Nov 6

"Old Masters" visit ENTR 200! Glenn Campbell and Mike Jackson will visit our class to talk to us about innovation. Don't miss it!

Glenn Campbell - Chief Operating Officer for Lids and Co-Founder for Hat World, Inc.>/p>

Glenn Campbell is one of the co-founders of Hat World and is responsible for the company's operations, including store operations, buying, merchandising and marketing. Prior to being named COO in October of 2005, Glenn was responsible for Hat World's strategic product positioning and for managing the Hat World buying, merchandising and marketing team as Vice President and General Merchandise Manager. Glenn was recognized as one of Ernst & Young's "Indiana's Heartland's Entrepreneurs of the Year" in 1999 and 2002. He was also inducted into Indiana's 40 under 40 in 2002. Hat World was named to Inc. Magazine's "Inc. 500" and ranked 50th in 2002. Prior to co-founding Hat World in 1995, Campbell spent eight years as a Manager at Foot Locker, one of the nation's leading sports retailers. During that successful career, Campbell was Manager of the Year for the Midwest Region in 1994. He is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor's degree in Marketing. He is married and has four children.

Mike Jackson - President & CEO of ABG, Inc. & Adayana, Inc.

Mike Jackson currently serves as CEO and President of ABG, Inc. and its parent company, Adayana, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for all of the company's business which includes consulting practices in defense, government, and automotive. Additionally, he led ABG, Inc. to becoming the leading vertical market management consulting company focusing on the food, agribusiness and life sciences industries. Outside of his Adayana company duties, Mr. Jackson is an internationally known management and marketing consultant, speaker, and author. He received the Alpha Zeta Centennial Honor Roll in 1997, the Indiana FFA/Ag Education Distinguished Service Award in 2003, the National Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity "Brother of the Century" designation in 2004, and the Honorary American FFA Degree from the National FFA Organization in 2005. Mike Jackson received a B.S. degree in Agriculture Economics with highest distinction from Purdue in 1979. At Purdue, he was very involved in Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, traveled the U.S. and abroad as National FFA Secretary, and served in the Student Senate. He was also selected as a Host for the Old Masters Program and later served on its Central Committee. Mr. Jackson was the Purdue Student Body President in 1977. His scholastic and leadership honoraries include Phi Eta Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, Gimlet, Phi Kappa Phi, Mortar Board, and Iron Key. Upon graduation, he received the Outstanding Senior Award from the Ag Econ Department and the Grand Prix Foundation and also received the G.A. Ross Award as the Outstanding Senior Man in the Purdue class of 1979.

Be sure to complete the Chapter 9 quiz before class.

• Reading: Chapter 9, "Building a New-Venture Team" (Entreprenuership: Successfully Launching New Ventures)
• Reading Response Prompt: What are some of the qualities that you would look for in your new venture team? Why? Would it be a homogeneous or heterogeneous team? Why? Suggested Tag: new venture team
• Complete Reading Quiz 9 (for Chapter 9 from Entreprenuership: Successfully Launching New Ventures)

Nov 8

In-Class: Ad-Hoc Presentations on Disruptive Technologies and Innovations.
Facebook: Steph and Megan

Success and Failure Case Presentations
"Garden.Com": Patrick and Ben

The answer key for the last reading quiz is now posted as a PDF attachment to the quiz.
Please note that the Chapter 10 Reading Quiz is due before class on next Tuesday. The quiz will be posted by Saturday at 5 p.m., with the link appearing on the calendar.