By Yonit Tanenbaum
You’ve completed years of organized study, be it yeshiva, seminary or university, and now you’re considering a leap into the business world to bring in some cash. You have two basic choices— work for others or work for yourself. Which, or perhaps how, do you choose?
Many of us have great ideas— ideas that could either fly or fail. How do you know whether your idea will succeed? How do you know if you have the tools required to gain momentum and stay ahead in your chosen field?
Whether you decide to join Corporate America or start your own business, learning from others who have tried and failed or tried and succeeded is quintessential to your success. Look around; there are so many people to learn from in your own community. Having a hard time reaching them? Well, Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs, a project started by Rabbi Yehoshua Werde of Torah Learning Project, invites you to:
“Manage It—An Evening of Education and Empowerment.”
On Wednesday evening, June 20th, at the Jewish Children’s Museum, a panel of four business leaders who have started their own businesses will share insights leading to wins, and realities of setbacks with the young business-minded men and women of Crown Heights.
Success doesn’t happen overnight. It takes hard work and perseverance. In addition to acquiring the necessary skills—since it’s not just what you know but who you know and who knows you—you’ll have the opportunity to meet individuals who can point you in the right direction, for you to realize your goals.
This is a chance to discover what it takes to succeed.
To check out previous events hosted by Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs and for more information on the ongoing projects of CHYE, visit the Facebook page www.facebook.com/CHYoungEntrepreneurs and the website www.chye.info.
our system is build around man learning and doing mivtzoim,being shluchim,etc.the womae are the ones that get the secular education and ability to help out with finances,so who has aright to begrudge woman trying to promote their buesnesses?!i am sure that most women would love to be taken care of and not think about jobs and carrers,but be realistic-women are out there taking care of the family and finances at the same time!
The event was about empowering aspiring and young entrepreneurs. The headline on this article is misdirected.
Much Hatzlocha to the leaders who pulled this together and to the people taking the needed steps to provide for their families and their futures.
Let’s ask all women in Crown Heights to stay home and cook and shop and take care of kids and husband and pay all bills and do homework with kids and do laundry. At the same time,somehow they should take care of all expenses, so that we men could sit and talk in 770 all day long. Truly Moshiach time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think that perhaps the women who seek careers other than tending to their own family are simply afraid or perhaps feel inadequate to build a good stable family. Maybe the solution is to have more encouraging guidance from our local schools to the girls; so that should come to understand and appreciate their true role in the Jewish community?
it would not be according to full tznius to project women in public forum, but would be tznius if it was done in front of a women only audience
I would love to come, unfortunately, I have something else scheduled tonight that can not be moved. I will be on the lookout for another such event and would love feedback on it after tonight,
thank you for the response
to #5-it would be very interesting to hear from the women too, but woupd be tznius if it was done in front of a women only audience
There are so many women entrepreneurs or women that hold high positions in business it would be nice to hear from them just as we hear from the men
And to hear how they balance out being a mother and being in business at the same time
Yes there will be a Mechitza
and there’s a high price some people pay for going out into the business world, in their perosnal and thier religious lives
will there be one
Rabbi Werde,
As a CH business-minded woman, I am so pleased to be able to attend this program. I have been aware of many of your events, but have never attended. I am bringing several friends and looking forward to a rewarding experience.
Thank you very much for your appreciation of what many Chassidic women today are looking for.