The seminar examines the reasons why companies fail at every stage of the business life cycle - from the start-up phase through growth and maturity – and how to confront problems stemming from financial distress before they spin out of control. Panelists will explain why two out of three start-ups fail as well as the key factors that precipitate failure in the growth/maturity stages, illustrating with anecdotes and brief case studies involving major strategic blunders by failing corporations. They will address the lessons that can be learned from these examples, and how best to avoid those mistakes and outcomes in your own business.

Where

Gleacher Center
Room 600
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, Illinois

Cost

$20 Chicago Booth Alumni Club Members and Booth Students

$30 All Others

Registration

Register Online

Deadline: 3/19/2012

Program

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Light Dinner will be served

Speaker Profiles

Craig Dean (Speaker)
Principal, AEG Partners

http://www.aegpartners.com/aboutus/ourleadership/craig_dean

 

Rebecca Fruchtman (Speaker)
Founding Partner, Baer HIggins Fruchtman, LLC

http://www.bhflaw.net/rf_profile.htm

 

Bradley Pickard (Speaker)
Principal, Access Value Investors LLC

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brad-pickard/12/779/88b

Elizabeth Bleakley (Moderator) '02
Principal, Kopecky Schumacher Bleakley Rosenburg PC
http://www.ksblegal.com

Questions

Elizabeth Bleakley, '02 
President, Chicago Booth Alumni Club
312-636-6684