Released
on: September 1, 2009, 5:59 am
Author: Commonwealth Capital
Advisors
Industry: Financial
Commonwealth
Capital Advisors joins more than 650 organizations in the United States to educate
and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs Nov. 16 - 22
Chicago (September 1, 2009) – This November, young people around the globe
will get together to change the world. To celebrate the vital role entrepreneurs
play in innovation, job creation and economic recovery, Commonwealth Capital
Advisors is participating in Global Entrepreneurship Week on Nov. 16 –
22, 2009 to inspire, connect, mentor and engage young people.
Commonwealth
Capital Advisors, an 11 year old American investment banking advisory firm serving
entrepreneurs worldwide, will give away 1 million e-books explaining to aspiring
entrepreneurs how to raise enough capital to start a business. It is the only
resource available online that shows Entrepreneurs the whole process so they
can successfully get the capital they need without wasting time or money where
others fail.
Co-founded in 2008 by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the United States
and Make Your Mark, a business-led government-backed campaign in the United
Kingdom, Global Entrepreneurship Week will connect young people through local,
national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential
as self-starters and innovators. Students, educators, entrepreneurs, business
leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials and others will
participate in a host of activities that include virtual and face-to-face events,
large-scale competitions and intimate networking gatherings.
In 2009, the Week is estimated to exceed the 3 million people and 8,800 organizations
around the globe that participated in the inaugural Global Entrepreneurship
Week in 2008. Already, more than 650 organizations in more than 80 countries
have signed up.
“Our primary purpose is to increase every entrepreneur’s probability
of raising substantial amounts of capital to the highest degree possible at
a mere fraction of the traditional cost without giving up any permanent equity
or management control.” Timothy D. Hogan, Chairman & CEO, Commonwealth
Capital Advisors.
“The
world knows that entrepreneurship is the key to economic recovery, and the next
generation of innovators holds that key,” said Carl Schramm, president
and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation. “Now more than ever, we need to unleash
the creativity and ingenuity of our youth by engaging them in the endless possibilities
of entrepreneurship.”
Details
You can get started by reading the abridged version of the e-book "The Secrets of Wall Street – Raising Capital for Start-Up and Early Stage Companies" the most comprehensive guide to the world of raising capital. To download your personal copy, visit www.CommonwealthCapital.com and enter promotional code gew.
CCA has become the advocate for the entrepreneur by specializing in assisting start-up and early-stage companies raise seed, development and expansion capital through the issuance of securities. They have taken one of the most complex, arduous and expensive processes and reduced it to a simple, easy and inexpensive system. The amounts can range from $100,000 to $50 million for operating companies and up to $500 million for REITs, Film Production Companies, Oil & Gas projects or other Investment Funds. CCA has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in the legal, accounting and investment banking work product, just to license it to its users and to enable them to have a shot at their dream.
About Global Entrepreneurship Week
With the goal to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and
creativity, Global Entrepreneurship Week will encourage youth to think big,
turn their ideas into reality, and make their mark. From Nov. 16-22, 2009, millions
of young people around the world will join a growing movement to generate new
ideas and seek better ways of doing things. Tens of thousands of activities
are being planned in dozens of countries. Global Entrepreneurship Week is founded
by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Make Your Mark campaign. For
more information, visit www.unleashingideas.org,
and follow @unleashingideas on Twitter.
Kauffman Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a private nonpartisan foundation that
works to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation to grow economies
and improve human welfare. Through its research and other initiatives, the Kauffman
Foundation aims to open young people's eyes to the possibility of entrepreneurship,
promote entrepreneurship education, raise awareness of entrepreneurship-friendly
policies, and find alternative pathways for the commercialization of new knowledge
and technologies. It also works to prepare students to be innovators, entrepreneurs
and skilled workers in the 21st century economy through initiatives designed
to improve learning in math, engineering, science and technology. Founded by
late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Foundation is
based in Kansas City, Mo. and has approximately $2 billion in assets. For more
information, visit www.kauffman.org, and
follow @kauffmanfdn on Twitter.
Make
Your Mark
Make Your Mark is the campaign to give young people in the UK the confidence,
skills and ambition to be enterprising - to have ideas and make them happen.
Run by Enterprise Insight, which was founded by the four leading UK business
membership organisations – the British Chambers of Commerce, the CBI,
the Federation of Small Businesses and the Institute of Directors. Their Director-Generals
sit on our board, which is chaired by entrepreneur Peter Jones, from BBC’s
Dragon’s Den. It is supported by the Department for Business, Innovation
and Skills and endorsed by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. www.makeyourmark.org.uk
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Contact:
Barbara Pruitt
The Kauffman Foundation
(816) 932-1288
bpruitt@kauffman.org
Charles
D. Dreher, Executive Vice-President
Commonwealth Capital Advisors
1.312.540.1938
cdreher@CommonwealthCapital.com