Cofounder of a recent new business launch described by its lead underwriter as "one of the most successful IPOs no one ever heard of" discusses creating and building a new venture.
Event Details
What could be a viable next step for a successful knowledge professional whose employer was sold out from under him? Perhaps founding a firm about whose envisioned products and potential customers within a tradition-bound industry he knows little, if anything?
Our speaker's story will show the power of a good idea, backed by meticulous research on the opening available for technological transformation of business practice. It can serve as a possible blueprint for Chicagoland's renewed via business creation, playing to traditional strengths in b-to-b sales and the streamlining of back-office operations. And confirms the successful entrepreneurial playbook truly lacks any page detailing how to take no for an answer.
Booth alumni, faculty and students: $15 thru Jan 13, then $20.
General public: $20 thru Jan 13, then $25.
Registration
Register Online
• Dress is business casual
Deadline: 1/18/2016
Program
6:15 PM-7:00 PM: Networking with light refreshments
7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Presentation
Speaker Profiles
William Eichorn (Speaker)
Former EVP, Textura, Textura
http://www.texturacorp.com/
Eichorn together with two partners founded Textura, a leading provider of collaborative software for the construction industry that was one of Chicago's fastest growing firms when he retired from the firm in 2015. Prior to Textura, he was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, a consultant for McKinsey & Company, a senior strategy partner for Computer Sciences Corp. and a systems engineering manager at IBM. He earned his BA at Brandeis University and MBA at University of Chicago Booth School.