Immigrant Entrepreneur Summit Drake University
November 14, 2009 by Doug Mitchell · Leave a Comment
I had the pleasure today of speaking at the Immigrant Entrepreneur Summit at Drake University. It was a powerful day filled with the entrepreneurial spirit and rugged individualism that makes this country great.
I connected again with the conference organize Ying Sa and her magical company Community CPA that is the driving force and creative vision behind IES.
I also got to connect with Igor Dobrosavljevic and his smart girlfriend (she attended my session 
Suzana. I finally met Justin Volrath too. There was ample opportunity to chat Lori Bosley too from Mojo’s (you have to have their fish tacos!) and Foxboro Business Center. Toni Lampley was here too among others from NAWBO Central Iowa that I met recently when I spoke to their group.
So the bottom line is that I spent the day absorbing the power and spirit of Central Iowa’s rich immigrant community and participating in the awesome collision of the ON and OFFLINE worlds. What a day! I hope I can come back again next year and have stories to tell about how many immigrant entrepreneurs we guided into online findability bliss. Thanks so much for asking me to participate. Videos below. It seems the recordings broke into 2 pieces on their own. Sorry for the quality and the walking off camera…I just set up the Mac book on a whim to provide a record of this talk for my guests. No paper!
Cheers
create WOW media Chief Brand Amplifier Doug Mitchell Speaks at Drake on Entrepreneurship
November 25, 2008 by Doug Mitchell · 1 Comment
Tom Swartwood was gracious enough to ask me to speak at his Drake Entrepreneurship class on November 18, 2008. It’s been a while since I interacted with a room full of 18-22 year olds and even though I pride myself on being fairly savvy…there were moments when I felt like the guy with Bermuda shorts and loafers.
The message of the talk was that entrepreneurs need to ASK for help. It shows strength…not weakness…to demonstrate your desire to make progress.
If you have a few moments, take a peek at the video.
