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Schedule:
5:00 to 5:45 - Gathering and networking with Business Partners
5:45 to 6:45 - Conversation on the Future of Entrepreneurship
Explore in conversation with our Entrepreneurs-in- Residence on future of entrepreneurship centered on their perspective to these questions:
1.There is a lot that needs doing in the world: What issues or problems should entrepreneurs take on next?
2.Innovation in your business model sets you apart from others: What nascent or emerging practice are you working on that can use the help of other entrepreneurs?
6:45 - 7:45 - Learning Cafes with the Awardees
This is a learning cafe among participants and those Entrepreneur-in-Residence present to discuss and share business practice and insights sparked by the opening conversation.
8:00 - 9:00 - Fun, music, awards to: Barnaby Evans, Jeff Deckman, Anthony Gemma, John Abrams, and Andrea Lyons
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There is a lot that needs doing in the world: What issues or problems should entrepreneurs take on next?
I don’t believe that the best place for us to focus upon is "what problems need fixing". Solving problems without addressing the thinking and the behavior that is the breeding grounds for the resulting problems is putting a finger in an ever shattering dike. I believe that the most effective ways for entrepreneurs to affect our world lies in the example we set for all to see of what occurs when one lives a life of belief in self, self discipline, self reliance, non-entitlement, optimism, integrity and serving a cause larger than our individual selves.
We must then actively enter our communities to help others to see and experience for themselves that truth which we have already learned. At the end of the day we will have significantly fewer "problems" to face.
- Jeff Deckman
I think two are essential: distribution of wealth and power more equitably by democratizing the workplace, and commitment by commerce to local economies and community preservation.
- John Abrams
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