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Graceland University's Sandage Center for the Study of Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship and GU SIFE invite you to attend the 17th Annual Entrepreneurial Roundtable. This outstanding event will be held on Thursday, April 10th on Graceland's Lamoni, Iowa campus.

Thanks to the generosity of several key donors, this event is free for all adults registering before Friday, April 4th. Dress is business casual.

This year’s Roundtable will be a tremendous opportunity for business professionals, entrepreneurs, faculty, high school and college students to network/explore/learn. Attendees will be able to interact with exceptional breakout session experts as well as participate in a new Lamoni Case Study Learning Activity and a Speed Networking activity. No matter what your profession or position in life, if you have the entrepreneurial spirit, you won’t want to miss this opportunity!


Event Registration Opens at 8:30 a.m. in the Shaw Center for the Performing Arts.

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Full Roundtable Schedule and Room Assignments

Keynote Speaker: Johnny Huntsman, Founder of
Johnny's Pizza

Breakout Topics: Experts

Women in Business: LouAnn Muir-Hutchinson , GPHR Vice-President,    Consulting Services, Veritude, Fidelity Investments

Marketing on a Shoestring, Bob White , President/CEO, IDEX

Buying a Franchise: Brad Johnson , Account Executive,            Prudential Real Estate Affiliates

Student Entrepreneurship: Diana Reed , Miss Iowa 2007/Founder,    Diana’s Golden Twirlers

Monetize the Web: GU SIFE Lamoni Online Team

Social/Non-Profit Entrepreneurship:, Ruth Siegfried , Founder/CEO,   SharpVisions

This year we’re trying something new, a Lamoni Economic Development Case Study Activity! By engaging students, community members, external experts, faculty and other professionals in this activity we believe there will be significant opportunities for learning, solution building and networking. We want to engage all participants in discussion and brainstorming related to Lamoni development topics. We believe it will also result in action plans that various stakeholders in Lamoni can review and potentially implement.

Case Study topics may include:

• Downtown retail business environment• Job Creation/Development• Interstate to downtown corridor development• Housing Development• Branding• Community Schools• e-Commerce• Lamoni/Graceland Synergy• Health/Wellness/Recreation• Culture/Entertainment Development