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True Life Adventures - The Reality of Entrepreneurship

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Posted by , November 22, 2006
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Date: Thursday, November 30th
Time: 5:00-7:00pm
Location: Green Room

This special forum will consist of two panels, each exploring the challenges of entrepreneurship at different stages of development.

Panel 1 - Birth, Growth and Staying Alive
5:30-6:15 pm

How do you get started as an entrepreneur? What do you need to keep going? What threatens your newborn business – and what helps it grow? What’s most important: money, stamina, focus? This panel features women business owners who confront these issues on a daily basis.

Moderated by: Margaret Heffernan

Panelists:
Nancy Stuart, SVP Corporate Strategy and Operations, Concert Pharmaceuticals
Adrienne Benton, Founder and CEO, Onyx Spectrum Technology
Kelley Chunn, Founder and CEO, Kelley Chunn & Associates
Yeumei Shon, Founder and CEO, Cottonfields USA
Manjari Raman, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC)

Panel 2 - Grown-up Companies: The Challenge of Staying Entrepreneurial
6:15-7:00pm

It is often said that entrepreneurship is not just a career choice but a strategic necessity for any organization in today’s competitive marketplace. This panel will explore entrepreneurship and innovation in more established firms. Once your company is established, how do you keep it entrepreneurial and stop it becoming too bureaucratic? Is it even possible to maintain the start up spirit? What are the challenges of being entrepreneurial in large organizations?

Moderated by: Fiona Wilson

Panelists:
Catherine McGoldrick, IS Management & Planning, Partners Healthcare
Mary Ann Tocio, COO and/or Dave Shaby, Senior Vice President of Business Operations, Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Linda Boardman, Director of Private Label, Whole Foods Markets

Please email Mandy at mandy.osborne@simmons.edu with any questions and/or to RSVP for this event.