Experts address how to best position and evolve an organization towards future success, with special attention to acquiring, deploying, and refining financial resources.
Driving Directions:
DIRECTIONS: Take I-88 to Route 59, go North on Route 59 and turn right at first street (Westings Drive). From Westings, take an immediate right onto Calamos Court. Parking garage is on right. Go to CityGate Grille. Meeting room is down the steps below CityGate Grille.
Event Details
You've developed a winning product or service. The macro-economic backdrop is increasingly favorable. Funding sources are seeking profitable situations. Entrepreneurship never lacks challenges, and this scenario poses one that can convert opportunity to reward. But with experience showing that just one out of nine start-up companies attain long term sustainable maturity, wisely selecting from a diverse menu of choices can make all the difference.
Join us to hear experts who have navigated the related courses, both for their own companies and those of the many clients they have advised. Their presentations will address how to best position and evolve an organization towards future success, with special attention to acquiring, deploying, and refining the financial resources that fuel the development process. As a member of our May audience at our interactive forum, you will ideally come away with new ideas on important issues like:
• Crafting and revising effective business strategies and tactics
• Building organizational capabilities via hiring, training, and motivational rewards
• Integrating organic and M&A-focused growth paths
• Sourcing and deploying outside capital
Chicago Booth students and faculty, members of the Entrepreneurial Roundtable - $15 until May 14. General Public, $20 until May 14. After May 14, add $5.
Registration
Register Online
You can save $5 if you register by May 14.
Deadline: 5/19/2014
Program
6:30 PM-7:00 PM: Networking and light refreshments
7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Prresentations and Q&A
Speaker Profiles
John Bintz (Panelist)
Managing Director, Valuation Research Corporation
John has more than 26 years of experience in the financial services industry with well developed expertise in private equity, M&A and valuation analysis. He previously founded and led his own firm, Apple Tree Investments, and has worked for Dresner Investment Services and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. Frequently sought by the media as an expert economic/financial analyst and host, he regularly appears nationwide at major corporate and educational events speaking on a wide variety of financial topics. He is an adjunct professor of finance at DePaul University (since 2008) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (since 2010). He earned his bachelor's degree in financial administration at Michigan State University and his MBA in finance/economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Dan Weinfurter (Panelist)
Managing Partner, Chicago Growth Consultants
Dan is the author of the recently published and favorably reviewed Second Stage Entrepreneurship: Ten Proven Strategies for Driving Aggressive Growth. His book distills lessons acquired as a successful serial entrepreneur over the past 25 years, leading several private equity backed firms to high rankings on the Inc 500 list, including his first startup (Parson Group) that attained the #1 position. Dan began his business career at General Electric, holding progressively responsible positions in its sales organization before moving on to entrepreneurship with Alternative Resources. He serves on multiple corporate and non-profit boards and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. A native of Wisconsin , he earned his BS and MBA degrees at Marquette University.