Registrations are coming in, so if you’re considering, I nudge a quick Yes! See you there.

Previous post detail:  Do you lead a middle market private company? I have worked with entrepreneurs and their employees for over a quarter century now, and I have never been more excited to introduce you to a Success Story Entrepreneur. Mark Fitzpatrick grew his company from $0 to $30M revenues in 18 months during the current global recession!

The company isn’t a garage innovation disruptive technology killer app, either. It’s storefront, folks. Mark has flown in to Colorado to share with business owners what it takes to grow a healthy, vibrant, recession-resistant and profitable company. I’ll bet it’s not what you think… and more than you imagined!

If you’re in the Denver / Boulder area, you have 2 coffee talks when you can hear a success story entrepreneur tell how he grew his non-internet company during the ongoing Great Recession. Come listen over coffee July 29 in Westminster or July 30 in Boulder, 8:00 am.

http://growthcurveinstitute.com/Sustainable_Growth_Speaker_Series.html (Seating limited so please register)

A colleague, friend, and master mind peer, James Fischer, is the founder of the Growth Curve Institute. He consulted with Mark Fitzpatrick to navigate the strategic, cultural, financial, and operational growth curves of Mark’s company.

If you attend, you’ll also receive a copy of James’ book, Navigating the Growth Curve. It detail the processes Mark and James used to growth this success story company.

I’ll be there. Hope you are, too! Trina, your occasional blogger.

Happy New Year!

What an interesting ride we are all having together. I have been doing so much private writing and creating that I have been neglecting my blog and networks a bit, but much is coalescing and I am confident the best is yet to come….

Many of you have asked about my 2-day course for the University of Wisconsin, interested but unable to make the class. It is available as a custom inhouse offer, and will also be offered again May 19-20, 2009 in Milwaukee.

In the meantime, I wanted to extend an invitation to an extraordinary evening! This is a unique event because yours truly is featured in the book! If you conduct a series of 50 interviews with experts in a specific field, will it change your life? Brian Schwartz believes it will.

After going through this process himself, he is so convinced about its effectiveness that he wrote a book about it and is now building a business around it. Brian Schwartz, the author of 50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs has interviewed 50 entrepreneurs about their challenges as well as their rewards. He got advice from people who stood in his shoes, felt the same fears, and went through the same challenges.

On January 19, 2009, Brian Schwartz will be demonstrating the process used to create 50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs by interviewing a panel of entrepreneurs unscripted & LIVE during Startup Junkie Underground, a monthly series hosted by The DaVinci Institute in the Denver area (Westminster, for us Colorado folks). https:www.davinciinstitute.com

Brian will also share the truths and insights he uncovered upon interviewing over 50 entrepreneurs. The intent of 50 interviews is NOT to simply offer another book of useful advice (although it is full of useful real-world wisdom). There’s already an ample supply of books that provide all the self-help tidbits you will ever need (in fact, you will get a list of recommendations from the interviewees themselves). Rather 50 Interviews serves as a catalyst for the reader to discover his or her own answers, as we often learn the most about ourselves through observing others. The compilation of over 50 interviews offers the reader endless opportunities to observe skilled, successful, and fulfilled individuals to discover something new about their own life. The framework is one that anyone can apply immediately to immerse themselves in practically any passion.

Every interview was conducted in 2008, and many of the names will be familiar to you, so the content will be highly relevant and applicable. The cost of the event is $25 if you are not already a member of the DaVinci Institute, and will include a $10 credit for all attendees towards the purchase of the book. In the meantime, if you’re not in Colorado or can’t attend, but are intrigued…. you can join the 50 Interviews community on: Facebook Linked In Twitter Happy new year! Let’s make 2009 the best one yet.