Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Forrester's speaker series continues -- good stuff!

Doug ForresterDoug Forrester (pictured) lost the last Governor's race here in New Jersey. After he lost, though, he didn't just disappear. The Republican former mayor of West Windsor has been a busy guy, and unlike a host of politicians I could name has been active on behalf of entrepreneurs. For instance, he and his wife Andrea are now underwriting the Entrepreneurship for the Public Good program at TCNJ. This program has among its features a regular speaker series, and I attended the most recent forum in this series a few days ago. Forrester was there, and I'm guessing had I not been dressed in a "Ewing Marching Blue Devils" t-shirt and bluejeans, I might've gotten to meet him. :-(

The speakers for the event, and how they define "entrepreneur," are as follows:
Joe Plumeri,
The Willis Group		"A person who assumes financial and emotional risk."
Larry Reed,
Opportunity International		"Someone who can imagine something that is not -- maybe never has been -- and make it happen."
Joan Verplanck,
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce		"...their house on the line, behind a good idea and a passion."
How can I begin to describe what was said among these entrepreneurial big-brains in an hour and a half? All I can tell you is that though there were a paltry 50 people in the audience, most were recharged and reinforced in their desire to change a piece of the world, outside of the context of a larger company. That's what I'm talkin' about!

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