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How entrepreneurial thinking drives business growth and contributes to economic vitality is the theme for the fourth annual
Sebo Series in Entrepreneurship, April 13.
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Faculty, staff and students may attend “Entrepreneurial Thinking—The Catalyst for Business Growth” for the reduced price of
$75. Featured speakers will be Alan Webber, co-founder and former editor of Fast Company magazine, and Guy Kawasaki, managing
director of Garage Technology Ventures and author of The Art of the Start and Rules for Revolutionaries.
Webber will speak at 9:30 a.m. and Kawasaki at a 12:15 p.m. luncheon, both in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom of the Bowen-Thompson
Student Union. In between, from 10:45 a.m. to noon, conference participants will attend one of five concurrent sessions in
which executives from several well-known companies will describe how they use entrepreneurial thinking to expand their businesses.
In his talk, Webber will outline how a new breed of companies creates and competes, highlighting new business practices and
showcasing teams and individuals who are reinventing business. A former editor of Harvard Business Review, Webber writes a
regular column for USA Today and is co-author of Going Global: Four Entrepreneurs Map the New World Marketplace.
Kawasaki’s The Art of the Start draws parallels between entrepreneurs starting new companies and employees in established firms who are trying to create
a new product or service. The founder of various personal computer companies, Kawasaki was formerly an Apple Fellow at Apple
Computer Inc., where he was among the individuals responsible for the success of the Macintosh computer.
J. Robert Sebo, a BGSU trustee and principal sponsor of the conference, will introduce Kawasaki following welcoming remarks
by Dr. Rodney Rogers, dean of the College of Business Administration, and a preview of a WBGU-PBS television show, “Entrepreneurship:
An American Treasure.”
Set for other rooms in the Union, the morning concurrent sessions will be:
• “Supply Chain Entrepreneurial Thinking,” with Dave Hammerle of Bechtel; Debra Box of Bank of America, and Eric Houser of
John Deere, moderated by Dr. Janet Hartley, chair of the management department.
• “Entrepreneurship from the Start,” divided into two sessions, with Dave Snyder of Attevo Inc. and Steve Hanson of Hanson
Inc. in one, and Terry Terhark of The RightThing Inc. and Keith Trowbridge of Executive Quest Inc. in the other.
• “Innovation in Strategy,” moderated by Dr. Gene Poor, Hamilton Professor of Entrepreneurship, and featuring Rocky Daehler
of Motorola and Mike McBreen of Nike.
• “Innovative Business Models,” with Jack Billi of the University of Michigan Medical School and Bruce Coventry of the Global
Engine Manufacturing Alliance, comprising DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi and Hyundai. Milt Baker, director of BGSU’s Dallas-Hamilton
Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, will be the moderator.
The College of Business Administration and the Dallas-Hamilton Center are hosting the conference. The center was established
in 2004 with seed money from BGSU alumnus Bill Dallas, of Dallas Capital and co-founder of Fox Sports Grill, and his neighbor,
Olympic gold-medal figure skater and Bowling Green native Scott Hamilton.
Sky Bank provides additional support for the event, which will open with an 8:30 a.m. reception and conclude with another
at 2:15 p.m. It is part of BGSU’s “Building Dreams Spring Celebration.”
To register, call 2-8181 or go online at http://pace.bgsu.edu/sebo. Reservations are recommended by April 2.
For more information about the conference, visit http://www.cba.bgsu.edu.
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