PARTNER PROFILE.
Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute - LSU
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Robin Kestler
REGISTERED ACTIVITIES/EVENTS
GEW 2011
Breakfast to Business
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
15 November 2011-16 November 2011
Breakfast to Business - What I Didn't Learn in Business School about Entrepreneurship November 15, 2011 Speaker: Jared Loftus Location: Cafe Americain http://www.bus.lsu.edu/executive/
Leadership Entrepreneurshp Expo at LSU
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
15 November 2011-16 November 2011
Louisana Entrepreneurship Expo, LSU Louisiana Entrepreneurship Day 11/15/11 4:30PM - 9:30PM 2011-11-15 16:30:00 2011-11-15 21:30:00 LSU Student Union Theater Raphael Semmes Rd Baton Rouge , LA | http://louisianaentrepreneurshipday.eventbrite.com/ Entrepreneurs' Organization, LSU Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, & LSU Louisiana Business & Technology Center About EO The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) – for entrepreneurs only – is a dynamic global network of more than 7,500 business owners in 42 countries. Annual gross sales of members companies exceed $U.S.150 billion and employ more than 1.5 million people around the globe. Founded in 1987 by a group of young entrepreneurs, EO is the catalyst that enables entrepreneurs to learn and grow from each other, leading to greater business success and an enriched personal life. Membership in one of EO’s 116 chapters is by invitation only; the average member is 40 years old with annual revenues of US$18.4 million. For more information on EO, visit www.eonetwork.org or call +1.703.519.6700. About SEI The mission of the Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute (SEI) is to promote and foster entrepreneurial practices through education, outreach and research. We seek to inspire, innovate, integrate and implement new ways of thinking to positively impact students, the regional economy, the state of Louisiana and the nation. For more information on SEI, visit www.sei.lsu.edu or call 225.578.0313.
Louisiana Entrepreneurship Day Keynote Speakers
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
15 November 2011-16 November 2011
Two of the Top Student Entrepreneurs in the World to Speak at Louisiana Entrepreneurship Day at LSU Catherine Cook •Founded MyYearbook.com as a sophomore in high school and raised close to $19 million in funding. •Company has 33 million users with 1 billion page views every month with more than $20 million in revenues. •Recently sold her company for $100 million dollars. Daniel Gomez •Top Mexican engineering student founded next generation energy biofuel company, Solben. •Earned $1 Million in revenue his first year of business. •Featured in Forbes Magazine- How to Make $1 Million Before You Graduate and listed as one of Inc. Magazine's 30 under 30. Come be inspired by two of the top student entrepreneurs in the world, learn how to juggle classes and a multimillion dollar company and find out what the entrepreneurial students at LSU are up to. Join us on Tuesday November 15th for Louisiana Entrepreneurship Day Student Expo and Speaker Series at LSU. The agenda for the day is: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. LSU Student Expo 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Catherine Cook and Daniel Gomez Iniguez 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Reception and LSU Student Expo About the Student Expo: The LSU Student Business Expo will feature the businesses of current students and recent LSU graduates. Come support these young entrepreneurs, check out what they are innovating and share in the entrepreneurial talent LSU has to offer! If you are a student interested in exhibiting your business please register here or if you have questions please contact About Catherine Cook and Daniel Gomez Iniguez: A finalist in the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards for 2010, Catherine Cook co-founded MyYearbook with her brother David in 2005, while the two were still in high school. Catherine, 21 and a recent graduate of Georgetown University, was the creative force behind MyYearbook’s most popular features as the site grew into a hugely popular brand. This year, the Cooks reached a deal to sell their company for $100 million to Quepasa, a Miami-based social-networking company with 33 million users in Latin America. Catherine and her siblings are staying on to help build MyYearbook into a global brand. Catherine will be representing the US at the G20 Young Entrepreneurship Summit (YES) this year being held October 31st - November 2nd in Nice, France. Daniel is one of the most impressive young entrepreneurs in the world and is representing his country, Mexico, at the G20 Young Entrepreneurship Summit. A finalist at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards in 2010, he is dedicated to building the world’s next generation of energy through his firm Solben. The company, with 25 employees, is concentrating on growth for its biofuels solutions in the Mexican market first, but Daniel Gomez has global ambitions to integrate his company into the massive world energy market. Daniel was recently featured by Forbes Magazine and was named one of Inc. Magazine's 30 under 30. Louisiana Entrepreneurship Day is being held in conjunction with Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week. If you would like more information about other events happening during November 11-18th please visit: http://www.brewingupideas.com/.



