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Global Business Education Initiative @ The LaSalle Instititue

Mar 9 @ 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM

The Global Business Education Initiative is the next step of the LaSalle Institute business program. It will bring
the global business community and high school business academics together in a collaborative
environment. The business leaders who collaborate with the business program at La Salle recognize the
importance of beginning earlier in the education process of students who will become the business
leaders of the future. The goal in the future is to also develop collaborative environments with business
education at schools around the USA and globally.

8:30 am begins with an invocation from our campus minister, introductions, and brief statements from
Michael Levy, Business Department Chair and the principal of La Salle Institute, Joseph Raczkowski
8:45 am press conference with media.
9:00 – 9:45 am question and answers from media and students.
9:45 – 10:00 am short break.
10:00 am – 11:00 panel discussion with all of the businesses on the global market, entrepreneurship in
the 21st century, and bridging the international gap.
11:00 to 12:00 break into groups with a business leader and a group of students for a give and take
session.
12:00 – 12: 30 lunch
12:30 – 2:15 project work with the business students and business leaders.
2:15 – 2:30 closing statements.

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Lunch To Learn @ Crandall Library

Tickets

Mar 13 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

The Myths About Scaling Up

What the Big Players Won’t Tell You

At this Lunch To Learn, Deb Morris, Co-Founder & President of Barkeater Chocolates, LLC will walk you through her journey from start-up to getting by to getting ahead. Since 2008, Barkeater Chocolates has been making the world’s most FlavorWow™ chocolates, and had to find out the hard way that getting ahead is a different journey for every business. Doing things the way everyone else does often leads to failure (and Barkeater has made many mistakes). Learn about the pitfalls of scaling up and how “making it big” is sometimes code for “losing your shirt.” Whether you’ve already figured this out or are just starting out, we’ll share & discuss how to avoid the common mistakes many businesses make by trying to be all things to all people.