Upstarts! Q&A With Author Donna Fenn

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Grainger Hall
Address: 975 University Avenue

Speaker: Donna Fenn, Author and Veteran Entrepreneurship Reporter, Inc. Magazine

Description: Members of the UW-Madison community and the public are invited to attend a special Q&A with Author and veteran entrepreneurship reporter Donna Fenn on Tuesday, Nov. 10, to discuss her new book: “Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success.’ The Q&A will be held from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in the Plenary Room of 1310 Grainger Hall, with a book sale and signing to follow. A live webcast of the Upstarts! Q&A will be available at www.bus.wisc.edu/upstarts. Fenn has more than 20 years experience writing about entrepreneurship and small business trends. Her latest book, “Upstarts!,” analyzes young entrepreneurial success strategies and what to expect from these highly collaborative and team-oriented individuals in the future. She provides readers with eight critical lessons every entrepreneur and marketer must learn. In 2001, Fenn was a co-recipient of the Women's Economic Round Table Entrepreneurship Prize, sponsored by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. From 1988 to 1992, she lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she was a correspondent for The Associated Press and covered a variety of issues including business, culture, the economy and the Gulf War.