Seminar to Bring Together the Business, Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Communities of Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich., 11/08/2001 -- The Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, the world's leading university-based center for entrepreneurial studies, will co-host the seminar, "Back to Basics: Entrepreneurship in Today's Economy" along with the Southeast Michigan Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth for the second year running. This half-day seminar will begin at 7:30 a.m., tomorrow, November 9, 2001 at the Sheraton Inn in Ann Arbor.
"The Institute sees this as an excellent opportunity for students to network among lawyers, investment bankers and business leaders within the State of Michigan," said Tim Petersen, Managing Director of the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. "At this event business leaders are given the opportunity to address their specific interests and concerns in entrepreneurship and the students are provided the opportunity to learn about the many entrepreneurial activities taking place in Michigan and the advantages of being involved in organizations that bring these people together."
This year's event will offer two key-note speakers, David Hartmann, president and CEO of Avail Networks and John Paris, attorney and partner in the capital section at Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins. Mr. Hartmann will discuss opportunities and trends in the telecommunications marketplace. Mr. Paris will address the topic, "Investment Capital Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Today's Economy." Panel discussions will highlight strategies on how to successfully approach VCs, long-term strategic planning issues in family-owned and managed companies, or privately held firms, and integrated marketing strategies for growing customer value and profitability.
"At last year's symposium I met with some of the most prominent businessmen in Michigan, all offering insight and a practical perspective on what is going on within the entrepreneurial community in Michigan," said Adam Conrad, MBA2, an entrepreneurial studies student at the Zell Lurie Institute. "This will definitely be an event I continue to attend long after I've completed my MBA."
Cost of the symposium is $130 for ACG members; $150 for Ann Arbor Area chamber members; $195 for non-members; and $30 for graduate students.
About Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
The Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies was formed in October 1999. The Institute actively engages the nation's most successful entrepreneurs and offers an outstanding faculty composed of both academic researchers and practitioners in entrepreneurship. The Institute's mission is to focus the capabilities and resources of the University of Michigan Business School to provide education, experience and opportunities in entrepreneurship; serve as a catalyst for new venture development; and contribute important research in the field of entrepreneurship. Members of the Institute's Advisory Board include Samuel Zell, Chairman of Equity Group Investments; Michael Hallman, former COO of Microsoft Corporation; and Eugene Applebaum, Founder of Arbor Drugs.
About Association for Corporate Growth
The ACG is an organization created in 1954 to help foster corporate growth both internally and externally through mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, strategic planning and financial restructuring. The Southeast Michigan Chapter was founded in 1984 and is among 36 chapters around the US
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