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Spring 2010 CEO Series

• April.8: Bruce Barton of The Livingstone Corporation LLC will talk about running a company organized as a partnership, rather than having a single executive. Sometimes the best way to build a business is to define a niche that allows the company to function in cooperation with the big guys. Bruce Barton and his partners did this when they founded The Livingstone Corporation. The company works in partnership with the "big guy" in Christian publishing, Tyndale House, doing prepress (editorial, art and design) for the publisher. The partners’ business model quickly expanded beyond just editing specialty Bibles. In 1995, Livingstone added typesetting services; in 2000, graphic arts services; and in 2008, marketing and branding services. Livingstone offers creative and management skills to handle massive and varied projects for publishers. The company has grown to 17 employees, and has completed more than 150 specialty Bibles plus more than 400 trade books, devotionals, gift books, and curriculum products. Come hear how filling this unique business niche and running the business as an LLC partnership work for Livingstone. Register for April 8 at http://ceoseriesapr2010.eventbrite.com.
• May 13: Judy Bryson, president and CEO of Pioneer Clubs, an international children's club ministry, works closely with the Pioneer Clubs board of directors and has served on boards of other not-for-profit organizations, so she knows quite a bit about what these boards should--and should not--do for the companies they serve. Register for May 13 at http://ceoseriesmay2010.eventbrite.com.
• June 10: speaker and topic will be posted soon.

About the CEO Series:

GrowthLaw is one of the organizing sponsors of the CEO Series, a seminar series for CEOs and by CEOs held from 8-10 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month at IIT's Rice Campus (201 East Loop Road, Wheaton IL).

Questions? Contact event chair William A. Price at 800.630.4780 or wprice@growthlaw.com.

Previous CEO Series presentations, on video:

October 8, 2009
Building an e-Business, October 2009

Follow the link above for video of the complete presentation by John Schoeph on techniques for developing and tracking traffic on an e-business site.

December 10, 2009
Build a Business Worth Selling, Then Build Another One

CEO Series Organizing Sponsors:

To  build relationships with northern Illinois business people,

• Bill Price of GrowthLaw
• Paul Lloyd of Zuk-Lloyd Associates and
• Ellen Huxtable of Advantage Business Concepts

offer area CEOs the advantage of hearing about real-life business ideas that worked, from the CEOs who used them. For speakers in the CEO Series, Bill Price has picked CEOs of successful businesses with which he has worked.

The CEO Series sponsors offer expertise on many areas in which growing businesses may need outside help:

• GrowthLaw helps businesses resolve legal questions, particularly regarding sale/purchase and incorporation.
• Advantage Business Concepts www.advantage-biz.com offers advice on financial, staffing and organizational issues.
• Zuk-Lloyd Associates www.zuklloyd.com specializes in marketing through telling the story of a business' products or services.
  

Contact Bill at 800.630.4780 or via the Contact Us page here to ask for advice about your own company's legal issues.

Bill recommends the other two organizing sponsors to businesses looking for help in marketing or business organization/administrative areas.

Our thanks to:

Our fall 2009 presenters for agreeing to be videotaped; and to Ken McCaul of Joseph Associates for providing the videotaping of these  presentations.

CEO Series Cosponsors:

Cosponsors agree to publicize CEO Series events to their own mailing/email lists, or through websites--even by handouts at their place of business. Our thanks to:

• College of DuPage Small Business Development Center
  
• Joseph Associates International
• I Have a Bean/Second Chance Coffee
• Fox Valley Computing Professionals
• Congregational Church of Batavia Small Business Networking Group
  
• Kellogg Alumni Club of Chicago - West
• The Entrepreneurial Roundtable, University of Chicago-Booth Graduate School of Business
• Knapp Center for Entrepreneurship, Illinois Institute  of Technology
  
• Valley Community Bank
  

If you or your business would like to investigate becoming a series cosponsor, contact Bill Price at 800.630.4780 or wprice@growthlaw.com.

Bill would also like to hear your ideas on topics you'd like the CEO Series to cover ... or suggestions for CEOs who have interesting experiences to share.