Propel: Growing from Entrepreneur to Enterprise

Date: 1/24/2012
Time: 5:30 PM TO 8:30 PM

Ankura Consulting Group
The Engine
2975 Sidco Drive
Nashville, TN 37204

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Event Description: A new business growth initiative of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce for 2012

Because sustained revenue and employment growth of the Nashville area's business community is critical to our future prosperity, this learning series is designed to nurture and accelerate the growth of established second-stage businesses by equipping CEOs and their management teams with a cohesive curriculum that covers the core areas these leaders need to know:

• Planning for growth
• Structure
• Systems
• Culture

Combining expert content providers and successful business leaders with tried-and-tested experience, this series will engage learners in a way that is application-oriented and highly experiential, with "homework" between sessions. The program includes a peer-learning component to reflect, share and problem-solve among fellow participants, as well as team-focused time for leaders within the same company to work through real-life issues on the spot.

Program delivery:

• High-impact curriculum developed in partnership with the Center for Executive Education at Belmont University
• Eight three-hour evening sessions with peer interaction, beginning January 17
• Led by Dr. Jeff Cornwall, the Jack C. Massey chair of entrepreneurship for Belmont University
• One-on-one coaching by Dr. Cornwall with participants on an as-needed basis

Dates:
January 24: Changing Role of the Founder

Special guest CEO: Clint Smith, co-founder of EMMA, Inc.
January 31: Planning for Growth
February 21: Marketing for Growth
March 13: Financing Growth
March 27: Building the Right Team
April 10: Designing an Organization
April 30: Developing Human Resource Systems

Special guest: Mick Sheppeck, CEO & President Militello Sheppeck, LLC and Associate Professor at the University of St. Thomas.
May 8: Creating an Intentional Culture

Special guest: Dr. Eric Flamholtz, president of Management Systems Consulting and author of Growing Pains

Prerequisites:
Organizations best positioned to benefit from this series should have:

• completed at least two years of operations,
• a minimum annual revenue of $1 million,
• 10 or more employees, and
• a track record of year-over-year growth for past two years.

Cost:
$1,500 for the company's CEO
$1,000 for each additional senior team leader within the same company





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