Business Book Roundtable

Cash And Control—You Can Have Both by Stefania Aulicino, '79

April 28, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Where:

U of C Gleacher Center
Book Store, First Floor
450 North Cityfront Plaza
Chicago, Illinois

Program:

6:00 pm
Meet the Author, followed by presentation and book signing

Cost:

No Charge

Registration:

Register Online

Questions:

Mary Kupjack, '79
773.935.7221
mckupjk@aol.com

Event Details:

Cash And Control— You Can Have Both!
An Unconventional Process for Finding Money to Grow your Business, by Stefania Aulicino.

Most entrepreneurs say its difficult to raise venture capital and definitely impossible to control their own business if they do. Stefania turns this convention on its head. A serial entrepreneur and Wall Street insider shares her transformational process that has successfully worked for business builders, having raising $125 million in venture funding that keeps the entrepreneur in control. This book is your guide for profitable growth, faster, safer than you every thought possible. An opportunity to meet a U of C, GSB Alumna author in a casual setting at the Gleacher Center Bookstore. This event is co-sponsored by GSB Business Book Roundtable and the U of C Gleacher Center Bookstore.

Entrepreneurs make things happen. They form companies. They create jobs. They move the future into the present. In order to accomplish all this they need cash (fuel for the entrepreneurial engine) and control (the freedom to exercise their talents and express their vision). The Entrepreneur's Advocate Stefania Aulicino turns conventional wisdom on its head in this profound book. The entrepreneur—not financing—is really the scarce commodity. Entrepreneurs do not have to give up control of their firms in order to secure financing. It, s harder to run a small business than it is to grow it into a big business. Let's set the stage: Imagine a place where entrepreneurial vision is recognized as currency; where 5- and 10-year plans are accomplished in 2 to 3 years; where business owners don't have to give up control to secure financing; where financiers regularly offer more capital than business owners seek; where special techniques, unknown in the outside world, allow entrepreneurs to test the marketplace without experimenting with their own companies; where owners are not held hostage to capital; where the business visionaries—not the bean counters—determine which opportunities will be captured; where entrepreneurs achieve profitable growth—faster and safer than others believe is possible; where quantum leaps—in productivity and profitability—are not the exception, but the norm. For most, this is an unattainable fantasy. But for Stefania Aulicino's clients, it's a reality.

Join us on a journey you will not soon forget. A journey open only to the most highly evolved beings on the planet: Entrepreneurs. And only those entrepreneurs willing to liberate their vision, and who have the courage to overcome the fears that hold themselves and their companies back.

Author Profile
Stefania Aulicino, is one of a handful of people qualified to catalyze those firms and CEOs who truly have a shot at becoming $100 million businesses. As a former Wall Street investment banker and serial entrepreneur, Stefania is a growth specialist, helping privately held companies design strategies to unlock their full growth and profit potential. When those strategies require funding, she is expert in securing capital, having raised $125+million equity for clients, that preserves management control. She created and directs the Mind Your Own Business Program for CEOs, sponsored by the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, her alma mater.