The CCTV School Year Production Program visited the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) this afternoon to participate in "Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur?"-- a workshop for Cambridge youth organized by the CIC, East End House, and the Cambridge Challenge, an initiative of the Chamber of Commerce Community Outreach Committee to bring businesses and youth together as partners. The program targets young people who are interested in a career as an entrepreneur and is an entry point for a summer internship program for youth at the CIC.

The youth participants received tips on how to start their own business and shared their thoughts about their favorite company. On the T ride home, we were so inspired by CIC's CEO Tim Rowe that we even brainstormed original business venture ideas, passing them through the "five T" test*:
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Armed with innovative ideas, the youth participants were excited to be in a supportive environment that fostered creativity and capital. They are looking forward to meeting other CEOs and engaging them in a discussion about originality, media, design, form, and function within business.

*These tips are the brainpower of Tim Rowe and should be credited as such.
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