Events Calendar
Entrepreneur Panel Series - "Strategies to Accelerate Business Growth"
- Date:
- Friday, July 23, 2010
- Time:
- 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
- Price:
- 20
- Seating:
- FULL - Registration Closed
Special Instructions
Event Information
In this panel discussion, hear first hand from a panel of successful entrepreneurs on how to build a more efficient business by using various strategies to accelerate business growth.
This discussion is for any business owner or professional service provider looking to increase their sales or books of business.
- Create a Competitive Advantage
- Building the Right Sales Team
- Getting more Quality Introductions
- Prospecting Techniques
- Time Management
- Marketing Message and Sales
- Importance of a CRM system
After the discussion, guests will be able to participate in a Q&A session with the panelists. Open networking will take place before and after the panel discussion so you can interact with other entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneur Panel
Rick Mazursky
Principal/Coach
The Executives Profit
Rick Mazursky has experience working with all sizes of companies from start-ups to nationally recognized corporations. He specializes in growing companies by capturing market share and attaining profitability. He also has extensive experience with product development and manufacturing in the Far East.
Rick has held numerous executive and leadership positions in companies that created and sold electronic educational toys, consumer electronics and software. He helped launch Cabbage Patch Dolls and was a partner in a toy business that was sold to a publicly traded company. He served as President of VTech Industries, President of G.P. Toys and CEO of Digital Innovations.
As Co-Founder of The Executives Profit, he currently coaches clients in a variety of service and product-oriented industries.
AWARDS :
- Inducted into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame
- Nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- Awarded Nine U. S. Patents
Jim Klein
Director of Sales
Sales Results, Inc.
www.salesresultsinc.com
Jim Klein serves as the Director of Sales at Sales Results. Mr. Klein has over three decades of business experience on both sides of the coin. He has held sales and management positions for several prominent companies as well as serving in an ownership and chairmanship capacity in other organizations-most notably, with the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago (between 1974-2004), as a past President of two centers and on the Executive Committee. Presently, he is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Chicago's Columbia College, a position he has held since 1997. Since 2007, he has served on the Member Acquisition Committee of the Block Museum at Northwestern University. Mr. Klein's coaching style is a harmonic blend of practical sales training and a "street smart" view of the process. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1967 and a Masters in Marketing/Advertising from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1968. His extracurricular pursuits include contemporary art, travel, and golf.
Murrel F. Karsh
Windy City Fieldhouse
www.windycityfieldhouse.com
Murrel Karsh is President of Windy City Fieldhouse (WCF), voted Chicago's #1 Team Building Company in 2006, 2007 and 2008, is the Midwest's largest Team Building and Entertainment Company dedicated to assisting its clients in the creation of exceptional and memorable interactive events throughout the Chicagoland area and across the United States. Murrel is responsible for the strategic plan for building the business, generating sales and closely managing the sales force. Under his leadership WFC was named to Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies – 2009.
Joanne Sherman
Founder
Cookies By Joey
Joanne was part of a management team for the second largest supermarket chain in the Chicagoland area, where she specialized in training all areas of management and productivity. Joanne has 10 years of extensive business, operations and retail management expertise, all of which are the foundation for the growth, direction and success of Cookies by Joey.
Moderator
Jason Jacobsohn
AEGIS Professional Services
www.aegisps.com/
Jason Jacobsohn is well known in the Chicago area as a “connector” and go-to person for entrepreneurs who want to grow and maintain their success. Currently, he is Director of Venture Development at AEGIS Professional Services, which offers integrated, comprehensive business services through its legal, consulting, and capital sourcing practice groups.
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