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Te Center for EntrepreneurialExcellence in theJon M. HuntsmanSchool of Businessis pleased to
present its annual speaker series.It is open to students and the public
free of charge. Come learn from 10renowned entrepreneurial leaders asthey share their keys to success.
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2 0 1 3 S p e a k e r S c h e d u l eWEDNESDAYS AT 6 P.M.
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BUILDING A THRIVING E COMMERCE BUSINESS
BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL CONSULTING PRACTICE
BUILDING AN INTERNATIONAL SPEAKING BUSINESS
BUILDING A MUSIC COMPANY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
BUILDING THE WORLDS LARGEST FITNESS COMPANY
INNOVATION IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY
BUILDING A WORLD-WIDE MARKET COMPANY
BUILDING BUSINESSES AS A FAMILY AFFAIR
BUILDING A PREMIER SKI COMPANY WHILE IN COLLEGE
INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT DISNEY
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Jana Francis is raising three kids, running amulti-million-dollar startup company, andcharming everyone she meets.
Janas motivation to start her own company
came on her drive back to her corporate job ater
maternity leave with her latest baby. Ater 18
months o planning she launched BabySteals.
com in April o 2008. She let her 12-year careerin the corporate world six months later. She
pours her whole sel into everything she takes
on and does it all with irresistible zest.
Rhett received his B.A. in Marketing romthe University o Idaho. He has extensiveexperience in managing, building and marketing
web sites. His track record or creating
innovation has grabbed the attention o Googleand other mountainous companies.
Rett is always up or a challenge and develops
vertical growth with each project he tackles. Asan adventurer, Rett aces opportunities with a
tactical aggressiveness, yet hes humble enough
to understand the value o collaboration and
teamwork.
january 236:00 PM
stealnetwork.com
JANA FRANCIS & RETT CLEVENGERFounders o Steal Network
THRIVING
BUILDING A
BUSINESS
E-COMMERCE
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Jon Schmidt began songwriting at age 11.He now has over one million YouTubesubscribers with nearly 200 million views rom
his project called The Piano Guys. He is currently
working on this project with Steven Sharp
Nelson. They became an internet sensation
because o their original sel-made music
videos. Some popular videos include, Cello
Wars and Peponi (Paradise).
Jon is a very talented pianist; his work is oten
described as New Age music with pop elements
o hook and melody. He was born in Bountiul,
Utah. He has released eight albums and seven
piano books with original arrangements.He is noted or his treatment o harmony,
counterpoint, and rhythm. His works were also
eatured on sample discs or the Iomega HipzipDigital Audio Player with the pieces Sacred
Ground, All o Me, and Waterall. Schmidts
inuences include Mannheim Steamroller, Billy
Joel, and Beethoven.
january 306:00 PM
thepianoguys.com
JON SCHMIDTThe Piano Guys
A MUSICBUILDING
WITH SOCIAL MEDIACOMPANY
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Grow America ounder Alan E. Hall has apersonal mission to create jobs and lit localeconomies. Grow America, a national company,
aligns the partners, mentors and capital
that entrepreneurs need to create and grow
tomorrows successul companies.
Alan Hall is also a ounder and managing
director o Mercato Partners, a top perorminggrowth equity venture capital und.
Mr. Hall is also the ounder, chairman and
ormer CEO o MarketStar Corporation, a global
outsourced marketing and sales company with
a ocus on assisting high technology companiesincrease sales through the small to medium
business sectors.
He is an Ernst and Young and Mountain West
Capital Network Entrepreneur o the Year
recipient. Mr. Hall is a weekly columnist or
Forbes.com. He is also an author, newspapercolumnist and requent public speaker.
February 66:00 PM
marketstar.com
ALAN HALLFounder o Grow America and MarketStar
BUILDING A WORLD WIDEMARKET COMPANY
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Douglas D. Anderson is a proessor, andsince 2006, Dean o the Jon M. HuntsmanSchool o Business at Utah State University.
Prior to becoming Dean, he was co-ounder and
managing partner o the Boston-based Center
or Executive Development (CED), a company
that or 20 years was at the oreront o its
feld, oering customized executive education
and guidance with large-scale, strategicchange initiatives in the worlds most complex
organizations.
At the invitation o the senior partners o
PriceWaterhouse-US and PriceWaterhouse-
Europe, he served as outside chairman o thepartnerships Task Force on Governance.
A native o Logan, he is a graduate o USU andhas stayed actively involved with USU over the
years, serving as a member and vice chair o the
USU Board o Trustees. His Ph.D. is rom Harvard
University. He was a member o the HarvardBusiness School aculty rom 1978-1988.
February 136:00 PM
huntsman.usu.edu
DOUGLAS ANDERSONDean o the Jon M. Huntsman School o Business,
Coounder o the Center or Executive Development
CONSULTING PRACTICE
BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL
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Scott R. Watterson is Chairman and CEO o theworlds largest manuacturer and marketero ftness equipment, Icon Health & Fitness. The
company is located in Logan, Utah. Scott is an
expert in product development, manuacturing,
importation, marketing, sales and distribution o
consumer products.
Scott graduated rom Utah State University,Cum Laude, in 1979 with a degree in business
marketing and a minor in Chinese. He has
received multiple business awards, including the
Skaggs Outstanding Business Student Award
and the Kiwanis Business Student o the Year
Award. Scott was the recipient o INC. MagazineEntrepreneur o the Year or the Inter-Mountain
Region in 1996. Scott is currently serving on the
Utah State University Board o Trustees.
February 206:00 PM
iconftness.com
SCOTT WATTERSONCoounder o Icon Health and Fitness
THE WORLD'SBUILDING
FITNESS COMPANY
LARGEST
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From transorming an old soup kitchen into aboutique hotel to starting a chain o vintagehamburger restaurants, the Abdos have made
business a amily aair. Larry and his wie Caryl,
have our children who all work or one Abdo
enterprise or another and have since they were
kids.
Larry started making money in the stock marketby wagering the proceeds o his student loans.
Ater graduating college he served in the Army,
opened a one-man brokerage house, and then
sold it to start an ice company. Larry and Caryls
portolio includes companies involved in real
estate, ood services, and even a block-icecompany.
February 276:00 PM
LARRY AND CARYLABDOSerial Entrepreneurs - Founders o the Abdo Markethouse
BUSINESSES
AS A
FAMILY AFFAIR
BUILDING
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Dan Clark, the Master Motivator, has beennamed one o the Top Ten Speakers inthe World.
He is one o the most sought ater speakers
on the platorm today. He is a New York
Times Best Selling author, Award Winning
Athlete, University Proessor, Adventurer,
Journalist, Gold Record Songwriter/RecordingArtist, Philanthropist, and President/CEO o
the international communications and high
perormance consulting frm, Clark Success
Systems.
Clark is leading an international movementto teach leaders and organizations how to
transorm themselves rom successul to
signifcant.
He was the youngest speaker ever to earn
The Certifed Speaking Proessional (CSP)
designation and has been inducted into theNational Speakers Association Speakers Hall o
Fame.
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danclarkspeak.com
DAN CLARKFounder o Clark Success Systems
BUILDING an SPEAKING BUSINESSINTERNATIONAL
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Charles W. Sorenson, MD, is the Presidentand Chie Executive Ofcer o IntermountainHealthcare. Under Dr. Sorensons leadership,
Intermountain has applied a disciplined and
system-wide ocus on implementation o best
clinical practices aimed at producing measurably
better outcomes or patients. Similar eorts
are being applied to operational best practices,
aimed at increasing efciency and holding downhealthcare costs.
Intermountain is an integrated, nonproft health
care system serving communities in Utah and
southern Idaho. The mission o Intermountain
is to provide the highest quality health care atthe lowest possible cost. The mission includes
a commitment to provide care to any individual
with a medical need, regardless o ability to pay.
Dr. Sorenson, a graduate o the Cornell
University Medical College, began his practice
at LDS Hospital in 1982. Along with hisadministrative responsibilities, he continues
to practice surgery with a ocus on urologic
oncology. He is also an Adjunct Proessor o
Surgery at the University o Utah.
march 276:00 PM
intermountainhealthcare.org
CHARLES SORENSONCEO o Intermountain Healthcare
HEALTH CARE
INNOVATIONINDUSTRYIN
THE
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DANIEL NEBEKER
ADAM HEPWORTH
Dan Nebeker is a Salt Lake native and themanager o Bluehouse Ski Company.Dan built out the companys manuacturing
acility, designed several o its machines, and
taught himsel the art o ski building.
Dan is a highly resourceul individual andcan solve any problem that stands in his way.
Dan is a better skier than Adam and Jared.
Jared Richards is a SLC native, attorney,
skier and entrepreneur striving to have anet positive eect on the community.
Whether hosting ree legal clinics or
business startups or building skis through
locally sourced materials and labor - his end
goals are value and sustainability.
SKI COMPANYBUILDING A PREMIERE
WHILE IN COLLEGE
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Adam Hepworth is CEO and ounder oJamberry Nails as well as co-ounder oBluehouse Ski Company. Bluehouse is a Salt
Lake based snow ski manuacturer currently
in its 5th season where Adam has served as
lead product engineer, winning awards or hisdesigns.
His latest venture, Jamberry Nails, launched
in Oct 2010 and has quickly become an
industry leader in fnger and toenail ashion.
He majored in Portuguese at BYU and had
aspirations o becoming a dentist beore the
entrepreneurial bug took over his career path.
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JARED RICHARDSFounders o Blue House Skis
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CYDNI TETROEntrepreneur in Residence or the Walt Disney Company
Cydni Tetro is currently an Entrerpeneur inResidence or The Walt Disney Companywhere she helps take Disney technologies to
market. Her expertise is in sales, marketing, and
customer acquisition.
Over the course o her career she has helped
dozens o startups successully build, launch,
sell and market new products and services. Shehas served as CEO o a media company and was
COO or FamilyLink.com, a social network or
amilies with over 80 Million users. It was the
astest growing website in the country during
her time.
Cydni has been recognized as one o the 30
Women to Watch and was a fnalist in the
American Business Association Best WomenEntrepreneur. She has her MBA and BS in
Computer Science rom BYU. april 106:00 PM
thewaltdisneycompany.com
entrepreneurshipat disney
innovation and
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Revolutionary Hands-On LearningIn addition to a world-class curriculum and expert faculty, the minor in entrepreneurship
has a unique learning format that focuses on the application of proven concepts in actual
business ventures. Students will complete the following courses during the program:
MGT 3510: New Venture Fundamentals
MGT 3520: New Venture Management
MGT 3530: New Venture Marketing
MGT 3540: New Venture Financing
MGT 3560: New Venture Planning
MGT 3570: New Venture
Social Responsibility
NEW Minor in Entrepreneurship
Increase Your Chance of Success
Students in any major are invited to earn a minor in entrepreneurship. Students thatcomplete the minor will:
Finish the Entrepreneurship Minor In One Summer!All classes needed to complete the minor are offered each school year. In addition,
students can complete the minor in one summer with our unique 6-week program.
Learn how to start and launch a new
business
Work on their own business idea
while completing the minor Use state-of-the-art learning
technology during the program
Gain knowledge and tools to
increase the probability or success
Develop entrepreneurial leadership
skills that will beneft any
organization
For more inormation visit the webpage or the Center or Entrepreneurial Excellence
Huntsman.usu.edu/ecenter
Current students can contact Barbara Baird, theacademic advisor or the minor, at Barbara.baird@usu.edu
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