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CBEID provides a range of programming to stimulate communication and debate around new ideas in business and ways to develop them.
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Takeaways
Entrepreneurship Connection - "From Concept to Cash"
8am, August 24, 2010 - Waubonsee's Aurora Campus, 5 Galena Blvd..
Waubonsee SBDC and CBEID will present the Second in the Entrepreneurship
Connection Series – From Concept to Cash.
The Illinois Small Business Development Center (IL SBDC) at
Waubonsee Community College and the Center for Business Education, Innovation
and Development (CBEID) are presenting a
series of events entitled “The Entrepreneurship Connection”.
On Tuesday, August 24 at the Aurora Campus of Waubonsee Community College, 5 E.
Galena Blvd, the program is program is entitled “From Concept to Cash.” The
meetings will start at 8 a.m. and conclude at 11 a.m. Keynote speakers will be
Gerald Jackson and Joe Zlotnicki of
Green Light Industries.
Before starting Green Light Industries Dr. Jackson was an accelerator physicist
at Fermi Lab for 14 years. He was co-recipient of the 1999 IEEE Accelerator
Technology Award for his design and construction leadership of a 2-mile
circumference particle accelerator. He also founded Hbar Technologies, LLC, a
company that performs research and development for NASA and DOD. Mr. Zlotnicki
is an entrepreneur with several business interests including a high tech
start-up in pattern recognition and a consulting company offering services in
radiation protection and general business matters. Previously, he spent 13 years
with Landauer, Inc., most recently as top international executive and 10 years
with Amersham International in the UK and USA.
The mission of Green Light Industries is to develop electric power solutions
through the efficient conversion of thermal energy generated by chemical
reactions. The primary application envisioned for this technology is
environmentally friendly power sources for electric vehicles.
Following the keynote presentation attendees will participate in their choice of
two of four breakout sessions: (1) Intellectual property and how to protect it
while at the same time promoting it, (2) Financing the entrepreneurial business,
(3) Beyond the prototype, and (4) Entrepreneurship Center, a discussion about
the possibilities for an entrepreneurship center in the region. Facilitators
have been chosen for their expertise and connections to business resources in
the area. Attendance is by registration only.
Attendees may register at
www.waubonseetickets.com. The registration fee is $10.
The first event in the series was entitled The Art of Business – The Business of
Art and was held in May. Subsequent events to be held in the next 6 months are
entitled “The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Markets,” and
“Entrepreneurship in the Region.”
Contacts: Ernie
Mahaffey, CBEID - (630) 406-5321
ernie@emahaffey.net or Harriet Parker,
SBDC - (630) 906-4143,
hparker@waubonsee.edu.
Takeaways
UIC Research - Preliminary Report
In the presentation and the paper -
You are the
Founders - Tom Bothen stresses the fact that it is community
culture which attracts and retains creative business people, including
entrepreneurs. Culture includes creative arts, good educational institutions,
good restaurants, open space and economic diversity in housing and work spaces.
Why do creative cities weather economic cycles better and grow faster?
Because...
A Creative City:
Encourages an environment for the development of a thriving business community
Generates employment that drives municipal revenues, a healthy housing market
and and a vibrant social and cultural community
Whether we accept that argument or not, we know intuitively that the regions
enjoying vibrant entrepreneurship and business innovation also enjoy a rich
culture: Silicon Valley CA, Austin TX and Boston MA.
The question was asked: What causes a community to pursue "creative city" goals?
From the combined experience in the room, the answer was " ... the business
community."
Tom suggested that the reason may be that many of the other creative cities
faced a sense of urgency? Maybe the current financial crisis?!?
Someone then suggested, "But creative cities result in part from creative people
actualizing against the status quo!" Another suggested that the
constructive resistance against rules and regulations is necessary for all
businesses.
Others commented that our cities need to collaborate so the assets of the region
can be accessed!
Needless to say there was a lot of energy in the room! Attendees were asked what
they thought next steps should be. They answered: "Get the word out! And engage
our city administrators and elected leaders."
UIC Research - Preliminary Report - 530pm
Geneva
History Center - Meeting Room - 113 S Third Street, Geneva
A Research team led by Tom Bothen, Associate Director of the Center for Urban
Real Estate UIC, will present the first stage of research on "Creative
Cities" and how those concepts might stimulate and sustain entrepreneurship in
the Fox River Valley.
There is a lot of research to show that cities which attract creative people
also weather economic cycles better and grow faster. The UIC team has reviewed
the research on "Creative Cities" by Richard Florida, Charles Landry and others
to suggest what factors we might seek to encourage in the Fox River Valley.
Contact:
Ernie Mahaffey, CBEID - (630) 406-5321
ernie@emahaffey.net
New Series - "Entrepreneurship Connection" - begins May 18, 8am
Pease note the date for the beginning of a series of events
jointly sponsored by CBEID and Waubonsee Community College’s Small Business
Development Center (SBDC). From May 18th (8am) there will be limited seating for
a series of presentations and discussion on entrepreneurship in the region.
The first topic is "The Art of Business – The Business of Art". While
that may seem the subject for creative industries (artists, printing,
architecture, etc.), it’s also about the role of creativity in all our
businesses… and in the region.
Over the next 12 months CBEID/SBDC will present workshops: “From Concept to
Cash,” “The Evolution of Entrepreneurship and Markets” and “Entrepreneurship
in the Region.”
More than “how to” events, these are for people who are serious about improving
the environment for entrepreneurship in the area. While we will learn from and
network with entrepreneurs, it is hoped attendees will contribute ideas to help
encourage and develop a vibrant environment for entrepreneurship in the Fox
River Valley.
During the events we will share the results of an on-going survey that we also
hope you will complete. Please also relay the survey to others:
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2u90frag7qhl87y/start. Results
of the survey will be shared with our local community economic development
offices, chambers of commerce, downtown partnerships, etc.
Seating at the events is limited and continental breakfast will be served, so
there is a small charge of $10. To register, go to
www.waubonseetickets.com. You must
create a login to purchase a ticket, after which you will receive an email with
the "ticket", which you then bring to the event.
Contacts: Ernie
Mahaffey, CBEID - (630) 406-5321
ernie@emahaffey.net or Harriet Parker,
SBDC - (630) 906-4143,
hparker@waubonsee.edu.
Takeaways
How To Start a Great Business After 50 – April 27th – 530pm
The Learning
Center at 2000 - 2000 S Batavia Ave, Geneva
Jeff Williams shared with our audience his "secret business start-up
sauce". And for those who couldn't attend, Jeff has offered to share his "10
keys to smart business start-up". Just drop him an email at
jeff@bizstarters.com. You may
also click here for the special online offer for the
Ultimate Boomer Business
Workbook.
Jeff has 22 years of experience helping people start all sorts of businesses. He
currently specializes in "lifestyle businesses", meaning those started by
retirees and others who can afford or have other reasons not to work full time.
Mostly sole practitioners, nevertheless these companies must learn to operate
efficiently and professionally or they won't survive.
Bizstarters.com's advice and services
can clearly help get a business off the ground and running on a sustainable
course. Their extensive collection of startup resources, plus
variety of coaching and planning tools won Bizstarters.com recognition from the
editors of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine, as “The Best Entrepreneurial
Guide for People Over 50”.
A nationally-known business start-up expert will visit with CBEID
members – Jeff Williams, CEO of
Bizstarters.com and Chief Coach for the Virtual Incubator Coaching Network.
Jeff will share ten keys to planning, launching and running a fun
and rewarding business in the next stage of your life.
Jeff is the author of eleven workbooks, guides and DVDs,
including his latest offering “The Ultimate Boomer Business Launch Workbook”. At
the end of his presentation, Jeff will raffle off two autographed copies.
Jeff Williams is CEO of Bizstarters.com, selected by the editors
of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine as ‘The Best Entrepreneurial Guide For
People Over 50”. He is also the founder and Chief Coach for the Virtual
Incubator Coaching Network, through which he and his coaches have guided more
than 4,000 clients through the business start-up process over the past
twenty-two years.
He serves as the Boomer Business expert for
Retirementrevised.com, Boomster.com, SBTV.com and What’sNext.com, as well as
being frequently quoted in national business sources such as wsj.com and
businessweek.com, as well as on electronic media such as the Japan TV and MSNBC.
Jeff earned an MBA in marketing from the Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in Commerce from the University
of Virginia. He served for more than nineteen years in a series of executive
marketing positions with such companies as Corning, Sears, and Rand McNally &
Co. Jeff is a member of the Workforce Board of Northern Cook County and his
known for his expertise in presenting alternative work arrangements to
dislocated workers. See a recent article in The Business Ledger for additional
background: “Starting a
Business at 50-Plus”.
Contact:
Ernie Mahaffey, CBEID - (630) 406-5321
ernie@emahaffey.net
Takeaways
Angel Investors
March 24, 2010 – 5:30 pm
The Learning Center – 2000 South Batavia Avenue, Geneva
Leaders from two major local Angel
investor organizations visited with CBEID members - Jeff Carter, Founder and
Director of Hyde Park
Angels and Larry Hayward, Founder and Partner of
VentureLab.
There are 350 angel investor organizations across the US. Today they're
growing and doing a bigger job than in the past. The midwest doesn't have
many large angel organizations. But, they collaborate with others and can
readily fund deals of $2-5million.
Angel investment groups are organized as associations to facilitate new
investments by their members. That distinguishes them from venture capital
firms who manage a pool of funds to invest in new ventures on behalf of their
firm. The reason angel groups are doing more these days is that venture
capital firms now target new deals of no less than $7million, leaving a very
large market for angel investors.
We learned that companies must understand that professional investment
organizations usually have both target threshold investments and target payout
terms. In other words, the objective is to invest short and medium term
with the objective of a successful "exit" whereby the company is purchased for
cash or marketable securities. That doesn't necessarily mean that the
founders "lose" their firms. Of course, though, they are trading a share
of their ownership for current financing.
Jeffrey Carter has been an independent commodity speculator at
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) since 1992. Previous to that, he traded
for FCT Group, Inc. He trades interest rate, equity and agricultural futures for
his own account. From 1999 to 2001, he was a member of the CME Board of
Directors. In addition to trading, Jeff has published editorials and opinions on
the futures industry, and been a commentator on Bloomberg Television, and CNBC.
He has also been featured on WTTW.
Jeff has made several angel investments, most recently in Tallgrassbeef.com, and
shuffletech.com. Jeff has also written an article for
pajamasmedia.com. Jeff has an undergraduate degree from the College of
Business at the University of Illinois in Champaign, and an MBA from the
University of Chicago Booth. He is the treasurer and co-founder of the Hyde Park
Angels.
Laurence Hayward founded VentureLab to help early-stage
companies gain access to the resources they need to grow: capital, strategy,
team and buyer. He is a Managing Partner for SCIUS Capital Group, a FINRA
broker-dealer, and is a Co-Founder and Director of Cornerstone Angels, a private
network of angel investors. Previously, he has held leadership positions as the
Chicago Office Managing Partner for Jesup & Lamont Securities, President of
entrepreneurial start-up Vcapital, and Global Marketing Director of Arthur
Andersen.
Mr. Hayward earned a joint BS/MBA at the University of Illinois in
Champaign/Urbana and serves on the Advisory Board of the Athena Powerlink
Program, a Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce initiative assisting women
entrepreneurs. He is an active member of the Angel Capital Association and
Cleantech Venture Network, an environmentally focused investor network. He also
volunteers his time as a guest lecturer, panelist, and business plan judge for
the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Kellogg School of Management
at Northwestern University, and DePaul University’s MBA program.
See a recent article in the Chicago Tribune for additional background: "Angel
investors add green to Chicago pastures", February 17, 2010
Contact:
Ernie Mahaffey, CBEID - (630) 406-5321
ernie@emahaffey.net
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Panel of Entrepreneurs - Takeaways39; is
different from just 'seeing things.'" [The Scientific Method - hypothesis-driven
research - involves Observation, Hypothesis, Controlled Experiment and
Conclusion.] [Yes, there was a scientist on our panel!]
On marketing: "About your own idea, you can lie, especially to yourself.
But, when it's someone else's great idea, you can critique it better."
On management: "Hiring good people is the toughest job and the most
important." "Think beyond 'my' company to 'our' company." "Serial entrepreneurs
are looking, from the beginning, to share their companies with others in
exchange for growth."
Panel of Entrepreneurs
December 3, 2009 - 4pm
Geneva History Center, 118 South
3rd Street, Geneva
Harriet Parker, Manager, Illinois Small
Business Development Center (Waubonsee), will chair
a panel of distinguished entrepreneurs.
Rogers Brackmann, Founder & CEO
Private Pallet Security
Systems, LLC
Rogers Brackmann acquired his first patent at the age of 23. Following his military service in Korea and a career in advertising with
companies including M&M/Mars, Brackmann founded his own promotion agency,
Roger’s Merchandising, Inc., which he sold to Young & Rubicam after 20
successful years. Subsequent endeavors include co-founder of Action Packed, Inc. (trading cards),
and founder and CEO of Insight Marketing, Inc. Brackmann is currently founder and CEO of Private Pallet Security
Systems, LLC, provider of patented security solutions for the shipment
and storage of high-value industrial, commercial, government and consumer goods.
Manish Shah, Founder
fosBiofuels
Manish Shah is an award winning computer scientist and social entrepreneur. In
the late 90s he worked as a Scientific Associate at Argonne National Laboratory
on a classified bio-terrorism project for the Pentagon and DoD as part of a team
that performed modeling and simulation on super computers. He has worked in
health care IT for Blue Cross Blue Shield and the University Of Chicago
Hospitals where he won several awards for his work on performance and financial
management. Shah has devoted much of his time as a Social Entrepreneur serving
on the Board of Trustees of Parliament of the World's Religions, Play for Peace,
and Rasaka Theater Company. He has won
several awards for his work on interfaith dialogue. In 2000 he was named an
"Emerging Visionary" for the Millennium Summit at the United Nations.
Andrew G. Parker,
President & CEO
HubTack, Inc.
Andrew Parker is founder and CEO of Hubtack, Inc., an Internet business that has
revolutionized the way surveyors and engineers obtain county land use records.
Parker was also founder and CEO of Mercantec, Inc., pioneer of the first
electronic commerce solution commercially available on the Internet. In addition
to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Parker has served in various executive
positions with companies including Technology Advisors, Inc., a leading CRM
solutions provider, Unitech Systems, a world leader in Information Integrity
solutions, Spyglass, Inc., a global provider of web browser and server
technology, and Tandem Computers (now Hewlitt Packard), the leading supplier of
fault tolerant computers.
Contacts:
Harriet Parker, SBDC - (630) 906-4143 hparker@waubonsee.edu
Ernie Mahaffey, CBEID - (630) 406-5321 ernie@emahaffey.net |
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A presentation by Fox Valley Computing
Professionals
Digital
capabilities you must have to run a 21st century business - Takeaways
October 15, 2009 – 4pm
The Learning Center – 2000 South Batavia Avenue, Geneva
Fox Valley Computing Professionals (www.FoxValleyCP.com)
presented how to obtain maximal digital capabilities for minimal costs.
Using open source (free) software, companies today can set up their own websites
as well as client databases, sales management and product servicing systems
FREE. Then, using Search Engine Optimizing (SEO) techniques, companies can
maximize the marketing impact of these investments.
Walter Bamert (Walter@autoitinc.com, www.autoitinc.com)
showed how free software (Sugar) could be used to manage many aspects of our
businesses. Basically, Sugar becomes our home page with access to complete
customer data, sales information, credit, operations, accounting, etc. One-stop
back-and-front office!
Bob Snodgrasss (BSnodgrass@net2community.com, www.net2community.com)
demonstrated how we can design out own websites using fee software (www.drupal.org), and design them so we can easily maintain them ourselves!
It seems we must maintain websites ourselves, so why not design them too!
Eric Michalsen (Eric@Michalsengroup.com, www.michalsengroup.com)
explained how search engines work so we can improve the ranking of our websites
when they search; also avoid being downgraded or banned by them! Surprisingly,
this is not brain science, but we need to know the principals, select our focus
and stay on target!
Slides from their presentations may be seen at www.slideshare.net/fvcp). In
addition, many other FVCP presentations may be seen on the Fox Valley Computing
Professionals website, www.FoxValleyCP.com.
Digital capabilities you must have to run a 21st century business
October 15, 2009 – 4pm
The Learning Center – 2000 South Batavia Avenue, Geneva
In a presentation jointly sponsored by CBEID and Fox Valley Computing
Professionals (www.FoxValleyCP.com):
 Walter Bamert will present on SugarCRM, an Open Source CRM (customer
relationship management) application. (www.sugarcrm.com)
Bob Snodgrass will present on Drupal, an Open Source CMS (content management
system). (www.drupal.org). This is a
framework in which to build fully controllable and interactive websites allowing
the business to manage the content and not relying on outside web specialists.
Eric Michalsen will give a presentation on SEO (Search Engine Optimization); the
facts in generating traffic and interest to a business website. Did you
know that the search engines do NOT want to send traffic to your site? SEO is
not some mystical, secret practice but rather a solid understanding of what the
search engines.
TribLocal
For additional information call or contact:
Ernie
Mahaffey – CBEID (630) 406-5321 www.EMahaffey.net
Eric Michalsen – Fox Valley Computing
Professionals (630) 768-3481 www.MichalsenGroup.com |
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Copyrights, Trademarks & Patents
Presentation by Mike Anastasio - Takeaways
June 18, 2009 – 4pm
The Learning Center – 2000 South Batavia Avenue, Geneva
Entrepreneurs must deal with Intellectual Property from the earliest inception of
their business ventures. Names, websites, processes and products have
tangible competitive values so must be treated responsibly. 
Violating someone else's trademark, copyright or patent, even when unintentional,
can be extremely costly and embarrassing. Failing to perfect one's
intellectual property can mean substantial loss of value when partners or
venture capitalists are brought in and when companies are sold.
Mike has kindly provided slides from his presentation - "Intellectual Property".
Please recall, Mike is both a senior corporate professional and an entrepreneur!
His wife, Ann Anastasio, founded a substantial human resourses group - The Wellington Group - and they
will soon launch new restaurant - Fiora's. Both businesses are in
Geneva.
Press Release
The Center for Business Education, Innovation and Development NFP
(CBEID) will host a presentation: Copyrights, Trademarks & Patents by Michael
Benedict Anastasio June 18th – 4pm – 2000 S. Batavia Avenue, Geneva IL (Learning Center).
Mike is a Law Director and Associate General Counsel in the
Intellectual Property Law Group of Sun Microsystems, Inc. His current
responsibilities include serving as Law Director for Sun Microsystems’ Chief
Technology Office and Laboratories, which perform fundamental and strategic
research and development for Sun, as well as for Sun Cloud Computing. Mike
provides counsel both to Sun’s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology
Officer and to Sun’s Senior Vice President for Cloud Computing, and their
respective organizations within Sun. Complete Bio
Mike’s presentation will provide an overview on how and when companies can and
should secure, protect, leverage and monetize intellectual property rights to
support their businesses, as well as mitigate risks associated with infringing
the intellectual property rights of others. Mike will also discuss some recent
industry trends, with a focus on software and Internet technology.
CBEID is a not-for-profit initiative undertaken by a group of local citizens to
help safeguard the economic well-being of the Tri-Cities area in the face of
global competition. Acting as a catalyst, the Center sponsors educational
events, does research and maintains a network to help nurture innovative small
and start-up companies to compete successfully in a global economy. The vision
of the initiative is to foster in the Geneva-St.Charles-Batavia area a receptive
and supportive business environment which retains and attracts creative people
and supports their companies to achieve wealth and growth.
For more information, please call Ernie Mahaffey (630-406-5321) or email (ernie@emahaffey.net). |
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Panel on Financial Markets
Thursday, March 26, 2009 (4-6 pm)
Geneva History Center (113 S. Third Street)
Takeaways  Sheila Penrose (Moderator) is a Director of three
corporate boards, co-founded and chairs Corporate
Leadership Center, a partnership between major corporations and Kellogg
School of Management (Sheila@SAPenrose.net):
"Businesses that inherently produce healthy cash flows, and so don’t rely on
external financing in order to grow, will have an easier time until we return –
if we ever do – to the easy credit conditions we saw 2-3 years ago.”
Essan Soobratty is a registered commodity trading
advisor and principal of Towerhill
Capital Management (essan@towerhillcapital.com):
“Although framework[s] exists for individual risks
to be analyzed and quantified… it is also a good idea to adopt a more holistic
approach. Be careful of ‘death by a thousand cuts’…. psychological biases
that can skew your risk assessment. Danger strikes when everything seems
fine (The Seven Samurai, 1954). Markets can remain irrational for longer than
you can remain solvent (Old Traders' Lore).”
Charles Brown, President of CB3 Financial Group in Geneva is an asset manager, investment advisor representative, and general
securities principal (cb3@cb3.com):
“The American consumer drives 71% of U.S. gross
domestic product (GDP). In the case of early 2009…[consumer] proclivity
[is] to save more of their paychecks and spend less on discretionary,
non-essential items…. Uniqueness of offering has never been more important.
‘Me-toos’ can survive and even quasi-thrive in boom times. Not so now…”
Donald Cummings, Principal and Co-founder of Blue
Haven Capital in Geneva, has a background in both the taxable and the
tax-free fixed income areas (dcummingsjr@gmail.com):
“In almost any market environment, there is
opportunity. In my business, I equate risk with volatility, volatility with
price change, and price change with opportunity. The bond market is almost twice
the size of the stock market, yet it is opaque and little understood by most
money managers. We find opportunity in that combination of price change,
market size, and opaqueness.”
Ernie Mahaffey, President - CBEID (ernie@emahaffey.net):
“… the current turmoil in financial markets makes
investment in the ‘real economy’, including small businesses, look more
appealing than at other times.”
Press Release
“Financial
Markets – What does an entrepreneur need to know about
financial markets? How
might the current situation impact your business?”
The panel consists of experienced market professionals
from the area, all of whom have formed their own small
businesses. They
will engage in discussion with entrepreneurs and those
interested in small business.
Moderating
the panel is Sheila Penrose. Sheila
is a Director of three corporate boards. She co-founded
and chairs Corporate
Leadership Center, a partnership between major
corporations and Kellogg School of Management. Previously, Sheila was the first woman named to
Northern Trust Corporation’s management committee and,
from 1994 to 2000, she was President of Corporate and
Institutional Services, where she had responsibility for
asset management, foreign exchange, securities lending,
credit and cash management. She was Economic Advisor at the British Treasury
during the 1970’s oil crisis.
Panelists with specialties from currencies and interest
rates to bonds and equities are:
Charles
Brown,
President of CB3 Financial Group in Geneva is an asset manager, investment advisor
representative, and general securities principal. He
specializes in retirement planning and asset management.
Charles’ markets experience includes trading commodities
and options. Previously,
Charles earned a B.A. degree from the Cincinnati
Conservatory of Music and built a successful career in
television and radio as well as pioneered as an early web
designer.
Don
Cummings,
Principal and Co-founder of Blue
Haven Capital, LLC in Geneva, has a background in both
the taxable and the tax-free fixed income areas. His early
market experience involved equities and equity derivatives
while on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. In the mid- 1990s, Don wrote a program to track
prepayment speeds on tax-exempt housing bonds, which is
still used by investment managers today. He is also an
avid triathlete and has competed in many triathlons
ranging from sprint distance to Ironman distance races.
Essan Soobratty has worked in the financial markets since 1990 in a variety of roles at banks in London and Tokyo including derivatives trader, risk manager and structurer of hedging programs. Currently based in Geneva, he is a registered commodity trading advisor and principal of Towerhill Capital Management, a proprietary trading and financial market research firm.
Press Coverage: Kane
County Chronicle, Daily Herald, TribLocal.com
For more information, please contact: Ernest Mahaffey (630-406-5321)
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Panel of Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 (4-6 pm)
Geneva History Center (113 S. Third Street)
The panel has been organized and will be MC’d by Harriet Parker, Manager of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Waubonsee Community College.
 Panel Members
Harriet Parker has over 20 years experience managing successful start-up businesses, where she has played a key role designing and marketing software products that are in use nationwide today. In addition to her role with the Illinois
SBDC, she also is co-owner of HubTack, Inc. a web-based business serving land surveyors and engineers.
Press Coverage: Kane
County Chronicle
For more information, please contact: Ernest Mahaffey (630-406-5321) |
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Presentation by author and business authority Richard C. Longworth
Friday, October 24, 2008
Geneva History Center (113 S. Third Street)
 The Geneva History Center will be hosting a special presentation by author and business authority Richard C. Longworth on Friday, October 24 at 10:00 a.m. Longworth is the author of Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of
Globalism, which examines both key problems and solutions to the challenges of the new economy. Longworth is a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at DePaul University. He is also an adjunct faculty member in International Relations at Northwestern University, is a regularly lecturer at Columbia University and is a mentor at the Harris School at the University of Chicago. This program is free to the public and is sponsored by The Center for Business Innovation and Development.
"We currently face momentous choices rooted in recent history. These choices will shape the future of our community. Given the current economic climate, I am delighted that Geneva Learners and the new Center for Business Innovation and Development have joined with Geneva History Center to host Mr.
Longworth," noted Dave Oberg, Executive Director of the Geneva History Center.
The Center for Business Innovation and Development is a new initiative, undertaken by a group of local citizens to help safeguard the economic well-being of the Tri-Cities area in the face of global competition. Acting as a catalyst, the Center nurtures existing businesses and focuses on attracting innovative enterprises that are capable of competing on a long term basis in a global economy. The vision of the initiative is to foster an economically diverse and viable community which can flourish and retain its young people by offering them productive career opportunities.
Press Coverage: Kane
County Chronicle
For more on Richard Longworth: http://www.richardclongworth.com/index.php |
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