This final session will focus on Green Business/Clean Tech as a start-up idea. This session will present an overview of some of the latest “green” start-ups and provide resources for entrepreneurs who not only want to be sustainable with an existing business but who are interested in starting a venture that will help drive innovation for the planet. The term “green economy” describes a sustainable economy that provides a better quality of life for all people within the ecological limits of the planet. Innovators across the country are demonstrating this by creating apps to reduce food waste, circular economyloop solutions, forming produce and renewable energy cooperatives, creating nonprofit social enterprises, and engaging in a range of other innovative, eco-focused activities. With a whole new Green Economy, how do you get involved? What kind of training do you need in today’s economy to get ahead? What jobs or start-up opportunities are out there?

Topics Covered

• What is the Green Economy?
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Jobs and opportunities
• Greentrepreneurship
• Pitching Green Ideas

Content

• Understanding the Green Economy and the opportunity it presents
• A look at the skills, training and/or certifications needed to be competitive
• Special challenges of green start-ups and how to overcome
• A look at the trends in the industry and some of the top new green ventures
• Meet some of Tampa Bay’s Green Start-ups and entrepreneurs

This workshop is the last in a series of eight sustainable business workshops. Stay tuned for the 2021 program schedule. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO JOINED US! See program recap below: