Philadelphia VIP will present a free legal workshop for area businesses as part of the Empowerment Group's Entrepreneurship Week on April 21, 2010 from 8:00 am to 10:00 am.

The workshop will provide an overview of legal issues facing many small businesses:

• business/entity types and tax considerations (40 minutes),
• vendor and general contracts (20-30 minutes), and
• lease agreements (20-30 minutes).

VIP is looking for volunteer attorneys from a single firm to present at the workshop.

The event will be held upstairs at DiBruno Bros., 1730 Chestnut Street, Center City Philadelphia from 8am to 10am.

Firm contacts please contact Theresa Brabson at jvolunteer@phillyvip.org or 215.523.9567 to volunteer members of your firm to teach this training. Theresa is available to answer any questions you may have.

Entrepreneurship Week is a week-long, city-wide campaign designed to celebrate Philadelphia's small businesses, connect existing and aspiring entrepreneurs, and provide access to key business resources.

Entrepreneurship Week is expected to draw over 1000 entrepreneurs and supporters and provides an excellent sponsorship opportunity for area firms. Sponsorship opportunities include:

1. The cost for one day of breakfast and coffee ($250-$300). The firm will be recognized and thanked at the event.
   
   
2. The cost for 3 days of breakfast and coffee ($900). For a donation of this size, the law firm would be recognized as an Entrepreneurship Week "Silver Sponsor"-the $1,000 level. Silver-level sponsors receive a rotating web banner on www.entrepreneurshipweek.com during the week and for one month prior, a table at the small business resource fair, their logo in all e-mail correspondence (about 1,000 readers), and their company name and link posted on both of the Empowerment Group's websites sites for one full year.

Please contact Theresa at jvolunteer@phillyvip.org for more information on sponsoring the event.