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Harvie Lecture Series
The Hilton Distinguished Entrepreneur Lecture Series brings outstanding entrepreneurs from all fields to campus to share their life and work experiences with students, alumni, faculty and staff. Baron Davis is a two-time NBA All-Star, serial entrepreneur, investor and creator of thought-provoking content and digital platforms. In his lecture, "From Athlete to Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur," Davis discussed how he's used his platform to impact society and encourage change.
Davis was one of the first athletes to represent himself without an agent and is the founder of several companies, including Sports Lifestyle in Culture SLiC , Business Inside the Game B. Givewith is a social impact technology company that delivers a sustainable source of funding for the critical work of nonprofits while helping companies differentiate themselves from their competition, drive sales, increase profits and positively impact share prices.
Jason Wilk '07, cofounder and CEO of Dave - Banking for Humans, discussed building his company, a leading personal financial management and challenger banking app, named by CNBC as one of the world's most disruptive companies. That was Brandin's mission when he founded Liquid I. After selling over million servings, donating over 2 million servings to people in need around the world, and building an incredible team, he is excited to begin sharing his journey.
Brandin discussed the relentlessness it takes to be an entrepreneur, why the most challenging roadblocks often turn into the biggest opportunities, and how the best leaders inspire greatness in others. Alli Webb, founder of Drybar, shared her entrepreneurial journey and what she's learned by starting and building her business. After 15 years as a professional hair stylist, Alli left the industry to start a family and began offering affordable in-home blowout services. In , she opened the first Drybar in Los Angeles.
With over locations across the U. Jim became passionate about computers at the age of nine. At 22, he designed and managed software for the largest HMOs in the U. At 26, he started his own software company that he later sold for hundreds of millions of dollars. Jim also founded and manages his own groundbreaking venture capital investment company, Kairos Ventures.
Chet Pipkin is more than a tech guy. As founder, chairman and CEO of Belkin International, Pipkin has built a technology empire based on a people-centric approach to innovations and passion for delightful user experiences. Pipkin spoke on the evening of Oct. Throughout his talk, he encouraged the audience to think about passions of their own. Pipkin says there were many times when it looked like the company was going to fail yet he always found a way to keep going.
What I did know is that I wanted to help people. Similar to Steve Jobs, Pipkin has a real appreciation for people and design. In his talk, Pipkin highlighted a few new innovations that Belkin is working on, including a phone charger pad, a Wi-Fi home system and an intelligent home water system that measures water usage from the shower vs.
Jeff Hoffman is good at solving problems. He remembers standing in line for over an hour at the airport just to get his boarding pass printed. To date, Jeff has been involved in eight different startups, with Priceline being his biggest and most successful. Currently, Jeff is a co-founder and partner at ColorJar, the idea accelerator that helps entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses, and he spends a majority of his time speaking around the world and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs.
In , Jeff decided he wanted to devote all of his time and energy to giving back to the field of entrepreneurship. It resulted in a trip to West Africa which turned into a full-fledged world tour of solving problems. Jeff had big dreams as a kid growing up in a small desert town in Arizona. His friends and family even his high school college counselor! It wasn't long before he quit his corporate job at an engineering firm and set his sights on becoming an entrepreneur.
He always liked that entrepreneurs got to design their own future. Outside of the world of technology, Jeff has produced movies including Cabin Fever, produced musical events including concerts, tours and charity events with such artists as Elton John, Britney Spears, NSYNC, and serves on numerous charity and non-profit boards.
Jeff has proven that anyone can accomplish their dreams and that attitude determines your outcome. In the early 90s, Mark Rampolla was fresh out of college and working in Costa Rica as a small business development volunteer with the Peace Corps. He had just graduated from Marquette University and wanted to put his Jesuit business education to good use.
Over the next few years, he lived and traveled extensively throughout Latin America and two things stood out to him: 1 coconuts were everywhere and 2 people were drinking Coca-Cola instead of coconuts — even in tiny remote villages!
This sparked a desire to make a positive impact on the world. Mark started to think about products that could make an economic impact, create jobs and improve public health. Around this time, Vitamin Water was starting to take off and he remembered the coconuts.
How could he make coconut water cool? To get his idea off the ground, he researched other beverage companies like Coca-Cola, Snapple, and Red Bull and learned from their successes.
He discovered that coconuts grow in 85 countries, none of which are wealthy, and he knew his idea had the potential to make a positive impact on the world. He tested ZICO in various markets and discovered it did especially well in yoga studios. Jim Sinegal retired from Costco Wholesale Corporation and currently serves as a company advisor. He served as the CEO of Costco for 27 years and has been a director since its inception. Jim began his career in retail business in As an 18 year-old college student, he went to work for the legendary retail icon Sol Price at the discount store FedMart in San Diego.
Jim worked for Price for almost 30 years before striking out on his own to start Costco with his business partner, Jeff Brotman. In his presentation, Jim walked the audience through the history of Costco and his journey building the company from a small store to what it is today. The company employs over , people worldwide and has earned the reputation as a fair and progressive employer. He is a senior executive in residence at Seattle University's Albers School and serves in a similar capacity at his alma mater, San Diego State University.
Virgin Produced is the film, television and new media content development, packaging and production arm of the Virgin Group. As one of the youngest CEOs in the company, Felts has built Virgin Produced into a global brand that puts quality and innovation first.
Felts announced the winner at the event — Hailey Rowe, a junior entrepreneurship major and aspiring singer. Read the full article. Often cited as the father of the video game industry, Nolan Bushnell is best known as the founder of Atari Corporation and Chuck E.
Over the past four decades he has started more than 20 companies, including Catalyst Technologies, the first Silicon Valley incubator, and Etak, the first digital navigation system. Busnell took the audience through his entrepreneurial endeavors, including selling strawberries door-to-door at age 7, fixing television sets at age 11, selling advertising for Utah State University calendars during college, starting Atari Corporation in the s — where Steve Jobs worked for him — then designing toys and creating robots.
He has advised various organizations and sports properties regarding athlete relationships and the integration of brands with sports and entertainment properties. Not many executives have dramatically and successfully reshaped their companies. He began his career in Kalamazoo, Michigan, when he began selling real estate during the summers while in high school. After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in business in , and following two years as a military police officer during the Korean War, he teamed up with his father to build homes in southern Michigan.
By , he was building apartments. By , his company had built more than 16, apartments in 30 cities across 25 states. He wrote a book called "Risk Only Money" providing lessons on how to find success in business without risking family, friends and reputation. As co-founder of several technology start ups, Brad Keywell is considered one of the most successful serial entrepreneurs of our time. He is most well known for being the co-founder and director of Groupon. Additionally, Keywell is the co-founder and managing partner of Lightbank, a venture fund investing in disruptive technology businesses, the co-founder and director of MediaBank, which provides integrated technology platforms and solutions to the advertising and media buying industry, and the co-founder and director of Echo Global Logistics, a technology-based enterprise transportation management firm.
As founder and chairman of Lumen Legal, David Galbenski has pioneered outsourcing solutions for corporate clients and law firms and transformed the company into one of the most innovative and successful legal services operations in the world!!! Lumen Legal's success is one of many proud achievements in David's ongoing work as a legal industry innovator, thought leader, author, community volunteer and entrepreneur.
He is also past global chairman of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, which has more than 8, members in 40 countries!! She's worked hard over the past few years building awareness by speaking at local schools and growing the magazine's online presence.
Just last month, she fulfilled another dream of hers by launching a print version of the magazine which is being sold at regional grocery stores in south Texas. Toni hopes to expand her magazine's reach to other outlets and regions with a high Latina population. Don Camacho is the president of Camacho's Inc. During his time as the leader of a very successful family business, Camacho has grown the company to a workforce of over with plans for future expansion.
He truly epitomizes what it means to be an entrepreneur in a family business! Internationally acclaimed humanitarian and social entrepreneur Maggy Barankitse has saved over 10, children since the outbreak of the civil war in her native Burundi by building schools, houses and hospitals for people in need!
A winner of the Opus Award for her efforts as a faith-based social entrepreneur, Maggy visited LMU on her first official trip to the U.
Often referred to as the "Angel of Burundi," Maggy is living proof of what one person of faith can do to bring peace and hope to the world! Ken Tarlow knows a thing or two about product development.
At the tender age of seven, he was selling flying toys made from bamboo and balloons in the schoolyard for 20 cents. Since then, he's held numerous design positions, won countless awards and started his own company, Tarlow Design LLC. Tarlow is committed to helping the next generation of innovators turn their ideas into successful business ventures!
Film & Speaker Series
Sustainable Student Action is a club that strives to educate the community on environmental issues and to work on projects that lead to a more sustainable future. Food With Spirit is a Seattle University student club that focuses on sustainable, urban agriculture and food justice. MotMot Coffee is a student-created, student-run Fair Trade coffee enterprise. Students hired to the project gain unparalleled business experience in international business and ethical company management. MotMot takes a student's skills out of the classroom and into the real-world, all the while encouraging other Seattle University students to become ethical consumers.
Past Events
The Robert A. Robert Hauhart, professor of criminal justice, Saint Martin's University, to raise awareness of social justice issues within the community and to honor the work of Dr. This annual series will include four speakers who will speak about a variety of issues that pertain to both local issues, here in Washington State, and across the nation. Admission to lecture series events is free and open to the public. This Harvie Lecture will feature Ms. Iyall will present about tribal sovereignty, the legal and practical fight for indigenous rights locally and across the U. Tuesday, Nov. Special guest speaker, Juan Melendez, spent nearly 18 years on Florida's 'Death Row' for a crime he did not commit, prior to being exonerated in
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Executive Speaker Series: Life Sciences
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Hilton Distinguished Entrepreneur Lecture Series
The series features virtual and in-person speakers and panels with alumni of many of our Undergraduate Studies programs. Join us to learn from their experiences at FSU, their current work, and how you can harness academic engagement for personal success. Submit a Question. Speaker Bio. After interning with our firm as an undergraduate student, she has now officially joined our staff and provides support to our legal and government affairs teams. In addition to her political experience, her past position working for the United Nations has earned her critical research, drafting, and analytical abilities that she now brings to her role at Pittman Law Group.
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In her new, powerful, and timely novel, The Sentence , Erdrich explores how the burdens of history, and especially identity, appropriation, exploitation, and violence done to human beings in the name of justice, manifest in ordinary lives today. In The Hidden Life of Trees , Wohlleben describes what he learned by listening to trees; in his newest work, The Heartbeat of Trees , he delves deeper, drawing on research and new scientific discoveries to show how humans are deeply connected to the natural world. Rita Dove is a celebrated poet, prose writer, editor, musician, and former Poet Laureate of the United States—the youngest to have served in the role. Known for works of lyricism and beauty, Dove applies an unflinching eye to historical and political events.
The Graziadio Executive Speaker Series is a curation of valuable seminars in which various guest speakers bring real-world knowledge and experiential learning to the classroom environment. High-level executives come to campus from a variety of industries to share their business expertise. The one-hour sessions allow leaders to share insight into current and future business trends and the challenges decision-makers face. Singelyn founded American Homes 4 Rent with B. Wayne Hughes in and is a pioneer in the Single-Family Rental home industry. Prior to American Homes 4 Rent, Mr.
The Hilton Distinguished Entrepreneur Lecture Series brings outstanding entrepreneurs from all fields to campus to share their life and work experiences with students, alumni, faculty and staff. Baron Davis is a two-time NBA All-Star, serial entrepreneur, investor and creator of thought-provoking content and digital platforms. In his lecture, "From Athlete to Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur," Davis discussed how he's used his platform to impact society and encourage change. Davis was one of the first athletes to represent himself without an agent and is the founder of several companies, including Sports Lifestyle in Culture SLiC , Business Inside the Game B. Givewith is a social impact technology company that delivers a sustainable source of funding for the critical work of nonprofits while helping companies differentiate themselves from their competition, drive sales, increase profits and positively impact share prices. Jason Wilk '07, cofounder and CEO of Dave - Banking for Humans, discussed building his company, a leading personal financial management and challenger banking app, named by CNBC as one of the world's most disruptive companies.
Or, move your cursor near the tool to display it. This series supports our programs at PLU by bringing executives to campus to share their expertise and insight. We are excited to bring preeminent industry and organizational leaders, students, and selected guests together on the Pacific Lutheran University campus for these evenings. The one-hour sessions offer insight into current issues facing decision-makers.
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