March 3, 2007 to March 24, 2007
Dates: March 3, 10, 17, 24
Time: 11:30am - 2:00pm
Place: Simmons SOM, 451 Marlborough Street, Boston, MA
The Entrepreneurship Initiative of the Simmons School of Management will host a four part event series entitled “Leading Women Entrepreneurs” on the first four Saturdays 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 (11:30am-1:00 pm) with networking opportunities (1:00pm-2:00pm).
March 3, 2007: Building a Start-Up: The Process of New Venture Creation, with Comments on High Technology Keynote: Julie LeMoine, Founder & CEO, UCHow Technologies
March 10, 2007: 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
March 17, 2007: The Entrepreneurs Life: Building a Great Brand on a Shoestring Budget Keynote: Paige Arnof-Fenn, Founder & CEO, Mavens & Moguls
March 24, 2007: A Twenty Year Perspective on Founding and Growing a Firm Keynote: Gretchen Fox ‘87, Founder & CEO, Fox Relocation Management T his entrepreneurship series is part of Simmons’ commitment to excellence in educating women entrepreneurs by teaching, researching, and convening. The SOM acknowledges and thanks the Will J. Reid Foundation for their sponsorship of this program.
These events are free and open to the public. RSVPs are required to: entrepreneurship@simmons.edu due to space limitations. Contact: Kelley Crowley at 617-784-2774
