
{"id":974,"date":"2015-10-09T03:18:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T03:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/elab\/?p=974"},"modified":"2021-01-28T04:21:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T04:21:36","slug":"workshop-series-by-elab-fellows-september-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/workshop-series-by-elab-fellows-september-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop Series by ELab Fellows &#8211; September 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Current ELab fellows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bradencrooks\">Braden Crooks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/april-de-simone\/13\/b0b\/75\">April De Simone<\/a>, co-founders of <a href=\"http:\/\/designingthewe.com\/\">Designing The We<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/robyn-asquini\/12\/29b\/87b\">Robyn Asquini<\/a>, founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/arttapx.com\/\">Art Tap X<\/a>, gave workshops for fellow applicants to the 12-month Fellowship Program on business tools that they may use to enhance their businesses and prepare for launching.<\/p>\n<p>At Workshop #1 Business Plans, the Business Model Canvas tool was discussed and then used to help define and clarify the key components for each participant&#8217;s startup. Everyone then took a deep dive into the traditional business model, breaking down each section and understanding how to tailor the plan to a specific audience, like the ELab as an example of one stakeholder. Robyn then wrapped up by presenting a list of helpful tips and other resources to prospective fellows so they continue enhancing their business skill set.<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Workshop #2 Pitch Decks, each participant or group of participants with business ideas introduced themselves and tweeted a \u2018Hollywood\u2019 pitch tagging @PasonsElab, which constituted their value proposition. With case studies as examples, Braden Crooks introduced methods on how to raise funds and prepare pitches for different target audiences of a business, ranging from elevator pitches to long detailed pitches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/elab\/files\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-08-at-23.16.26.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-984 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/elab\/files\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-08-at-23.16.26-300x224.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-10-08 at 23.16.26\" width=\"384\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/elab\/files\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-08-at-23.16.35.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-985 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/elab\/files\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-08-at-23.16.35.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-10-08 at 23.16.35\" width=\"384\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stay tuned for more information on ELab news!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow us, tag us, and get connected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">twitter <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ParsonsELab\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@ParsonsELab<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">facebook <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parsonselab\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@ParsonsELab<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current ELab fellows Braden Crooks and April De Simone, co-founders of Designing The We, and Robyn Asquini, founder of Art Tap X, gave workshops for fellow applicants to the 12-month Fellowship Program on business tools that they may use to enhance their businesses and prepare for launching. At Workshop #1 Business Plans, the Business Model Canvas tool was discussed and then used to help define and clarify the key components for each participant&#8217;s startup. Everyone then took a deep dive into the traditional business model, breaking down each section and understanding how to tailor the plan to a specific audience,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"year":[],"class_list":["post-974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Workshop Series by ELab Fellows - September 2015 - Parsons ELAB | Entrepreneurial Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/workshop-series-by-elab-fellows-september-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Workshop Series by ELab Fellows - September 2015 - Parsons ELAB | Entrepreneurial Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Current ELab fellows Braden Crooks and April De Simone, co-founders of Designing The We, and Robyn Asquini, founder of Art Tap X, gave workshops for fellow applicants to the 12-month Fellowship Program on business tools that they may use to enhance their businesses and prepare for launching. 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