Entrepreneurial Experts at Finlandia April 8
HANCOCK – Two entrepreneurial experts will discuss how colleges and communities can support small businesses and student entrepreneurs at a public presentation April 8, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. in the ground-level auditorium at the Finlandia University Portage Campus, Hancock.
Lynn Jahn from University of Iowa, and Joseph Roberts from Columbia College, Chicago, will also lead a discussion with Finlandia faculty and interested students about how Finlandia University can enhance its entrepreneurial services. Their visit is sponsored by the Coleman Foundation.
“We especially want to make Finlandia’s small business incubator attractive to our students,” said Bonnie Holland, director of Finlandia’s Jutila Center for Global Design and Business. “Lynn and Joseph work in universities that have set up very successful incubators and small business resource centers. They’ll have some insightful information to share with us.”
Jahn directs the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC) at University of Iowa, one of the first entrepreneurship programs in the country to integrate entrepreneurship education with business, engineering, health sciences, and liberal arts and sciences.
Roberts is director of the Arts Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia College, a business counseling center especially for arts and entertainment businesses.
Dr. Roberts is a tenured professor in the Arts Management Department of Columbia College where he is the Coleman Foundation Professor of Arts Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. Roberts has been the driving force behind a number of entrepreneurship development and training programs in the Chicago area. He is also the president of USA Inc., a Chicago area financial consulting services company established in 1987.
Lynn Jahn is an instructor of entrepreneurial subjects at the University of Iowa. Her areas of expertise include consumer product marketing, software development, entrepreneurship, and team building and team dynamics. At the University of Iowa, she is the managing director of JPEC and the Bedell Entrepreneurship Learning Laboratory (BELL). Jahn is a successful entrepreneur and was vice president for The Learning Company, a major worldwide provider of teaching and learning software.
For more information, please contact Bonnie Holland, director of the Finlandia University Jutila Center for Global Design and Business, at 906-487-7344 or bonnie.holland@finlandia.edu.
