The White House Blog

On Monday, June 6, 2011, media mogul and entrepreneur, Russell Simmons, will deliver keynote remarks to an array of business and community leaders from across the country at the White House Urban Entrepreneurship Summit in Newark, NJ.

Simmons also joins a distinguished list of summit partners including Rutgers University's  Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, the Fund for Public Advocacy in the Office of the New York City Public Advocate, Operation HOPE, Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Small Business Administration.

Learn more about Russell Simmons' role in the summit and lifetime passion for business by reading his op-ed, Confessions of a Life-Long Entrepreneur.

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