Entrepreneur Skills Workshop: The Nuts and Bolts of Starting Your Business
Drexel University LeBow College of Business Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology presents
The Nuts and Bolts of Starting Your Business October 16, 2006 | 6-8:30 p.m.
Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology
3225 Arch Street, Ground Floor of the Academic Building
Drexel University's Main Campus
Register: www.lebow.drexel.edu/Centers/Baiada/Calendar.php
Presenters:
Gerry Davis, Business Banking Relationship Manager, PNC Bank
Lee Stevens, Independent Consultant and Founder of Lacrosse International, Inc.
You have developed a product or service, great! You have written a business plan, terrific! Now what? Using case study stories, this workshop will cover topics relating to:
Establishing an advisor network
Business mentoring relationships
The difference between borrowing money and investors
How to avoid many mistakes others have made
You will leave with tools to help with decision making including a focusing framework, relationship framework, determining perceived value, sales tools, existing vs. new account investing and teachings from authors of the Unique Abilities Organization, Good to Great and 17 Laws of Teamwork.
Please RSVP online: www.lebow.drexel.edu/Centers/Baiada/Calendar.php
For additional information, contact Terri McIlhenney via email at terrim@drexel.edu or by calling 215-895-0302.
About the presenters:
Gerry Davis is a business banking relationship manager with PNC Bank and has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry in the areas of business lending, corporate equipment finance and leasing. Prior to his position at PNC, he was a small business banker with Wachovia Bank and managing partner at Radis Leasing Corp. for 12 years arranging financing for transportation equipment, computer mainframes and peripherals, manufacturing and production equipment. Mr. Davis has BS and MBA degrees from Drexel University and a Certificate in Board Leadership from the Nonprofit Center of LaSalle University. He currently serves on the boards of The Johnson House Historic Site, Inc., Historic RittenhouseTown and West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance/Paul Robeson House in Philadelphia.
Lee Stevens is an independent consultant with over 30 years of teaching, coaching, management and executive experience. He was the founder of Lacrosse International, Inc. in 1980, the first lacrosse only retailer in Pennsylvania. He sold Lacrosse International in 2002. He also has 17 years of intrapreneurial experience at Shared Medical Systems (SMS) starting many businesses within the company as it grew from $350 million in revenues in 1984 to $1 billion in 2000. Mr. Stevens was involved with the startup of SMS organizations that provide client education, healthcare consulting, hospital waste management, and third party business alliances. He also led the team that integrated SMS into the Siemens Medical Solutions Group, when SMS was acquired by Siemens in 2001. Since that time he has provided operational and turnaround management to small companies and non-profit organizations. For the past two years he has provided project management oversight for the University of Pennsylvania as the tournament director of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships.
For additional information, contact LeBow College of Business Office of Communications at communications@drexel.edu
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