I Make a Difference. Do You?

Written on November 9, 2010 by admin

I Make a Difference. Do You?

On Thursday, November 4, the Extreme Entrepreneurship Team descended upon the DC area to partner with an AWESOME organization: iMADdu to put on an AWESOME event at George Mason University.

Rick Corcoran, senior adviser of the U.S. Chamber’s Campaign for Free Enterprise, opened up the conference by encouraging students to appreciate the incredible opportunity in the United States to create new products, new businesses and new jobs.

Mona Olsen, the founder of iMADdu and the assistant director of the George Mason SBDC, then talked about how she turned the difficulty of moving around the globe as a child into an opportunity to make a difference.

Then keynote speakers Morgan First of The Second Glass and Jason Duff of COMSTOR/OUTDOOR shared their stories of how they had taken advantage of opportunities to build and business and make a difference.

Keynote Speakers Jason Duff and Morgan First

To wrap up the event, a panel discussion including Mona Olsen, the key note speakers and other young entrepreneurs, Tora J. Matsuoka, Tom Moore and Tracy Foster gave students the opportunity to find out how to apply what they learned to their own businesses.

The spirit of Free Enterprise left the audience with a huge sense of optimism and excitement that they could Make a Difference!