Cornell Hotel School Announces New "Conversations with Entrepreneurs" Series
ITHACA, NY, March 30, 2006. The Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell's School of Hotel Administration is launching a new speaker series this spring titled "Conversations with Entrepreneurs." Each month during the academic year different hospitality entrepreneurs will visit the School to describe how they conceived an entrepreneurial vision and transformed that vision into an extraordinary business success. Entrepreneurs will also provide guidance and insight directly to students who have entrepreneurial aspirations.
"The 'Conversations with Entrepreneurs' series reflects the Cornell Hotel School's mission to reinforce its commitment to the vital discipline of entrepreneurship," stated Cathy Enz, associate dean for industry research and affairs at the School. "Through this program, our students will benefit greatly from intimate interactions with entrepreneurs who have been distinctly successful in shaping and growing our industry."
Mr. Lee Stein, managing partner, Virtual Group, LLC, will launch the series with his talk on April 5, to be held from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., in 565 Statler Hall of the School of Hotel Administration. A serial entrepreneur, Stein has conceived and implemented successful ventures in entertainment finance, internet commerce, real estate financing and development, environmental entrepreneurship, hospitality, and integrative medicine.
Stein's newest creation, Prize Capital, will capitalize global competitions designed to find solutions for some of the world's most challenging problems in health, science and technology. Stein is an attorney and a member of the Bar of the State of California and the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. For more information on this speakers series, please contact the Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at 607.255.0179.
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