On February 22, Michael Rappaport of Chariot Solutions gave an amazing talk at Entrepreneurs Unplugged. Listen to the lessons Mike shares in successfully building and growing his startup over the last 8 years.
We are all excited for Mike Rappaport's Entrepreneurs Unplugged Session. Mike will be leading our group through mission based decision making and how to translate that into business growth. Please note the new location for this event. Register today to reserve a FREE seat for Entrepreneurs Unplugged v. IX Entrepreneurs Unplugged Series continues on Tues, February 22nd at 6:30 pm. Featured Entrepreneur: Mike Rappaport of Chariot Solutions, Philadelphia's top place to workplace among small companies. **NEW Location: Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (map – Map) Cosponsored by University of Pennyslvania's Wharton School Small Business Development Center. Presentation Topic: Want long term prosperity? It starts with your philosophy. Description: The seed of success was a philosophy for Mike Rappaport and his team at Chariot Solutions. Mike started Chariot in 2002 with a modest amount of angel money, an invaluable group of mentors and founding employees, and a team-wide commitment to quality, discipline, and both customer and employee satisfaction. The company quickly developed a reputation for quality that has led to consistent growth, and a brand that has strong appeal to both clients and recruits. Chariot is now worth millions and recognized as Philadelphia's top workplace among small businesses in 2010 as rated by the Philadelphia Inquirer. But it all started with philosophy. In this lecture Mike will discuss mission based decision making and how to set initial foundations, paralleling the moves and strategies that got Chariot funding, built a team of top employees and achieved high-end deals for their company. Learn what it takes to hire and retain top talent, land big deals as a startup and grow based on revenue. This is not to be missed by anyone looking to grow a business, not just launch a startup. Register today to reserve your free seat! We would like to welcome the Wharton Small Business Development Center as a new sponsor and PSL partner. We're excited to collaborate with them in this new year as we all work to make Philly a better place to live and run a company, and we're very grateful to them for the use of their space. Video production by Paul Shannon of Real Arts Media. Tickets are free thanks to TicketLeap. A note from Wharton: The Wharton SBDC is proud to host this engaging, inspiring, and educational event on the University of Pennsylvania campus as a way to support ongoing efforts to nurture the entrepreneurial community of the Philadelphia region. Look for more great content in 2011 as the Wharton SBDC and PSL team up to give entrepreneurs even more ways to grow together
February is full of PSL events you will not want to miss! Our regular networking Happy Hour is February 15th and Entrepreneur Unplugged returns on February 22nd. Whether your answer is “Absolutely! I wouldn't miss it” or “I’m not sure of my schedule, but I’m going to try my best to be there”, please RSVP via the links below. Happy Hour February 15th http://psl.ticketleap.com/psl-february-happy-hour/ 6:30 - 8:30 pm Our kind hosts at The American Pub will be providing some Happy Hour appetizers and their usual Happy Hour drink specials. We may also have some other surprises, so stay tuned and be sure to RSVP early! 1500 Market Street Centre Square Building (Concourse Level) Philadelphia, PA 19102 Entrepreneur Unplugged Volume 9 - Mike Rappaport- February 22nd http://psl.ticketleap.com/entrepreneurs-unplugged-volume-9-mike-rappaport/ 6:30 - 8:00 pm Wharton SBDC 3733 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 United States Featured Entrepreneur: Mike Rappaport of Chariot Solutions, Philadelphia's top place to workplace among small companies. Presentation Topic: Decision Making and Business Growth. (more details are available here or on the TicketLeap event page)
Update: Entrepreneurs Unplugged with Mike Rappaport has been postponed due to conflict with the Phillies game. Stay tuned for updated information about this EU - it will most likely run in either December or February. Go Phils!
We are all excited for Mike Rappaport's Entrepreneurs Unplugged Session. Mike will be leading our group through mission based decision making and how to translate that into business growth. Please note the new location for this event. Register today to reserve a FREE seat for Entrepreneurs Unplugged v. IX Entrepreneurs Unplugged Series continues on Wed, October 20th at 7 pm. Featured Entrepreneur: Mike Rappaport of Chariot Solutions, Philadelphia's top place to workplace among small companies. **NEW Location: Terra Building, 211 South Broad Street - 8th floor (map – http://bit.ly/dwKJhE) Cosponsored by the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy at The University of the Arts. Presentation Topic: Decision Making and Business Growth. Description: The seed of success was a philosophy for Mike Rappaport and his team at Chariot Solutions. Mike started Chariot in 2002 with a modest amount of angel money, an invaluable group of mentors and founding employees, and a team-wide commitment to quality, discipline, and both customer and employee satisfaction. The company quickly developed a reputation for quality that has led to consistent growth, and a brand that has strong appeal to both clients and recruits. Chariot is now worth millions and recognized as Philadelphia's top workplace among small businesses in 2010 as rated by the Philadelphia Inquirer. But it all started with philosophy. In this lecture Mike will discuss mission based decision making and how to set initial foundations, paralleling the moves and strategies that got Chariot funding, built a team of top employees and achieved high-end deals for their company. Learn what it takes to hire and retain top talent, land big deals as a startup and grow based on revenue. This is not to be missed by anyone looking to grow a business, not just launch a startup. Register today to reserve your free seat! Thanks to our friends at the Corzo Center of the University of Arts for providing such an extraordinary venue to showcase our local talent. Video production by Paul Shannon of Real Arts Media. Tickets are free thanks to TicketLeap.
We are incredibly excited for Steve Welch's Entrepreneurs Unplugged Session. Steve will be leading our group through the characteristics of a successful startup entrepreneur and instructing us in trait development as a success predictor. Register today to reserve a FREE seat for Entrepreneurs Unplugged v. VIII Entrepreneurs Unplugged Series continues on Wed, June 16th at 7 pm. Featured Entrepreneur: Steve Welch of Dreamit Ventures, "We are All Born Entrepreneurs", Philadelphia's Entrepreneur of the Year, 2008 Location: Hamilton Hall 320 South Broad Street (map – http://tr.im/hHpj ) Cosponsored by the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy at The University of the Arts. Presentation Topic: The Traits of Success and How to Develop Them. Description: Steve Welch is in a unique position. As a successful biotech/engineering entrepreneur, analytical genius, angel investor, incubator founder and author, he has made a study out of what it takes to succeed in the startup world. Steve examined the characteristics of success while interviewing and profiling over 100 hyper-achieving businessmen and women for his novel "We Are All Born Entrepreneurs". His findings are remarkable and you should know about them if you want to succeed in your venture. Join us to learn, be inspired and challenged while putting yourself in the position to attain success. Register today to reserve your free seat! Thanks to our friends at the Corzo Center of the University of Arts for providing such an extraordinary venue to showcase our local talent. Video production by Paul Shannon of Real Arts Media. Tickets are free thanks to TicketLeap.
Entrepreneurs Unplugged is back, with Ed Sullivan leading a group through the intricacies of selling to huge corporations and leveraging small successes to climb the startup ecosystem. Register today to reserve a FREE seat for Entrepreneurs Unplugged v. VI Entrepreneurs Unplugged Series continues on Wed, February 17th at 7 pm. Featured Entrepreneur: Ed Sullivan, Founder of Aria Systems & Laserlink.Net Location: Hamilton Hall 320 South Broad Street (map - http://tr.im/hHpj ) Cosponsored by the Corzo Center for the Creative Economy at The University of the Arts. Join us for Volume 6 of Entrepreneurs Unplugged, the series that brings successful local entrepreneurs on stage to educate, entertain and inspire the startup community. The format for the evening will be a 30 minute presentation followed by audience participation - so come out for a night of fun and information, and most importantly to have your startup questions answered. Ed Sullivan, founder of Aria Systems will be outlining an insightful and somewhat top-secret strategy for business success. Presentation Topic: Leveraging Small Successes and Selling to Huge Corporations. Ed's experience selling to companies such as Gateway, IBM, SONY has left him with insights that he had to learn the hard way. Join us to hear first hand how he grew his company and raised $14M from Silicon Valley VCs, and learn to leverage small successes to climb the startup ecosystem and avoid the mistakes that he made. This is a must-see event for any company with a sales model. For those companies with no sales model, please contact Blake Jennelle and request a fishbowl session. Bio: Ed Sullivan, Aria Systems’ Founder, has been the CEO since the company’s inception in 2003. As CEO, Ed offers his vision, innovative ideas and valuable insight to the needs of the marketplace to bear on Aria’s strategic direction. Under his leadership, Aria has been established as the market leader in on-demand billing and customer lifecycle solutions and currently supports over 1 million customer accounts in 236 countries. Ed’s entrepreneurial spirit and innovative ideas have led him to build several successful companies. Prior to Aria, he was the Founder and President of LaserLink.net, the World’s first and largest Virtual Internet Service Provider. LaserLink provided billing and Internet services to over one million end users and operated the Internet Services for several ISP’s including American Express, Compaq, Gateway, Amway and IBM. LaserLink was acquired by Covad Communications in March 2000. Ed serves as a Director of NetQOS, an Austin Texas based IT company which offers end to end network management solutions. NetQOS was recently ranked the number one fastest growing technology company in Texas by Deloitte and Touche. He also serves on the advisory board of Covad Communications (DVW) a publicly traded provider of voice and data services. Ed has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University. Register today to reserve your free seat! Thanks to our friends at the Corzo Center of the University of Arts for providing such an extraordinary venue to showcase our local talent. Tickets are free thanks to TicketLeap.
