By COLlive reporter
A new association is aiming to unite and empower young entrepreneurship in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.
Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs (CHYE) is beginning with a monthly networking event for local “young” business owners and entrepreneurs to share ideas, mingle and network with professionals and colleagues.
Its founder is Rabbi Yehoshua Werde of the Besht Center and members of its advisory board are Bentzie Plotkin, Levi Herzog, Levi Teitlebaum, Mendy Wilhelm, Schneur Wolvovsky, Zalman Berkowitz, Zalmen Kurinsky and Yossi Levin.
Their first event will be held Tuesday, February 14 at 8:00pm will feature advice and strategy from Mr. Dudi Farkash, a Senior Partner at BFG Financial, followed by a question and answer session.
Farkash says he sees the event as a valuable tool for those looking to enter the business world. “My passion is to see the young people in our community that wish to enter the world of business take their aspirations to the next level.”
“As someone who’s begun to enter the professional world, the idea of competing against people with MBAs and specialized training can be daunting,” says Plotkin.
Nevertheless, Plotkin hopes that by combining the “chutzpa” and “Lubavitcher spunk” gained from the to-do shlichus mentality and skills, he’ll arm himself with tools for success.
Farkash sees the skills gained in yeshivah as the biggest asset Lubavitcher youth have as well. “After I left Yeshiva, I was determined to work hard to become a role-model of success for my family and friends,” Farkash says.
When entering the business world, Farkash saw that the kabbolos ol and integrity he learned in yeshivah to be the key element in his success. He hopes that these ideas, as addressed by the session will help attendees unlock their true business potential.
The inaugural meeting of the new group will take place at the Besht Center, 510 Empire Blvd. Hot food and drinks will be served during the event. There is nominal cover charge of 10 dollars.
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yes and no .
i just let go…made peace with the fact my kids do not go to a school but a yeshiva and all i can do now is pray!
In this website I’ll list below you’ll read about a person who’s dad had all the degrees but was doing so-so financially. He then became close the a friends dad who had not degrees, but became a successful business man. Now, this Robert Kiyosaki does not go around selling snake-oil or get-rich-quick schemes, or multi-level-marketing, or how to purchase a home with nothing down, rather he teaches in his affordable books (I got them all free from the Public library and have been through almost all of them from cover to cover) the real truth about creating a business, how… Read more »
Mr. Entrepreneur, When you grow up and raise your kids, would you think twice about sending them to a yeshiva al taharas hakoidesh or to a hypothetically great chabad yeshiva that had a high school track thereby giving your child both the varemkeit and the skills to be a productive member of society?
Do you really find 26 to be ‘holier than thou?’ or were you just having fun with the thesaurus for the first time?
Gosh those words are exciting!
Let’s be clear, #26 was referring to an EXTRA apostrophe in the word “memo’s”. So his message is in fact “… not putting apostrophes where they don’t belong.” Reading comprehension buddy (which comes from learning Gemara:-)
FYI
I went through Oholei Torah all my life since I was 3 years old – and proud of it!
You just gotta’ love it. Sanctimonious and pompous 26 is preaching about the English language and yet he writes: “and not putting apostrophes where they don’t belong.” Which translates as putting apostrophes where they belong. In the structure of your sentence where the first half was positive, you should have written “and putting apostophes where they belong.”
I would have to agree with 25.
I am not sure where you get this idea that in order to be successful in business you must be educated in the specific field. Of course it is beneficial to have a degree and an education, but that is specifically what this class it meant to address! How to compete with those that seem to have an edge on you…
It’s pretty rich that you think that #6 might “have to have his wife write his memo’s,” when you yourself show a lack of basic English skills, including capitalization of proper nouns and not putting apostrophes where they don’t belong. Say, maybe you ought to “work hard and take a course on the basics of the [E]nglish language”!
What you don’t realize is that some of the biggest success stories are in fields that don’t need specialized background: Walmart, Costco, Pizza Hut, Snapple (started by two Boro Parkers and sold for a killing to Quaker), 1saleaday.com, 7/11 1800gotjunk.com, Subway, These companies simply found a way to sell an age old products (mainly food in these examples) using a unique marketing approach that they devised. They made all the money they needed to hire the professionals to do what they did not know how to do, be it the lawyer or the architect etc. but they made their money… Read more »
All whom you mentioned were very well educated in their respective fields and had been brought to the point where an idea was an educated idea. Each also had the prerequisite 10,000 hours (Malcolm Gladwell) in their professional development that our bench kvechers don’t. It takes an ostrich with their head in the sand to not know what they don’t know. Ask any of these fellows, including rabbi werde, if they have the skills (not the conviction or will to overcome) that they need to reach optimal success. What the previous poster doesn’t realize is that it takes an entrepreneurial… Read more »
To 14 & 21: I think you’re missing two important points here: 1. There’s a big difference between entering the professional world – becoming a lawyer, a doctor etc. – and becoming an entrepreneur. While a college degree has many maalos, and is essential for many careers, Entrepreneurship is based for more on having a good idea and making it happen. Look not further than Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg and more – people who left university to pursue their ideas. 2. I believe this class is made for bochurim who have already left yeshiva, have ideas, and want inspiration and advice… Read more »
Dont be so naive. ka”h there are the young and quiet who do very well. you would be surprised.
Perhaps Farkash became a better businessman as the result of his yeshiva background. But to say that is a lesson for all is like someone who was born without feet -who used his handicap to propel himslef to great business success – telling everyone to cut their feet off. Today’s lubav yeshivas (CH anyway) only provide handicaps for the business world.
I hope they have there act together. i do not believe that anyone of this board ever created mass jobs or even built a business worth anywhere near a million dollars, i would have like to see members of the community that made and built large companies.
rabbi farkash!
I’m currently in the field looking for a job. I live out of town and nobody wants to interview anyone if they don’t have a degree. I have my bachelors with excellent grades and it’s still very difficult. If someone lives in a frum community it might be easier to find a job without a degree but it’s not like that out of the daled amos of ch.
#14 is making a mistake. Realize that all the biggest donations, all over the Jewish world, frum or not, come from entrepreneurs, people in business and not the people who get paid by the hour with their degrees and all. The latter do provide medium level donations, but they can only hope to do better if they also get a business or investment happening along side their career hourly paid job. They are sometimes stunned to discover that their side investments earn them more disposable income than their hourly paid office job. Even more, their investments and business endeavors keep… Read more »
There are plenty of ways to procure capital, assuming you have a creative enough idea. The article was talking about entrepreneurship, which many from our community – including those with little formal education – have been very successful at.
Y’SHUAH YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
We are soooo inspired!
while it may be possible to be a (very successful) sales person ala dudi farkash or in a similar sales position (with different titles) or entrepreneur with absolutely NO education you can never get into a skilled job requiring actual study. All of the chutzpah and hard work, showing up on time etc. in the world won’t make you a doctor, lawyer, accountant, biologist etc. The entry bar to starting your own business is hard capital. I would highly recommend that we refrain from fooling our youth. I can only assume that #6 has to have his wife write his… Read more »
I never mastered the skill of Chutzpah! 🙁
I should’ve known sooner…
Your kidding, right?
my sons are getting the best ‘life skills’ in OT !!
Will there be a section for women as well?
Right on brother (or sister). Degrees and stuff might get you in the door. But it really comes down to how motivated and dedicated you are to get the job done. A lot of heart and a little bit of patients can take you the distance. Oh ye, and picking up a little knowledge here and there can’t hurt. Sounds like a great program.
YAY YOSSI LEVIN!
sounds awesome
The job I currently do was once done by a man with an MBA, I never spent a day of my life in college and do you know why I got the job? Because I worked for it.
Go to the seminar, take notes, listen and have a great time but remember: all the knowledge in the world won’t help you if you don’t actually show up on time and get the job done.
Excited to hear Dudi speak.
Expanding the Chabad skills to conquer the world
Torah and Shlichus supporters are Yesachars’s equal parter
Yashar Koach
If Chutzpa is a key to success, we should be in good shape:-)
Wonderful idea. Much Hatzlachah!!!
this is powerful and a wonderful idea to be implemented for our young men. hatzlocha and keep this going long term!
nice to see a chassidishe role model giving of his time and expertise to make this viable and successful.