Breakthroughs: A Symposium for Business Owners, Entrepreneurs & CEOs
Date & Time
Thursday, October 28, 20108:30AM – 5:00PM
Location & Directions
The Metropolitan Club at Willis Tower233 S. Wacker Dr. 66th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
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Purchase Tickets
- Tickets are still available. Purchase tickets here or at the door.
- Purchase VIP tickets here (for Coleman Center, Metropolitan Club, and EO Chicago members).
- Tickets are $190 each. Your ticket includes: admission to the program; several designated networking opportunities; and continental breakfast, lunch, and a post-program reception.
What is Breakthroughs?
Breakthroughs will help you get “unstuck”. The confusion, the overload, the paralysis that gets in the way of moving your company forward.
18 speakers who are accomplished owners, CEOs and leaders. 18 minutes for each to share a story of being stuck. 18 “a-ha!” moments, describing their personal and professional breakthroughs.
This rapid-fire, straight-talking event features peers who have walked in your shoes. Sharing their intimate challenges, real-world experiences, and lessons learned.
You’ll leave with 18 authentic and inspiring stories on leadership, succession, overcoming personal battles and more. Don’t miss this unique peer-to-peer learning opportunity. Seats are very limited, so register today!
Speakers
8:30am - 12:00pm
- David Morton – Owner, Pompei Restaurants, DMK Burger Bar & The Umbrella Experiment - "Starting Up Against All Odds"
- Adam Robinson – Founder/CEO, Hireology - "Preventing the 'Oh Sh**t"!' Moment"
- David Gamperl – CEO, Osborn Energy - "Failure Is No Big Deal"
- Kelly Cutler - Co-founder/CEO, Marcel Media - "Google Is the Next Big Thing"
- John Allegretti - Founder, CMZ Properties LLC - "Continuous Change"
- Jack Cummins – Founder/Principal, Cummins & Associates - "Sometimes You Have to Look Inward"
- Christine Bork – CEO, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago - "Being CEO Makes Your Hair Fall Out"
- Jay Goltz – Founder/CEO, Artists Frame Service - "It's Not the Income, It's the Outcome"
- Robert Blackwell, Jr. - Founder, Electronic Knowledge Interchange & Killerspin LLC - "How Book Smarts Changed My Life & My Business"
- Doris Christopher – Founder & Chairman, The Pampered Chef - "Transition & Management Succession"
1:00pm - 4:00pm
- Chuck Templeton – Founder, OpenTable - "Maniacal Focus"
- Sunil Gaitonde – Co-founder/CEO, GS Lab - "The 'A-Ha!' Trilogy"
- Kenneth Williams – Owner/CEO, The Shred Authority - "From Intrepreneur to Entrepreneur"
- Valerie Beck - Founder/CEO, Chicago Chocolate Tours - "Time to Grow"
- John Fairclough – CEO, Resicom - "The Difference Between Power & Authority"
- Jay Sharman – Founder/CEO, TeamWorks Media - "How a Street That Stopped Here Opened Up the Road"
- Nancy Sharp – Co-founder/CEO, Food for Thought - "The Realization That My Business Was an Investment and Not a Job"
- Biju Kulathakal – CEO, Trading Block - "What the Financial Markets Taught Me About Educational Reform Around the World"
Emcees
Genevieve Thiers – Founder/CEO, SitterCity
Tim Padgett – Founder/President, The Pepper Group
Agenda
7:30am-8:30am: Continental breakfast & networking
8:30am-12:00pm: Breakthroughs Speakers
12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm-4:00pm: Breakthroughs Speakers
4:00pm-5:00pm: Reception & networking
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