32 The QUEE NS Courier • october 2, 2014 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com ADVERTORIAL Queensborough Community College awarded $20,000 Capital One CUNYwide Entrepreneurship Challenge Grant Bayside, NY — Start small, expand, go global, reinvest, scale back and reinvent. These phrases and words are just a sampling of the business lexicon that are second nature to CUNY’s community college students as they compete in the Capital One CUNY-wide Entrepreneurship Challenge, beginning on Oct. 17, 2014. The program will be led by Professor Christine Mooney, an associate professor in the business department at Queensborough Community College and the principal investigator of the grant. The grant is in partnership with Dr. Stuart Schulman of Baruch College and led by Dr. John Clark, CUNY Center for Student Entrepreneurship. “We are thrilled to be working with Capital One on this exciting pilot initiative. As mentors, our goal is to encourage our student entrepreneurs to think boldly and share their ideas with others,” said Professor Christine Mooney. Professor Mooney added that the combination of New York City’s amazing diversity, ripe network of local businesses and development programs for community college students creates an ideal environment for the initiative. The competition begins in October with students practicing pitching their ideas to faculty and fellow students. In November, students will participate in workshops with volunteer business executives from the New York City area who will offer advice and feedback to the contestants. In January, students will then enter the Entrepreneurship Business Bowl, where they will have an opportunity to formally pitch their business plan. Participants will compete in subjects including accounting, business law and computer information systems. Students may present their plans individually or as part of a team. “As a local bank, we are committed to investing in New York and helping our community to grow and thrive,” said Theresa Bedeau, vice president of community development banking at Capital One Bank.“By fostering entrepreneurship and enabling CUNY students to gain real world business experience, we are working to develop the future business leaders of our city.” Semi-finalists compete at the end of April. Those serious about establishing small businesses are eligible for start-up funds and one-on-one mentorship. Legally Speaking By: Scott Baron, Attorney at Law HE BROKE MY REFLECTOR Q: One summer night, in the heart of Manhattan, I needed to change a tire. Using some reflectors, I closed a lane of traffic. Before I had finished, a taxicab pulled up between the reflectors – to drop off a passenger and pick up some new ones. As the cab pulled away, it ran over one of my reflectors. I approached the taxicab, put my arms on the opened window-frame and politely asked the driver to pay for the broken reflector. The passengers started crying, “Move, move, move. Go, go. He’s crazy. He’s going to kill us.” The driver cursed at me and drove off – injuring my foot. A: Did you have a chance to put down your wrench? I worry that you still were holding it. A jury is likely to find that your injury was in large part brought about by your own conduct in approaching the taxicab in a threatening manner and placing yourself in a position of danger. Be that as it may, it still is conceivable that you will obtain a recovery. Under the doctrine of comparative negligence, if both sides were negligent and the negligence of each contributed to the accident, then you are entitled to recover, although not the full amount of your damages. Your damages will be reduced in proportion to your own negligence. Bear in mind that it is incumbent upon your attorney, as an officer of the court, to ensure that the result of litigation is not merely a pyrrhic victory for you. Consoling your feelings is not enough. Even if you recover something, the vast majority probably will go to your attorney, not to you – for the prodigious amount of work involved in succeeding with such a case. If you have told me everything, it will be a challenge to find an attorney willing to take this case. Advertorial The law responds to changed conditions; exceptions and variations abound. Here, the information is general; always seek out competent counsel This article shall not be construed as legal advice. Copyright © 2014 Scott Baron & Associates, P.C. All rights reserved. 159-49 Cross Bay Boulevard, Howard Beach, New York 11414 1750 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710 718-738-9800, 914-337-9800, 1-866-927-4878 72-02 Astoria Blvd. East Elmhurst, NY 11370 EVERYONE IS INVITED Music Festival Join us for a Concert. 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