Taking the Plunge: WITI Members Share Their Experiences Starting a New Business
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
7:30 a.m.
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Have the urge to work for yourself but having trouble finding the time or the courage to start your own business? Come join us for breakfast as Heather Robinson and Mindy Davis talk about how they successfully launched their businesses.
Featured Speaker(s)
Heather Robinson, an Internet entrepreneur, has created an advertising website for both national and local service vendors involved in the Multifamily Housing Industry. In that industry, she began her Internet career in 1999, with sales and marketing for a new start-up company. Five years later the start-up was sold to eBay. That experience led Heather to join another start-up in the concept stage and upon launch, determined that is was time to head her own Internet business.
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Mindy Davis started Peels on Wheels in 2006. Peels on Wheels helps beauty seekers and busy bees stay perfectly pampered with its mobile micordermabrasion and beauty services. As a registered nurse, Mindy now makes microdermabrasion available anywhere BUT a doctor's office with her new mobile services now catering to events and individuals from Santa Barbara to Orange County.
With more than 15 years of experience, Mindy has now gone out on her own, and has expanded her idea to bring on other mobile beauty services: mobile massage, mobile mani/pedi, mobile hair services, mobile make-up application, and soon mobile personal training services.
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Matt Crowley is a corporate lawyer who works closely with entrepreneurs. Mr. Crowley practiced securities, venture capital and mergers & acquisitions law in San Francisco with Pillsbury Madison & Sutro and Morrison & Foerster from 1993 to 2001, during the height of the dot.com boom. In 2001, Mr. Crowley took a senior management position with a client, Evoke Software, as their first general counsel. After assisting Evoke with positioning itself for sale in 2004, Mr. Crowley joined Technicolor's DVD manufacturing division ($2 billion annual revenue) as their lead lawyer. Mr. Crowley entered solo practice as a business lawyer for entrepreneurs in 2006.
Mr. Crowley received his business degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1990. Mr. Crowley earned his law degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1993.
Schedule of Events
7:30 am -- networking
8:00 am -- panel discussion
8:45 am -- Q&A
8:45-9:30 am -- additional networking
Location & Details
The Community Room (Sherman Oaks Galleria)
15301 Ventura Blvd., Rotunda Area
Sherman Oaks, California 91403
DIRECTIONS TO THE PROPERTY & COMMUNITY ROOM
Address:
15301 Ventura Blvd., Rotunda Area, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Community Room Location:
The Community Room is located on the first (1st) floor of Property and in the Rotunda (circular) area left of the escalators. It is just beyond the Bank of America ATM.
From Ventura Area: Take 101 South/East. Exit Haskell; Turn Left. At Ventura Blvd. turn left. About one and a half blocks you will drive under the 405 freeway overpass and see a light/street called “Galleria Lane”; Turn Left. This will bring you to the parking facilities (Valet Parking), which is the closest area to the Community Room. You can ask a parking attendant to direct you to the nearest self-parking area.
From Northridge/Sylmar/Valencia: Take 405 South. Exit Burbank Blvd. Turn left. At Sepulveda turn Right. You will drive 3 to 5 commercial blocks and when you pass Galleria Gateway you will see Valet parking entrance on your right hand side. After entering the structure drive straight and then left for the Valet parking or straight and right for the self parking. Walk toward the valet parking and take elevator or escalator up to the first (1st) floor. The Community room is located next to the Bank of America ATM.
From Glendale/Pasadena/Hollywood/L.A.: Take 101 North. Exit at Sepulveda Blvd. Turn Left. After passing Galleria Gateway you will see Valet parking entrance on your right hand side. After entering the structure drive straight and left toward the Valet parking or straight and right towards self parking.
From Santa Monica: Take 405 North. Exit Ventura Blvd. Turn Left. The off ramp will leave you on Sepulveda Blvd. Turn Left at the Corner of Ventura and Sepulveda and turn right at “Galleria Lane”. This will bring you to the Valet parking.
To get to the Community Room:
Going up the Escalator: Turn Right off the escalator on the first (1st) level and it will be just beyond the Bank of America ATM.
- $25.00 for WITI Members
- $45.00 for Non-members
Online Registration Closed
