Conference on Entrepreneurship Set for February 22.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Saturday (Feb. 22) 17th Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Success RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2003 The 17th Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Success, the state's largest gathering of entrepreneurs, is set for Saturday, February 22 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. Attendees will learn from and network with the leading CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. entrepreneurs in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . Two keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. presentations and 28 breakout sessions featuring over 40 speakers and panelist pan·el·ist n. A member of a panel. Noun 1. panelist - a member of a panel panellist panel - a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc will highlight this high impact, high energy day. "This is a day for entrepreneurs to learn from entrepreneurs," say Dan Davies, conference organizer and publisher of Business Leader magazine. "The overwhelming majority of our speakers and panelists head up small and medium-size businesses. They live everyday in the trenches and have survived. They are surviving the difficult economy we currently find ourselves in. This is a day of meat, not fluff." One eagerly anticipated session is the Inc. 500 panel made up of the CEOs from the North Carolina companies on this year's Inc. 500 list of growing companies. Attendees will have the opportunity to question these leaders first hand on how they have achieved growth in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of such economic uncertainty. The theme for this year's conference revolves around arming entrepreneurs with the information, strategies, tactics and contacts they need to aggressively compete and leap to the front of the pack when the economy improves. Session topics include: Thriving thrive intr.v. thrived or throve , thrived or thriv·en , thriv·ing, thrives 1. To make steady progress; prosper. 2. in an Impossible Market, Opening Doors to New Business, From Survive to Thrive, How to Mind Read Your Customers, The Craft of Marketing, Creating Customers for Life, Staying is Business Through Thick and Thin, Fewer Resources - More Results, Maximizing the Value of Your Company, plus many more. Preregistration pre·reg·is·tra·tion n. An early registration, as for returning college students, that takes place before general registration. for the conference is $99 and includes all sessions plus lunch. Registrations and full conference details are available at www.businessleader.com/conference |
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