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SUMMARY:Business for Breakfast - SCORE PANEL - Sponsored by Wintrust/North Shore Community Bank
DESCRIPTION:Networking Monthly Meeting Business for Breakfast\n\nHow to Accelerate Your Business Growth in 2020\n\nTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL A TBD DATE!\n\n \n\nDescription: Why do some companies stand out as the clear market leader\, with strong profits and customers clamoring to do business with them\, while others struggle and become forced to compete on price? Come and hear SCORE North Cook and Lake County business mentors share their insights and strategies on leading practices that can help accelerate your business in the year ahead. Questions are welcome and \n\nencouraged from attendees. \n\n \n\nA light breakfast will be served. The event is sponsored\n\nby Wintrust/North Shore Community Bank. \n\n \n\n\n\nSCORE North Cook and Lake County Chapter Panelists\n\nChris Banakis \n\nModerator/Panelist\, Mentor\, SCORE North Cook and Lake Counties Chapter\n\nChris Banakis is the Managing Partner of Acuity Advisory Partners\; a boutique business and technology advisory firm that provides advisory services to help North American companies penetrate the electric utility market\, with focus on smart grid and distributed energy resource technologies. His clients have included Motorola Solutions\, UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and Zetron. \n\n Prior to Acuity\, Chris served as Vice President and Director of Motorola Inc's Utility Practice in North America where he led operations in sales\, marketing\, new business development and strategy. He also served as Managing Director of Motorola's North Asia operation and was responsible for opening Motorola's first sales offices in China. Based in Hong Kong he led sales\, marketing and engineering organizations throughout the region including China\, South Korea and Taiwan.\n\n \n\n \n\nEd Acuna\n\nPanelist\, Mentor\, SCORE North Cook and Lake Counties Chapter\n\n For thirty years Ed had an unusual mixture of experiences and interests. A trained electrical engineer\, he worked in product management and business development at TDK\, sales at Murata\, and leadership at AcuServe\, where he served as president. Ed recently sold his company\, KMA Sales\, an electronic manufacturing representation firm after 14 years.\n\n \n\nI'm a mentor at SCORE and the SBDC\, nonprofit associations dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation\, growth\, and the success of small businesses nationwide. I teach MBA classes\, including Innovation and Risk\, at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and I provide corporate training in product mindset\, business acumen\, business models\, strategy\, etc. for organizations like AllState\, Abbvie\, Discover\, the Federal Reserve\, etc.\n\n \n\n \n\nRichard Jacobsohn\, Panelist\, Mentor\, North Cook and Lake Counties Chapter\n\nRichard Jacobsohn is an accomplished Senior Executive and Consultant with demonstrated success spanning consumer goods\, omnichannel marketing\, art supplies\, and retail. His broad areas of expertise include training and development\, marketing\, team leadership\, product development\, competitive analysis\, customer insight\, customer satisfaction\, strategic partnerships\, negotiations\, project management\, and brand development.\n\nThroughout his executive career\, Richard has held leadership positions with organizations including Jacobsohn Consulting Associates\, Blick Art Materials\, Sybervision Systems Inc.\, Pro Sports Marketing\, and American Slicing Machine Company. In his current role as President of Jacobsohn Consulting Associates\, Richard works with clients in the provision of services across the core business areas of budgeting\, business planning\, and sales optimization.\n\n\n\n\n\nMonthly Networking Chamber Breakfast\n\nJoin Chamber members and guests for networking opportunities\n\n the third Wednesday of every month.\n\nThe structured breakfast includes a speaker on relevant business topics\, \n\ntime for informal networking\, introductions and round table discussions\n\nthat will give you solid business leads. \n\n\n\nWinnetka-Northfield Chamber of Commerce\n\nat the\n\nWinnetka Public Library\n\n768 Oak Street\n\nWinnetka\n\n\n\n7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.\n\n\n\nPlenty of Parking \n\nExpand your network of business contacts and generate new business leads. \n\n\n\nTo ensure your name is on the registration list\,\n\nplease register 24 hours in advance.
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Networking Monthly Meeting&mdash\;Business for Breakfast
\nHow to Accelerate Your Business Growth in 2020
\nTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL A TBD DATE!
\n\n \;
\nDescription: \; \;Why do some companies stand out as the clear market leader\, with strong profits and customers clamoring to do business with them\, while others struggle and become forced to compete on price? Come and hear SCORE North Cook and Lake County business mentors share their insights and strategies on leading practices that can help accelerate your business in the year ahead. \;Questions are welcome and \;
\n\nencouraged from attendees.
\n\n \;
\nA light breakfast will be served. The event is sponsored
\nby Wintrust/North Shore Community Bank. \; \;
\n\n \;
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\nSCORE North Cook and Lake County Chapter Panelists
\n\nChris Banakis \; \n
Moderator/Panelist\, Mentor\, SCORE North Cook and Lake Counties Chapter\nChris Banakis is the Managing Partner of Acuity Advisory Partners\; a boutique business and technology advisory firm that provides advisory services to help North American companies penetrate the electric utility market\, with focus on smart grid and distributed energy resource technologies. His clients have included Motorola Solutions\, UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and Zetron. \;
\n \;Prior to Acuity\, Chris served as Vice President and Director of Motorola Inc&rsquo\;s Utility Practice in North America where he led operations in sales\, marketing\, new business development and strategy. \; He also served as Managing Director of Motorola&rsquo\;s North Asia operation and was responsible for opening Motorola&rsquo\;s first sales offices in China. Based in Hong Kong he led sales\, marketing and engineering organizations throughout the region including China\, South Korea and Taiwan.
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Ed Acuna\n
Panelist\, Mentor\, SCORE North Cook and Lake Counties Chapter\n \;For thirty years  \;Ed had an unusual mixture of experiences and interests. A trained electrical engineer\, he worked in product management and business development at TDK\, sales at Murata\, and leadership at AcuServe\, where he served as president. Ed recently sold his company\, KMA Sales\, an electronic manufacturing representation firm after 14 years.
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\nI&rsquo\;m a mentor at SCORE and the SBDC\, nonprofit associations dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation\, growth\, and the success of small businesses nationwide. \; \; I teach MBA classes\, including Innovation and Risk\, at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and I provide corporate training in product mindset\, business acumen\, business models\, strategy\, etc. for organizations like AllState\, Abbvie\, Discover\, the Federal Reserve\, etc.
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Richard Jacobsohn\, Panelist\, Mentor\, North Cook and Lake Counties Chapter\nRichard Jacobsohn is an accomplished Senior Executive and Consultant with demonstrated success spanning consumer goods\, omnichannel marketing\, art supplies\, and retail. His broad areas of expertise include training and development\, marketing\, team leadership\, product development\, competitive analysis\, customer insight\, customer satisfaction\, strategic partnerships\, negotiations\, project management\, and brand development.
\nThroughout his executive career\, Richard has held leadership positions with organizations including Jacobsohn Consulting Associates\, Blick Art Materials\, \;Sybervision \;Systems Inc.\, Pro Sports Marketing\, and American Slicing Machine Company. In his current role as President of Jacobsohn Consulting Associates\, Richard works with clients in the provision of services across the core business areas of budgeting\, business planning\, and sales optimization.
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\nMonthly Networking Chamber Breakfast
\nJoin Chamber members and guests for \;networking opportunities
\n \; the third Wednesday of \;every \; month.
\nThe \;structured breakfast includes \;a speaker on relevant business topics\, \;
\ntime for informal networking\, \; \;introductions and round table discussions
\nthat will give you solid business leads. \;
\n
\nWinnetka-Northfield Chamber of Commerce
\nat the
\nWinnetka Public Library
\n768 Oak Street
\nWinnetka
\n
\n7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
\n
\nPlenty of Parking \;
\nExpand your network of business contacts and \;generate new business leads. \;
\n
\nTo ensure your name is on the registration list\,
\nplease register 24 hours in advance.
\n
LOCATION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED Winnetka Public Library Reading Room 768 Oak Street
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URL:https://chamber.wngchamber.com/events/details/business-for-breakfast-score-panel-sponsored-by-wintrust-north-shore-community-bank-11368
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