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Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series: Tom Stemberg

Jennifer Beall '10 is named a Levy Entrepreneur Associate.
The Financial Times ran a story about the NBA High Growth Entrepreneurship program.

The NBA Players Association in partnership with the Levy Institute hosted NBA players for the High-Growth Entrepreneurship program in July 2008. Read the recap.

Dean Dipak C. Jain and Patrick G. Ryan '59 received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award in the "Supporter" category during a gala event in Chicago, June 2008.

Steve Rogers was inducted into the Minority Business Hall of Fame. May, 2008

Professor Steve Rogers and many Levy Institute faculty educated current and retired NFL players at the annual High-Growth Entrepreneurship Education session. March, 2008. See a news clip by CBS Channel 2 in Chicago.

Professor Rogers speaks on the business of media in a Media Management Center Faculty Focus article. (February, 2008)
Hear more about the "Kellogg on New Directions in Management" special one-time entrepreneurship educational event.

Maxine Clark, founder, Chief Executive Bear and Chairman, Build-a-Bear Workshop, riveted Kellogg School and Northwestern students on April 28, 2008 in a Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series event hosted by Professor Lloyd Shefsky. See the Daily Northwestern article.

Vison Point of Sale, founded by Frank Muscarello '04 (EMP), was listed among the INC 5000 fastest growing companies in the U.S. Vision POS was also listed among the top 100 in the Electronics and Computers category. August 2008

Dean Emeritus Donald P. Jacobs accepted the Master Entrepreneur award at the 5th Annual Kellogg Alumni Entrepreneur Conference, May 29, 2008. Dean Dipak Jain, Professor Steven Rogers, Olin School of Business Dean Emeritus Stuart Greenbaum, five distinguished professors, 25 panelists and 250 attendees, including alumni, students and guests all celebrated the occasion. Go to the conference website for speaker and panel information on "Global Entrepreneurship." See the recap article.

Congratulations John Aiello '95, co-founder, SAVO Group, for receiving the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center's inaugural 2008 Merrick Momentum Award at the CEC's gala dinner, March 4, 2008.

Nick Fera '99, co-founder, Parlano, Inc., received a Certificate of Achievement as Entrepreneur In Residence at the Levy Insitute. (February, 2008). See a list of EIRs.

Professor Steve Rogers and many Levy Institute faculty educated current and retired NFL players at the annual High-Growth Entrepreneurship Education session. March, 2008. See a news clip by CBS Channel 2 in Chicago.

Professor Lloyd Shefsky, co-director of the Center for Family Business, published an article in Family Business Magazine (Fall 2007) related to compensating siblings in high-growth family ventures

The Chicago Urban League profiled Professor Steven Rogers in its Leadership Series. (7/25/07)

The Chicago Urban League and Kellogg announce partnership supporting new economic empowerment initiative. Chicago Tribune 2/9/07

Professor John Ward gave a keynote address to the family business Eclipse in Rockford, Ill. as it celebrated 100 continuous years, a milestone reached by 3 out of 10 family businesses. (October 2007)

Congratulations to the Kellogg team of Savinay Berry, Akbar Bhaidani, Jonathan Hornaday, Heidi Lubin, and Kevin Van Culin on winning the Sustainable Venture Capital Investment Competition. The second annual competition was hosted by Kenan-Flagler at the University of North Carolina. 4/5/2007

Professor Barry Merkin traveled to Kenya on a Tour De KAE to visit One Acre Fund and founder Andrew Youn '06. (see photos)

CNBC's highly acclaimed "Power Lunch - Making Money in America Series" featured Professor William P. Sutter, Jr. , partner at Hopewell Ventures, during its live broadcast from Chicago's Navy Pier on Friday, September 7, at 11 a.m. CST.

Kellogg alumni entrepreneur and a 2007 recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Ron Gavillet '95, co-founder and General Counsel of Neutral Tandem, updated his company's S-1 filing to go public. (8/13/07).

Black Enterprise Magazine's annual ranking of investment banks put Loop Capital Markets, Jim Reynolds '82, Founder and CEO, at #2 with 70 employees and $124.8 billion in managed issues (June 2007).

Sunil Hirani '94, founder and CEO of Creditex Group Inc. in New York, is the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrpreneur of the Year 2007 Award for financial services in the metropolitan New York Area.

Toronto-based Executive MBAs at the joint Schulich/Kellogg School of Management awarded Professor Steven Rogers his 15th professor of the year award. He gave the Dean's address at graduation this past Friday. (October 19, 2007)

Doug Cook '98 and his company, Feldco Factory Direct, was recognized as the 2007 Window and Door Company of the Year in the homeowner market, the highest recognition awarded in its industry. (October 2007)

Professor James B. Shein was appointed to the Board of Directors of Atari, Inc. (October 2007)

Ajay Chawan '03, founder of Saatwic Foods, took second place in Fortune Small Business' 5th annual business plan competition in New York City.

The graduating class from the Joint Kellogg Schulich Executive MBA Program in Toronto, Canada voted Steve Rogers as the Kellogg Professor of the Year. This is the third year in a row students have awarded him this honor and 15th Executive MBA honor.

Kellogg alumni businesses, GoPicnic and NeatOh!, took two of thirteen 2007 INNOVATE Illinois awards in July, 2007. Each of the selected finalist companies will begin an accelerated six-month program that includes mentoring, growth plans, access to sales and capital opportunities, education and peer-to-peer networking. In addition, each participant will receive a $10,000 grant to develop and execute a strategic project and a stipend to travel to three regions throughout the program.

Cliff Goins IV '01, co-owner of Sincere Milk Christian Stores, writes a column relating the case method to his entrepreneurial approach. Download the PDF here.

The Fourth Annual Kellogg Alumni Entrepreneur Conference was held at the James L. Allen Center in Evanston, Illinois on Wednesday, May 30. Professor Steve Rogers and Patrick G. Ryan '59 kicked off a lively annual conference, with 250 attendees and 14 Marketplace companies. See the article on their messages.

The finals of the Kellogg Cup Business Plan Competition occurred.Five Kellogg students David Hegarty, Ryan Kaiser, Scott Orn, Aaron Schweifler and Jill Zeldin (all ’07) formed Crux, the beverage that alleviates hangovers, and took first prize of $7,000 in the Kellogg Cup Business Plan competition on May 30, 2007. Patrick G. Ryan '59, Founder and Executive Chairman, Aon Corporation gave the morning keynote address and Venita Fields gave the mid-day keynote.

Turnaround Management Conference : Leading Corporate Renewal- April 25, 2007- Inaugural Event featured Steve Miller, CEO, Delphi, Glenn Tilton, CEO United Airlines, and Diane Swonk, Chief Economist, Mesirow Financial

Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Wayne Huizenga addressed the NFL players at the Allen Center. April, 2007

The Levy Entrepreneur Associate Program recognizes Sandra Anderson '07, Brian Lau '07, Paul Smith '07 and Marina Rabinovich (TMP) for their efforts during the winter quarter.

San Diego Chargers Defensive End Luis Castillo speaks about the difference his Kellogg education made for him. 4/17/2007

News hit CBS of the NFL Players, who took a 4-day course on entrepreneurship and management at Kellogg under Professor Steven Rogers' leadership. April, 2007

Ivy Walker '98, co-founder of Taylor Group LLC, hosted a breakfast panel, moderated by Professor Steven Rogers, called Innovative Ways to Build Meaningful Relationships between Corporations and Minority Businesses on March 2, 2007. Emerald Morrow (Medill '07) covered the story in B2B Magazine.

See the Google Video with Kellogg Alumni Entrepreneurs sharing stories of their involvement with the Larry and Carol Levy Institute.

More than 2,000 people gathered when the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center honored (l-r) Larry Levy '67, Founder and Chairman, Levy Restaurants and Founder and CEO, The Levy Organization; Richard Kiphart, Principal and Head of Corporate Finance, William Blair & Company; and Michael Krasny, Founder and former CEO, CDW Corporation and Founder and Chairman, Circle of Service Foundation. The February 6 event recognized Levy, Kiphart and Krasny for exemplifying the highest standards of commitment, integrity and respect for business, community and philanthropy. For more photos and information, see www.hmfi.org.

David Oreck, founder of Oreck Vacuum Cleaners, spoke as a Distringuished Entrepreneur Speaker at Kellogg. 4/16/07

Professor Lloyd Shefsky's China book tour reveals successful entrepreneurs everywhere. 4/12/07

EntrepreneurshipWeek USA, a national celebration of entrepreneurial spirit, has a hub of activity in Evanston and Chicago. See the website for information on all programs.

Levy Institute Content Manager Emerald Morrow (Medill '07) writes about Jack Philbin KSM '07, founder of Vibes Media in Crain's BtoB magazine. 2/7/07

The Kauffman Foundation spotlights Larry Levy '67 regarding his endowment of the Larry and Carol Levy Institute.

Also see a 4:16 video clip (Real format) of Kellogg students (recent alumni now) Ron Richmeier '05, Wes Shepherd '06, Thane Gauthier '05, and Brad Morehead '05.

The EMP 64 Class that graduated Dec. 8, 2006, voted Steve Rogers Professor of the Year. This is the 15th time that an EMP class has recognized him.

Jimmy Zakoor '90 is featured in a Levy Institute Alumni Spotlight. (11/6/06)

Congratulations to recent victorious Kellogg teams:Team Tokyo Drift won the Venture Capital Competition and proceeds to a regional competition in Denver, Colo. on February 8, 2007. Kellogg students took first place in the annual Restructuring Case Competition.

Northwestern University School of Law Small Business Opportunity Conference was February 17, 9:15-4:00 PM at the NU School of Law Atrium. This annual conference featured keynote speaker Matt Ferguson, CEO of Careerbuilder.com and panels on Obtaining Private Equity and Venture Financing, Women in Entrepreneurship, Legal Issues in Staffing and Executive Compensation, Leveraging Intellectual Property and many more. See attached flyer for more information.

The Entrepreneur's Holiday Bookshelf from BusinessWeek Dec. 7, 2006: B-school profs including Steve Rogers name the one title they would make required reading for entrepreneurs. Don't worry, they didn't all pick heavy textbooks.

Doug Cook '98, Owner, Feldco Factory Direct, is featured in an industry spotlight with Brad Morehead '05. See the article (PDF).

A group of Larry and Carol Levy's friends gave a year-end gift of $200,000 in their honor to the Larry and Carol Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice. We wish to acknowledge Jeff Jacobs for organizing the group gift, as well as every contributor for putting resources to work in support of entrepreneurial education at Kellogg.

Northwestern University's Nanotech Institute and Kellogg teamed up for science presentations and business plan idea generation Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 6:00 PM, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston Campus. See the agenda here.

Professor Barry Merkin led a group of 13 Kellogg students to visit John Canning, founder of Madison Dearborn Partners and Northwestern University Trustee, as the start of a monthly meeting. (10/30/06)

Jack Philbin '07, co-founder of Vibes Media, is named one of Crain Chicago Business 40 Under 40.

Andrew Youn '06 is interviewed on Chicago's CBS station for an update on his work in Africa.

Andrew Youn '06 appears on Chicago Public Radio, September 21, 2006, discussing One Acre Fund's work eliminating chronic hunger in Africa.

John Wood '89, founder of Room to Read, is featured (again!) in a full-length article about his tireless work to bring reading to under-reached populations around the world.

The Joint Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA students voted Professor Steven Rogers the professor of the year, for the 14th time! (10/25/06)

Crain's Chicago Business reported that the Kellogg School's entrepreneurship program is ranked #1 compared to other Chicago business school programs, as part of a #1 ranking for Kellogg overall. (10/16/06)

Augie Nieto, founder of Life Fitness, CEO of Octane Fitness, and spokesperson for Augie's Quest, an initiative of the MDA to raise funds for research on ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) spoke at Kellogg on Friday, October 6, 2006. Augie and his wife Lynne discussed "Success and Significance."

David Milestone '07, on volunteer duty with TechnoServe, ran a business plan competition in Ghana this summer.

Twelve students from the Class of '07 completed summer internships through the Levy Institute on the Private Equity side and the Entrepreneurship side. They presented summaries of their experiences on September 27 and October 4 in Room 518.

Entrepreneur Magazine and Princeton Review rank Kellogg #3 in the U.S. for graduate entrepreneurship programs (October 2006). This is the highest ranking achieved to date.

More than 70 Notable Speakers and guests of the Levy Institute attended a reception on September 18 at the Allen Center (see photos). Professors Steve Rogers, Barry Merkin and Scott Stern addressed the audience with Senior Associate Dean Sunil Chopra.

John Aiello '95, founder of SAVO Group, is interviewed by the Illinois Venture Capital Association about accepting $10 million in funding from a fellow Kellogg alum at Sterling Capital.

Andrew Youn '06, founder of One Acre Fund, on July 18, 2006 posted to BusinessWeek's online area for "A Day in the Life" of a business school graduate.

Professor James Shein coached two Kellogg teams to finish #1 and #3 in the Case Study category of the Turnaround Management Association annual competition (8/25/06).

Professor Barry Merkin helped the Wall Street Journal with a Recommended Reading list for Baby Boomer entrepreneurs (8/21/06). People of every age should check out the list.

Professor John Ward and Aerosmith's Steve Tyler have something important in common, according to the Chicago Sun Times (8/21/06).

Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurial Selling, founder and CEO of Nia Online, Cheryl Mayberry McKissack '82 provides expert opinon in Crain's Chicago Business (8/15/06). Joining her in the story is Michael Silverman '92, founder of Duo Consulting.

Professor Steve Rogers is a featured guest on the Doin' It Network, a regular XM Satellite Radio program. Read more here then tune in!

Scott Whitaker '97, Levy Institute Associate Director, answers in Crain's Chicago Business (7/10/2006) how small business owners can get compensation market information. Crain's regularly asks Kellogg faculty for insights in their Small Business Section. Subcribe to their Small Business and Entrepreneurship RSS feed.

Professor Steve Rogers is quoted on Monday, June 19, 2006 in the Financial Times regarding the NFL Players Education series offered at Kellogg this past March. The series will resume in March 2007.

Professor Steve Rogers is featured in Crain's Chicago Business on Monday, June 12, 2006 on the subject of "Intrapreneurship" aka entrepreneurship within a corporate setting.

Incubate this: 3 ideas a day
Crain's Chicago Business, June 12, 2006, Robert Wolcott, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice, comments on ideas that were in the labs of Motorola Inc. but never made it to market.

2006 Kellogg Alumni Entrepreneur Conference, Sponsored by Feldco - Doug Cook '98 President

The 2006 Marketplace of Kellogg Alumni Entrepreneurs

Joe Levy, Class of '47, was named master entrepreneur at the 2006 Kellogg Alumni Entrepreneur Conference Sponsored by Feldco- Doug Cook '98, CEO. Doug Cook offered his advice to the predominantly Kellogg alumni audience about his experience acquiring a private company. A DVD of the conference will be available by the end of June 2006.

Congratulations, Laura Bronner '06, founder of HangNails, for winning the Kellogg Cup, the Business Plan Competition, Sponsored by SC Johnson on Wednesday, May 24, 2006. Laura plans to apply the $7,000 prize to her business. She will have her name etched on the Kellogg Cup.

Andrew Youn '06 is on a tear, winning both the Yale and Stanford Social Entrepreneurship Competitions in a two week period. His start-up company, One Acre Fund, aims to eliminate hunger as a source of disease and death among African children through allocation of credit to farmers, intensive training and output markets for surpluses.

Kellogg hosted the NFL and NFL Players Association for the NFL Player Development Program March 5-8 at the James L. Allen Center with a program on High Growth Entrepreneurship. NFL players completed an extensive curriculum covering many topics such as Entrepreneurial Finance, Angel Investing, Negotiations, and a practicum on the HP12C.

See NFL pictures.

Paul Orfalea, founder of Kinko's, spoke as a Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Sponsored by Loop Capital Markets - Jim Reynolds '82, CEO. 4/19/06

Professor Cheryl Mayberry McKissack, CEO of Nia Enterprises, talks about justifying price increases with differentiated value to support your case. 3/30/06

Prof. Rogers and other entrepreneurship faculty hosted the NFL and the NFL Players Association for the NFL Player Development Program for High Growth Entrepreneurship 3/5/06-3/8/06

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder, Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., tells of company growth and life after a sale to a big company 2/22/06

Jeff Katz, founding CEO of Orbitz says talent is everything 2/17/06

Bill Angrick '95, CEO of Liquidity Services, put up an IPO on February 23, 2006 at $10 per share. Liquidity Services auctions excess inventory from government and business sources.

Jerry Mickelson, Co-Founder, JAM Productions, astounded his audience with tales of music and entrepreneurial bravado 1/17/06

Smith Whiley & Company receives double honor 12/05/2005

A Taste of Kellogg brings alumni together 11/29/2005

Travelocity CEO encourages intelligent risk-taking 11/17/2005

Alan Warms '92 visited the Levy Institute on Nov. 16 11/16/2005

Gordon Gund delivers Distinguished Entrepreneur speech 10/18/2005

Professor Lloyd Shefsky debated Dr. John Gartner 10/10/05

Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series Announced 10/2005

Guest Speaker Dinner 09/19/2005

Kellogg Business Plan Competition Winners 06/01/2005

The Levy Institute for Entrepreneurial Practice announces the Tour de KAE 06/2005

2005 Alumni Entrepreneur Conference 05/19/2005