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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

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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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bluehouseskis.com

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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