Create like a God, Command like a King, Work like a Slave; Entrepreneur and Rule-breaker Guy Kawasaki to Keynote OEF's 2001 Conference on Entrepreneurship.

Business Editors

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001

He wrote them as the three rules for revolutionaries. But any entrepreneur worth his or her salt will tell you they are a mantra.

And when author, business guru, and Internet revolutionary Guy Kawasaki comes to Portland to deliver the keynote address at this year's 2001 Conference on Entrepreneurship, an Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum (OEF) event to held April 17, 2001, at the Portland Marriott Downtown, you can expect him to agree.

"We're very excited that Guy Kawasaki will be bringing his distinctive brand of knowledge to our annual educational conference," says Linda Weston, president and executive director of OEF. "The entire idea behind this forum is to teach entrepreneurs about what it takes to build and sustain a successful business, and I can't imagine a better person to help us deliver those messages than Guy Kawasaki. This conference will educate and entertain."

Kawasaki, the straight-talking iconoclast whose best-selling books include How to Drive Your Competition Crazy and Rules for Revolutionaries, is an entrepreneur in his own right: He is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Garage.com, a Internet-based venture investment bank that helps startups find seed financing. Factor in his previous stints as President of Fog City Software and Chief Evangelist for Apple Computer, as well as his continuing work as a columnist for Forbes and best-selling author, and there are few people in American business who can better speak to the successes and pitfalls of being an entrepreneur.

"Entrepreneurs face many challenges, obviously," says Fred Granum, a partner at Bullivant Houser Bailey PC in Portland and chair of the Conference on Entrepreneurship. "Guy Kawasaki has the experience, insight and wit to help and inspire entrepreneurs as they tackle the challenges of making a business work. Anyone who has read Rules for Revolutionaries knows that he will spark new ideas and challenge everyone to embrace their enterprises with vitality and innovation."

Founded in 1991, the Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum is a not-for profit corporation dedicated to providing opportunities for Oregon entrepreneurs and improving the business climate for emerging, growth-oriented companies statewide. The organization has over 1,200 members through Oregon and southwest Washington. For more information about the OEF, call 503/222-2270, or visit its website at www.oef.org.