| |
|
|
| |
EVENT DETAILS |
<P><EM><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Are you craving the intimacy of a more curated networking experience?</SPAN></SPAN></EM></P>
<P><EM><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Are you craving more entrepreneurial know-how?</SPAN></SPAN></EM></P>
<P><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">ATTEND THE LADY DRINKSAUTHOR SERIES DINNER </SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">APRIL 30TH </SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG STYLE="line-height: 1.6em;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">6PM NIRVANA RESTAURANT, 346 LEXINGTON AVE</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><SPAN STYLE="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">White House Fellow and Stanford Graduate School of Business ProfessorAmy Wilkinson spent time interviewing entrepreneurs including the founders of LinkedIn, Chipotle, eBay, Under Armour, Tesla Motors, Spanx, Airbnb, PayPal, and Gilt Groupe. And what she found was that there are some key traits that are common to all of them. She shares them in the book "Creator's Code."</SPAN></P>
<P></P>
<DIV STYLE="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">
<P STYLE="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" DIR="ltr">Timeline for the evening:</P>
<P STYLE="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" DIR="ltr">6-6:30 Cocktails and networking</P>
<P STYLE="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" DIR="ltr">6:45pm-7:15pm Opening remarks by Joya and Q&A with Author Amy Wilkinson to get our entrepreneurial juices flowing while the first course is served</P>
<P STYLE="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" DIR="ltr">7:15-7:30pm Questions</P>
<P STYLE="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" DIR="ltr">7:30pm to 9pm. Two business ladies will be chosen to present their current business hurdle and attendees brainstorm/suggest possible solutions.</P>
<P STYLE="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" DIR="ltr"></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.295; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" DIR="ltr"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More about Creator's Code</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.295; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">White House Fellow and Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Amy Wilkinson spent over five years researching and studying the traits of extraordinary entrepreneurs. What she found was startling: Everyone has the capacity to spot opportunities, invent new things and build businesses. But only a few are successful in actually doing so.</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.295; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buzz on the book has been phenomenal:</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.295; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Based on 200 interviews with entrepreneurs, this book helps explain the skills needed to be a successful innovator. It's a great guide filled with smart rules for both starting a business and bringing it to scale, Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute said.</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.295; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This book isn't armchair rumination. It's required reading for anyone looking to build the next big thing, notes David Kelley, cofounder of IDEO and the Stanford d.School.</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.295; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Join us for an exciting interview over dinner, followed by a book signing. Wilkinson will share her ideas on how you can tap into your inner potential and execute on your ideas.</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.295; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More about Amy Wilkinson</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="line-height: 1.295; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 8pt;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amy Wilkinson</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a strategic adviser, entrepreneur, and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She frequently addresses corporate, association, and university audiences on entrepreneurial leadership. She also advises startups and large corporations on innovation and business strategy.</SPAN></P>
<P STYLE="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" DIR="ltr"><SPAN ID="docs-internal-guid-4f186f04-2834-4c52-7d5d-70cd3030f153"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her career spans leadership roles with McKinsey & Company and JP Morgan and as founder of a small foreign-based export company. Wilkinson has served as a White House Fellow in the Office of the United States Trade Representative and as a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Graduate School of Business. She can be found on the Web at </SPAN><A STYLE="text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://amywilkinson.com" REL="nofollow"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: #0563c1; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://amywilkinson.com</SPAN></A><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and on Twitter: @amywilkinson.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
</DIV>
|
|
|
|
|
|
