There’s no time like the present for having a good idea in Brooklyn. Whether you’re a Harvard MBA or just some guy or gal with a recipe and a dream, your baby of a brainchild could grow up to be the next big thing. Provided, of course, that you’ve got a handle on those pesky things like credit, capital and a viable business plan to carry it all through. If not, here’s your chance to get started. CAMBA, a Flatbush-based life-enhancing nonprofit, is offering a series of free business development workshops over the coming weeks that should do a bit to help you get your great idea the ground. 
Bolster your big idea at a free business workshop
Huge street fair in need of soundtrack
Bring in da noise, bring in da frolic! The Flatbush Frolic, that is. We know the starlit and alcohol-infused summer has only just begun, but Ditmas Park’s longest running street festival is looking for bands/musicians to perform at this September’s frolic. For those who don’t know it, the frolic is an annual Flatbush street festival that brings out the neighborhood in force one Sunday every September (this year, Sept. 12). The frolic spans Cortelyou Road from Ocean Ave. to Coney Island Ave., and shows everything the strip has to offer—culturally, commercially and, of course, culinarily. Last year’s performers of all genres took center-stage and were heard (and enjoyed) for blocks. So start warming up them chords, vocal or otherwise, and send your link, video or other musical sample to Richie Barshay at richie@richiebarshay.com.
via Ditmas Park Blog
Volunteer with benefits at BK’s best summer shows
Work Celebrate Brooklyn on July 20, and this'll be your view of Rufus.
If you’re resigned to binoculars-only views of Rufus Wainwright and Norah Jones at Prospect Park this summer, some blood and sweat might be all it takes to get closer to the action. A few of Brooklyn’s big-name summer fests are looking for volunteers, and these “unpaid” gigs come with food, drinks, special access and other very real benefits and perks. Here’s what a little work will get you at some of the summer’s best shows.
Get the fashion 311 from Brooklyn’s style pros
Slinky tanks from Brooklyn Royalty.
For anyone trying to bring their unique designs beyond an Etsy store and out into the wide world of NYC fashion, Work It Brooklyn is giving you a prime opportunity. Wednesday night, May 12, in Williamsburg, the event-based networking group is bringing together three big names from NY fashion to talk about starting out, and making it, in the fashion industry.
A job site for farm-hands and foragers
Photo by architekt2.
If you’ve been lobbying Craigslist to start a “green jobs for foodies” section, take a break and try this place instead. Sustainable Food Jobs is a new job-listing site dedicated to, yep, you guessed it, only jobs in the sustainable-food sector. Started in November last year by a college grad who wanted to work sustainably, but didn’t know where to look, the site lists jobs nationwide with non-profits, farms, restaurants, grassroots organizations and anywhere else a green food-related job is likely to be had. The listings are organized by region and by type, with the “Northeast” section showing three NYC-based jobs posted this week alone (forager, culinary assistant and farm food delivery associates). The culinary assistant opening is a Park Slope gig, by the way.
Reality TV wants Brooklyn’s hotties, fashion designers
Project Runway wants some BK stitches for next season
If you’re either one of the two, you’ve got a chance to make your mark on reality TV. And if you’re both a well-tanned hottie and fashion designer… we don’t want to hear about it. There are a couple of casting calls going on right now that are bound to land Brooklyn in the reality TV spotlight. Project Runway is looking for Brooklyn clothing designers for next season, and the upcoming beach-party-of-a-show Brooklyn Beach Club is looking for anyone tanned, toned, oiled and willing to party. In case you weren’t entirely clear on where Brooklyn’s TV personality was headed.
How to sell your hair online
Tired of rocking the Fabio-Rapunzel look you’ve been cultivating for the past year and a half? Instead of picking up the phone for your next overpriced cut, let someone pay you for a change for what’s rightfully yours. Hair-selling is a perfectly legit and legal form of trade—wigs and hairpieces have to come from somewhere. And while donating your locks for a good cause is always a generous option, if you really need the cash, there’s no reason your flowing mane shouldn’t be fair-game on the e-market too. All it takes is some time, loving attention and a little care. Here’s how to go about it.
Cyber-warriors, Uncle Sam wants you
It’s not every day you get asked to hack for the good of your country. NY State is inviting programmers, hackers (shh!) and other computer geeks to enter the Security Treasure Hunt Challenge, an online competition where New Yorkers can show off their cyber-security skills and, eventually, help the country stave off cyber-terrorist threats. The test puts competitors in front of a “pseudo-vulnerable application,” for which they’ll have to identify security flaws and answer other general security-related questions. The top scorers will win an all-expenses-paid spot at a week-long Cyber Camp (and job fair) this July in NYC.
The treasure hunt is part of the U.S. Cyber Challenge program, designed to identify and train the country’s cyber-best and brightest whose “skills can be of the greatest value to the nation.” Competition ends May 20. Register and learn more here.
via CityPragmatist
How much can I make doing hair?
Beyonce's Cadillac Records hair
The new Beyoncé Cosmetology Center at Phoenix House—offering recovering addicts seven months of cosmetology training—sounds like so much fun it’s almost worth faking a Sudafed addiction to get in, especially since beautifying is a “lucrative” field, according to Beep Marty Markowitz. Really? How lucrative? We spoke with some borough stylists to find out.
It all starts with a NY State cosmetology license, which requires 1,000 hours of class time and $10,000 to $15,000 in tuition, on average, though government financial aid is available. Here’s what Brooklyn hair-care pros can expect to earn after that:
Why I turned down a Census job (but where you can take the test this week)
Not the author (either person)
In the couple of weeks since we ran our first post on getting a Census job, at least two of us at Brokelyn have pursued this decennial civil-service gold mine: this reporter here, and me. As far as I can tell, the testing and application process is pretty standard: one federally-long application form, 28 multiple choice Qs and some likely-scripted one-liners from the Census Bureau tester. It was a painless experience, and like my Brokelyn colleague, I scored well (although, also like her, I am neither bi-lingual nor a veteran, so I knew my score meant only so much). But lo and behold, six days later, I got the call for an interview at my Local Census Office in Flatbush. The job: a full-time position as an in-office Census clerk.
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