The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) is the premier Western New York resource for entrepreneurs like you who are looking to overcome your challenges, inspire innovation, and propel your business to growth and profitability.
Whether you’re an emerging entrepreneur or an established leader, our peer-based, mentor driven programs give you the confidence you need to successfully start a business or take an existing company to the next level.
Designed by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, the CEL’s individualized and interactive programs fit your demanding schedule. Based on proven principles and centered on best practices and emerging trends, our programs allow you to explore new methods for business growth in a confidential, noncompetitive environment with assistance from fellow classmates, UB School of Management faculty and external business experts.
When: Thursday, June 15, 6-8 p.m.
Location: Center for the Arts, UB North Campus
Call us at 716-885-5715 or email us at mgt-cel@buffalo.edu to register (required for attendance).
Celebrating the accomplishments of our M&T Bank Minority and Women Emerging Entrepreneur and Core 2023 graduates.
When: Wednesday, June 21, 5-7 p.m.
Call us at 716-885-5715 or email us at mgt-cel@buffalo.edu for location and details.
If you’d like to learn more about how CEL helps business owners face the many challenges they deal with daily, we invite you to attend one of our upcoming open houses. These are perfect opportunities to hear from CEL alumni.
The flagship program of the CEL, Core empowers you to overcome business challenges, create new opportunities and develop meaningful connections in the business community. As a practicing entrepreneur, you will elevate your talents and operating abilities with the help of this peer-based, mentor-driven program delivered over the course of nine months.
An interactive forum for emerging leaders employed in small business, Key Persons Connections helps you develop crucial tools to become a confident leader and think with an ownership mentality. Topics include leadership styles, communication strategies, financial acumen and time management tactics.
If you are unemployed, laid-off or underemployed and wish to explore an entrepreneurial path, the Reimagine initiative offers robust training through boot camps and master classes in Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Olean, Jamestown and Dunkirk, through a grant from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR).
Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
School of Management
University at Buffalo
UB Downtown Gateway
77 Goodell St., Suite 201
Buffalo, NY 14203
Tel: 716-885-5715
Fax: 716-845-6999
mgt-cel@buffalo.edu
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