NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Pre-college
entrepreneurship program E-School for Girls partnered with
New York University, Microsoft Corp.
and Natalie Zfat for an inspirational and educational event, What
It Takes to Be a Successful Entrepreneur, on Feb. 3, 2016, at the NYU Stern School of
Business.
"Microsoft is committed to empowering entrepreneurs at all
stages of their lives, and excited to see more girls and women
taking advantage of the rapidly changing technology landscape to
bring their ideas to reality," said Kristina Libby, Consumer Public Relations Lead
at Microsoft.
Speakers at the event included Teaching Garage CEO Janice Chong, Microsoft Consumer PR
Communications Lead Kristina Libby, Council of Economic Education
CEO Nan J. Morrison, Motivate Design
CEO Mona Patel, E-School for Girls
Founder and Program Director Allison
Wright and entrepreneur Natalie Zfat, who gave lightning
talks to a crowd of 100 decision-makers, media, faculty and
students.
"Over the last three years, E-School for Girls has developed
into a premier pre-college program serving the community and our
young women as they become female entrepreneurs and our future
leaders," said E-School for Girls Director Allison Wright. "We are developing a new group
of female entrepreneurs and leaders in each E-School for Girls
class, and I'm excited to grow the program even further in
partnership with Microsoft."
Now approaching its third year, E-School for Girls was created
in partnership with NYU College Advising Corps and provides
underserved high school students with an experiential pre-college
summer program where they develop an entrepreneurial enterprise,
which includes ideation, business planning, personal branding,
pitching and self-exploration.
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) is the leading platform and
productivity company for the mobile-first, cloud-first world, and
its mission is to empower every person and every organization on
the planet to achieve more.
E-School for Girls/NYCPromise, Inc. is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization.
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