I don't know, seem kind of cool that we beat "The Worldwide Leader in News" to this story by about a year. Kudos to the organizers behind Entre-SLAM, the storytellers salon for those with a business bent.

“Think of this as an intense, eight-week MBA-type experience for social enterprises,” said Christa Chambers-Price, spokeswoman for the program and founder of the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based business storytelling incubator Entre-SLAM. “This is an action-oriented experience that pushes entrepreneurs to achieve the impossible.”

This urban business storytelling competition will bring innovative solutions to communities to remove barriers to health and well being. The EmPOWERED to Serve competition is an opportunity for urban-based companies and organizations to affect community change.

Entre-SLAM has been invited to participate in a multi-state initiative with LIVE FREE and Google.org where its teams will bring business storytelling training and events to help launch new entrepreneurs and boost those that are stagnant. 

LIVE FREE, a $2.5 million initiative sponsored by Google.org and PICO National Network, is launching programming to invest in programs and initiatives that build better access to jobs, entrepreneurship, and the alleviation of poverty and discrimination.