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University of Notre Dame and IU South Bend Present Entrepreneurial Lectures
Series
Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame's entrepreneurship center brings in a varied
group of entrepreneurs for its fall lecture series
The lineup of speakers for the 2012 Entrepreneurial Insights series at the
University of Notre Dame includes a broad range of expertise and ventures, from
Emerson Spartz, the founder of a popular Harry Potter website, to Jimmy John
Liautaud of the sandwich-chain fame, to social entrepreneurs who blazed new
paths in using business as a force for good.
The annual fall speaker series, organized by the Gigot Center for
Entrepreneurship at the Mendoza College of Business, features entrepreneurs,
investors, innovators and business leaders who offer their experience and advice
in areas critical to the creation of new ventures, the ongoing viability of
existing business, economic growth and the betterment of society.
Lectures are held on select Tuesdays from 5-6:15 p.m. in the Mendoza College’s
Jordan Auditorium and include a Q&A session at the end of the talk. The series
is free and open to the public, as well as the students, faculty and staff of
the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s College and Holy Cross College community.
The entrepreneurs represent industries including retail, solar energy, food,
manufacturing, consumer products, travel and financial services.
“We have a powerful mix of entrepreneurs – serial, corporate and social – from a
broad base of industries and types of businesses, from young to
well-established,” said Michael Vogel, entrepreneur-in-residence and instructor
at the Gigot Center. “The talks provide a great opportunity to learn first-hand
from people who have navigated the startup experience and continue to lead
ventures on scales that range from local to global, digital to
bricks-and-mortar, small to employing thousands.”
Additional speakers include Sarah Robb O’Hagan, president of both Gatorade North
America and Pepsico Global Sports Nutrition, and Chuck Allen, executive chairman
of 105-year-old Sloan Valve Company, along with his three sons who serve as
co-presidents and CEOs in the family business.
Three speakers have developed successful social ventures, which is a type of
entrepreneurship gaining increasing attention as individuals look for ways to
impact social issues through commercial enterprise. Examples include Better
World Books, which was founded by three Notre Dame students, and Sustainable
Health Enterprises (SHE), a venture founded by a Notre Dame alumna that is
dedicated to women’s hygienic needs in developing countries. SHE recently won
the prestigious Curry Stone Design Prize.
The complete Entrepreneurial Insights schedule is as follows:
• Sept. 4: David Brenner, executive director of Innovation Park at Notre Dame;
“Innovation Park and Entrepreneurial Business Creation.” The talk will include
presentations from three Innovation Park startup ventures.
• Sept. 11: Charles DelGrande, managing director of Global Head-Technology,
Media and Interactive Services at C.W. Downer & Co.; “The Top Nine Habits of
Wildly Successful Technology Entrepreneurs”
• Sept. 18: Chuck Allen, executive chairman of Sloan Valve Company, and sons
Jim, Graham and Kirk, all co-CEOs and co-presidents; “Keeping a 105-Year-Old
Family Business Innovative and Entrepreneurial”
• Sept. 25: Frank J. Belatti, managing partner and co-founder of Equicorp
Partners, along with Michael Belatti, research analyst for Equicorp, and Melissa
Paulsen, program manager of social entrepreneurship for the Gigot Center;
“Social Entrepreneurship: The Practical Side and New Business Models for
Developing Economies”
• Oct. 2: Emerson Spartz, CEO of Spartz Media and founder of Mugglenet.com;
“Spartz: How it Became a Successful Business and What is Next?”
• Oct. 9: Jimmy John Liautaud, founder and CEO of Jimmy John’s; “My Story: Jimmy
John Liautaud: Founder of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches”
• Oct. 23: Elizabeth Scharpf, founder and chief instigating officer of
Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE); “SHE: Beginning, Now and the Future”
• Oct. 30: Sarah Robb O’Hagan, president of Gatorade North America and Pepsico,
Global Sports Nutrition
• Nov. 6: T.J. Kanczuzewski, founding member and president of Inovateus Solar
LLC; “How We are Managing a Rapidly Growing Solar Energy Startup”
• Nov. 13: John C. Kennedy, founder, president and CEO of Autocam Corporation;
“Being a Serial Entrepreneur”
• Nov. 27: John Anthony, founder, president and CEO of Anthony Travel; “Taking
Care of Our Customers: From Notre Dame Football in Ireland, to Duke Basketball
in Dubai and Everywhere Else”
• Dec. 4: Christopher “Kreece” Fuchs, co-founder and vice president of global
logistics at Better World Books, along with Andrew Perlmutter, president and
CEO, and David Murphy, former president and CEO; “Better World Books: The Start,
the Growth, the Future”
More information about the series, including speaker bios, is available
online.
IU South Bend
The Indiana University South Bend School of Business and Economics will present
the annual Entrepreneurship Lecture Series beginning on Sept. 6 with Mark Tarner,
president of South Bend Chocolate. His topic will be “Celebrating the Soul of
our Economy: Entrepreneurship.”
This is the 10th year for the lecture series that brings local entrepreneurs
into the classroom to discuss business development from the ground up. Each
speaker is selected to share his or her story of entrepreneurial success.
The theme this year is “Celebrating Entrepreneurship.” The topics include lean
evolution, failure and turnaround strategies, the journey of invention, staying
motivated, successes and pitfalls, entrepreneurship rebirth and financing.
Each lecture begins at 7 p.m. on Thursdays from Sept. 6 through Nov. 15 in Room
1001, Wiekamp Hall, which is adjacent to the parking garage on the corner of
Mishawaka Avenue and 20th Street.
The lectures are free and open to the public. The series is also part of the MBA
program and an undergraduate concentration in entrepreneurship.
The series has been sponsored by Lake City Bank for 10 years and is supported by
the Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County.
Dean Rob Ducoffe of the School of Business and Economics said he is proud to
bring local entrepreneurs, students and the public together to discuss this area
of business. “Each fall semester for 10 years, the Lake City Bank Entrepreneur
Series permits the School of Business and Economics to feature Michiana’s most
successful business leaders in lectures open to undergraduates, master’s
students, and members of the community.”
Ducoffe said the series teaches students and the community about “creating and
managing enterprises that generate wealth and improve our quality of life. It is
a partnership for which we are truly grateful and one that I hope lasts many
years into the future.”
The other dates, lecture speakers, and topics are: Sept. 13, Jonathan Lutz,
owner of Uptown Dining Group, and Carrie Hille, executive assistant of Uptown
Dining Group, “Eat Well, Drink Well & Be Happy”; Sept 20, Dennis Kerbrdle,
managing partner, Chikol, “Entrepreneurial Failure and Turnaround Strategies”;
Sept. 27, Larry Davis, president, Daman Products, “The Lean Evolution: Creating
an Entrepreneurial Environment”; and Oct. 4, Tim Abbott, business advisor with
the Small Business Development Center, “ The Journey of Invention: From Idea to
Market.”
The other lectures will be: Oct. 11, Rob Bartels Jr., president and CEO of
Martin’s Super Markets, Inc., “The Joy of Entrepreneurship Capitalism”; Oct. 18,
Perry Watson III, president, Lexus of Mishawaka, “Staying Motivated for
Success”; Oct. 25, Amish Shah, president, Kem Krest, “Success and Pitfalls”;
Nov. 1, Rich Carlton, president and CEO, Data Realty, “Studebaker to Ignition
Park: Can South Bend have an Entrepreneurial Rebirth?”; Nov. 8, Terry Bush,
director business development and human resource services, Kruggel Lawton & Co.,
“People Power: Harnessing the Strength of Human Resources in Entrepreneurial
Companies”; and “Nov. 15, Mike Kubacki, president and CEO, Lake City Bank, “ I
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