacity crowd of nearly 150
entrepreneurs.
“To design this curriculum, we combined our experience as both
entrepreneurs and educators to create a skills-based program that
will provide participants with the opportunity to enhance their
odds of success in the marketplace,” said Rebecca White, professor
of entrepreneurship and director of the Lowth Entrepreneurship
Center.
The University of Tampa, in partnership with HSN, has developed
a dynamic, informative curriculum that includes courses across
categories including:
- Thinking Like an Entrepreneur: Mindset, Vision and
Strategy
- Money Matters: Accounting and Financing Your Business
- Risk Mitigation: Legal and Tax Issues
- Product Issues: Securing a Patent, connecting with big brands
and Licensing Options
- Manufacturing and distribution
- Quality Assurance
- Defining and Acquiring Customers
- Customer Discovery: Branding, Marketing, Research
- Perfecting Your Pitch
The Academy is a key component of HSN’s American Dreams
initiative – a program designed to tap into the joy and excitement
of discovering new entrepreneurs, while collaborating with
strategic partners to find, educate and train inventors as they
bring their products to market.
All applicants must have a product or business concept in
development or established in order to participate. Enrollment for
the American Dreams Academy will begin on December 5, 2017 and
close on December 30, 2017 here:
http://americandreams.hsni.com/academy-landing/.
For more information about HSN’s American Dreams initiative,
Quirky or The University of
Tampa’s Lowth Entrepreneurship Center,
please visit http://americandreams.hsni.com/ and join the
conversation
on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
About HSN: HSN is a leading entertainment and
lifestyle retailer, offering a curated assortment of exclusive
products and top brand names to its customers. HSN incorporates
entertainment, inspiration, personalities and industry experts to
provide an entirely unique shopping experience. At HSN, customers
find exceptional selections in Health & Beauty, Jewelry,
Home/Lifestyle, Fashion/Accessories, and Electronics. HSN
broadcasts live to over 90 million households in the US 24/7 and
its website - hsn.com features more than 50,000 product videos.
Mobile applications include HSN apps for iPad, iPhone and Android.
HSN, founded 40 years ago as the first electronic retailer, is an
operating segment of HSN, Inc. (Nasdaq:HSNI). For more information,
please visit www.HSN.com, or follow @HSN on Facebook and
Twitter.
About American Dreams For 40 years, HSN – the
original TV retailer – has
been dedicated to finding and
supporting innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs. HSN helps
entrepreneurs bring their products to life by giving them the HSN
platform to share their product and their story. Today, more than
ever, HSN believes in the powerful role small businesses play in
building communities and local economies, and is passionate about
helping to build the economy one entrepreneur at a time. HSN has
developed strategic partnerships with Good Housekeeping, The
Stable, SCORE, The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce,
Comcast Xfinity, ABC’s Shark Tank, CBS’ HATCHED and
more to further discover and elevate entrepreneurs across the
country.
About The University of Tampa: The University
of Tampa is a private, residential university located on 110 acres
on the riverfront in downtown Tampa. Known for academic excellence,
personal attention and real-world experience in its undergraduate
and graduate programs, the University serves about 9,000 students
from 50 states and 140 countries. Approximately 65 percent of
full-time students live on campus, and more than half of UT
students are from Florida.
About the Lowth Entrepreneurship Center: The
University of Tampa John P. Lowth Entrepreneurship Center in the
Sykes College of Business teaches skills that are critical for
today’s entrepreneur. Learning to identify opportunities, prepare
executable business plans and hone skills through a combination of
classroom study and applied learning, makes our program unique.
Entrepreneurship education is the fastest growing field of study in
the United States, with entrepreneurs projected to be the group
that creates vigorous and sustained economic development
worldwide.
About Quirky: Founded in 2009 with a mission to
“make invention accessible,” Quirky brings new products to market
by connecting a global community of inventors to established
manufacturers. At the nexus of technology-enabled cultural
trends like the maker movement, community creativity and the demand
for meaningful product backstories, Quirky has challenged the
status quo of invention to become a major force in the product
development landscape. Quirky has launched more than 150 products
across categories including electronics, home and kitchen, and
more than 1 million active community members share in the product
royalties.
Media Contacts: HSNJaclyn
MiklosJaclyn.miklos@hsn.net727-872-5773 University of TampaEric
Cardenasecardenas@ut.edu813-253-6232
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