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Leading Women Entrepreneurs Series 2007: Founding and Growing a Business

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Posted by , February 01, 2007
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The Entrepreneurship Initiative will host a four part event series “Leading Women Entrepreneurs” in March. This unique forum will showcase four prominent business executives on the topic of starting and growing a business. Each event will include a keynote presentation and questions/answers (11:30-1:00 PM) with networking opportunities (1:00-2:00 PM) and will take place in the Mockler Building.

Each event is free and open to the public. RSVPs to: entrepreneurship@simmons.edu

Please include the date or title of the events you would like to attend in your RSVP.

March 3, 2007: 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Building a Start-Up: The Process of New Venture Creation, with Comments on High Technology
Keynote: Julie LeMoine, Founder & CEO, UCHow Technologies

Julie LeMoine is a 2-time start-up entrepreneur, corporate entrepreneur and 20-year thought leader in Internet and security technology. In her presentation, Julie will take us step by step through the process of new venture creation, with special commentary on the opportunities and challenges of women entrepreneurs in high technology.

March 10, 2007: 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Global Social Entrepreneurship: Bringing Clean Drinking Water Solutions to the Developing World
Keynote: Susan Murcott, Inventor and Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Susan Murcott is an inventor, civil engineer, MIT lecturer, and global advocate for clean drinking and household water supplies in the developing world. As part of the Clean Water for 1 Billion People campaign, she works primarily on behalf of women, who are largely responsible for water, and children who suffer disproportionately from its pollution. Susan’s team at MIT won the prestigious Wall Street Journal – Technology Innovation Award in the Environment category in 2005 and the World Bank Nepal Development Marketplace Prize in 2005 for invention of the Kanchan™ Arsenic Filter. She has worked actively in the field in Nepal and Ghana to promote adoption of low tech yet productive water treatment technologies.

March 17, 2007: 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The Entrepreneurs Life: Building a Great Brand on a Shoestring Budget
Keynote: Paige Arnof-Fenn, Founder & CEO, Mavens & Moguls

Paige Arnof-Fenn is CEO and Founder of Mavens & Moguls, a global strategic marketing consulting practice. She has been a key player in multiple start-ups (Zipcar, Launch Media), rejuvenations (Inc.com), and intrapreneurship efforts (Proctor & Gamble, Coca-Cola). In this presentation she focuses on the critical entrepreneurial task of building a brand that works for the start-up with limited cash.

March 24, 2007: 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. A Twenty Year Perspective on Founding and Growing a Firm
Keynote: Gretchen Fox, Founder & CEO, Fox Relocation Management

Since founding Fox Relocation Management in 1987, Gretchen Fox has built her one-person firm into a 60-person practice with offices in Boston, Washington DC, Providence, and New York City. The company, offering a full range of relocation services from design and master-planning through construction and move management, was recently selected for a third year in a row as one of the top 100 woman-led businesses in Massachusetts. On March 24th, Gretchen will discuss her near twenty year entrepreneurial career including comments on the phases of firm development and the founder’s path from start-up through growth.

For additional information contact Kelley Crowley at entrepreneurship@simmons.edu