Furthermore, each summer we organize a BBQ party for college students and invite local CEOs to help college graduates with resumes, interviewing, and job-hunting skills.
In an interview with reporters today at the Venture Capital In The Rockies event in Beaver Creek, Colo., Gov. John Hickenlooper revealed that the state will be partnering with a number of local CEOs and technology companies to create a $150 million VC fund.
Its local CEO, João Geraldo Ferreira, likes to point out that GE's light bulbs illuminated Rio's famous statue of Christ the Redeemer when it was put up in the 1930s.
At the end of 1998, when Indonesia exploded, David Hawkins, the local CEO for Standard Chartered, was the only foreign banker to keep his doors open, as mobs ran wild in Jakarta.
Keynote presentation by an industry or government luminary: perhaps a local CEO of a biotech company or an alumnus who has gone on to fame in an alternative career path.
In addition, the upstart is announcing that it has raised early-stage funding ($250k) from Seattle's Founder Co-op and a dozen angel investors, many of which are local Internet/tech CEOs.
Back in the late 1990s, in addition to working 60 hours a week as an attorney, I started the Indian CEO High Tech Council and organized networking events for local tech CEOs in Washington, DC, that had at least $10 million in revenue and 75 employees, or had raised $10 million or more in capital.
-- Local hospital CEOs relayed fears to Rep Bill Enyart (D-Ill).
Adds Local Guddy CEO and founder Emre Semercioğlu in a statement: "I believe that cities should be shown and represented by passionate locals, that offer a personal and unique experience through their eyes, the same ethos that the team at Triple have.
The Institute already has a number of experienced local and remote CEO Mentors, including Derrick Morton, CEO of Floplay; Bryan Starbuck, CEO of TalentSpring; David Kidder, CEO of Clickable.com; and Bryan Thatcher, CEO of Empressr.
"It is designed as a place for people who want to interact with other guests and with locals," says CEO Andrew Zobler.
