Eagle Entrepreneur Exchange
The Center and the Georgia Southern Development Office in Atlanta are in the process of starting an alumni entrepreneur exchange program. It provides opportunities for our alumni entrepreneurs to meet, network and learn about running businesses from each other. So far two events have been held. The first event in Atlanta on 23rd April provided an introduction to the exchange idea, it involved a lunch and a discussion on ‘strategies for surviving the downturn’. The second meeting held in Atlanta on the 20th August involved a small steering group of alumni entrepreneurs who met to discuss how to take the exchange forward and develop activities that are useful. Thank you to Mike Larson (Armstrong Glass); Tom Hughes (National Electronic Attachment); Eric Pucciarelli (Oxygen Financial); and, Margot Dawkins (Advertising Novelty Company) who attended and contributed to the initial principles for the Eagle Entrepreneur Exchange.
A third event is to held on November 10th. Tom Hughes, CEO of National Electronic Attachment recently listed in the Fortune 5000, has agreed to talk about ‘the challenges of growth’. We are also very grateful to Tom for his sponsorship of the Eagle Entrepreneur Exchange program. The Center is interested in beginning groups in Statesboro and Savannah, so if you are interested in helping to organize a meeting of alumni entrepreneurs please let Dr. Luke Pittaway know.
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