Founder and President of TOMS Shoes Will Visit Chapman

Sent on behalf of P. K. Shukla, Vice Chancellor for Entrepreneurship. For questions, contact shukla@chapman.edu or (714) 997-6817


The Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics is a co-sponsor with Associated Students Chapman University in hosting a talk by Blake Mycoskie, founder and President of TOMS Shoes. Blake's talk is titled- "New Rules for Tomorrow's Business: A Student's Guide to Making A Difference in the World." Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend this free talk. The event is free, but tickets are required (tickets may be picked up from AF302 from 9 am to 4 pm M-F).

"In 2006 an American traveler, Blake Mycoskie, befriended children in Argentina and found they had no shoes to protect their feet. Wanting to help, he created TOMS Shoes, a company that would match every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of new shoes given to a child in need. One for One. Blake returned to Argentina with a group of family, friends and staff later that year with 10,000 pairs of shoes made possible by TOMS customers.Since their beginning, TOMS has given over 400,000 pairs of shoes to children in need through the One for One model."- TOMS Shoes website

Talk: Monday, February 8, 2010 Memorial Hall 7 p.m.
A reception and Shoe Signing is planned after the talk in AF209 .

Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics at Chapman University

"Chapman University alumni and a current student have received major exposure recently for their entrepreneurial success. The entrepreneurial accomplishments of our alumni and students bring honor not only to themselves and their firms, but also bring honor to Chapman University."

-Dr. P.K. Shukla
Director of the Leatherby Center for
Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics

*Current Student and Alumni Updates*

• Alumni firm's listing in Forbes Magazine 2009 Top 20 Promising Companies List: Jonathan Strietzel, '2004 Entrepreneurship emphasis B.Sc.B.A., President and Co-Founder of BigStage, with over 5,000 eligible companies country wide, made the top 20 list which was featured in the Oct. 5th issue of Forbes Magazine as well as being featured currently on Forbes.com. Jonathan commented that "we won this on all of our new technologies coming out shortly and the traction we have gotten in Asia." http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/promising-companies/
• Alumni and firm featured in a textbook on American Entrepreneurs: Mike Brown, '2006 Entrepreneurship emphasis, B.Sc.B.A., co-founder of ModBargains.com, the 2006 1st Place Global Student Entrepreneur Award winner, was featured in “American Entrepreneur” Lynne Doti and Larry Schweikart, Amacom Publishers, 2010, p.457.
• Current Student and firm featured in a textbook on Entrepreneurship: Amy Shukla, '2011 B.Sc. Math and Computer Science major, co-founder of BusinessesAtoZ.com, a website development and hosting company, was featured in “Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures”- Bruce R. Barringer and R. Duane Ireland, Pearson: Prentice Hall Publishing, 2010, pp.144-146.

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