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Adults- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on February 10, 2026 @ 6:30pm.
Program Description
Event Details
A conversation with former presidential candidate, entrepreneur and author Andrew Yang, who will discuss his book, Hey Yang, Where’s My Thousand Bucks?, a candid collection of true stories told through the lens of his unexpected journey from entrepreneur to presidential candidate. Part political memoir, part comedy, and part interior monologue, the book is a frank, humorous blueprint for finding optimism in troubling times.
The event will be moderated by Steve Semaya, Associate State Director for the Connecticut Small Business Development Center and Ferguson Library Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
Book sale and signing by Elm Street Books.
Registration required.
ANDREW YANG is an entrepreneur and the cofounder of the Forward Party, a new independent political movement dedicated to restoring the promise of American democracy. He was a Democratic presidential candidate in 2020 whose campaign outlasted more than a dozen mainstream political officeholders and attracted support from hundreds of thousands of everyday Americans dubbed “the Yang Gang.” His best-selling books The War on Normal People and Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy helped introduce the idea of universal basic income and ranked choice voting into the mainstream. His most recent work was the novel, The Last Election, cowritten with Stephen Marche. Named by President Obama as a Presidential Ambassador of Global Entrepreneurship, Yang is the founder of Humanity Forward and Venture for America, and founder and CEO of Noble Mobile. He lives with his family in New York.
STEVE SEMAYA takes a holistic approach to helping businesses start up and grow efficiently, effectively and sustainably. With more than 25 years of experience as a senior executive, management consultant and successful entrepreneur, Semaya has extensive experience in strategy development, operations management, process and organizational design, business development and leadership.