Entrepreneurship: Opportunities in Challenging Times
Wall Street failures. Recession. Shortages of formerly-abundant resources. Emerging economies in formerly third-world countries.
In The Age of Unreason, Charles Handy, one of the world's premier management gurus, distinguishes between "continuous change", where the past can be used to predict the future; and "discontinuous change", where the fundamental assumptions upon which we operate are called into question.
We are clearly moving into an era of discontinuous change.
Despite the anxiety that reverberates through the popular culture, this is good news for the right entrepreneurs. Discontinuous change shakes the competitive trees. Large institutions, wedded to the formulas that worked in the past, don't change easily -- and often fail. Entrepreneurs who stay close to their customers and remain nimble can move in and find success, sometimes more easily than in a stable economy.
Entrepreneurship is the one institution that can not just survive, but thrive in unstable times.
Attend the Angel Capital Summit to find out how the most innovative, most nimble, and most intrepid entrepreneurs in Colorado are positioned to find and capture opportunity in times of discontinuous change.
Come hear Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's opening keynote address on Colorado's Next Economy: How We Evolve From Here.
Hear Anita Burke's luncheon keynote address, Beyond Peak Oil: Evolutionary Risk Management, an address that will help you understand how things are changing -- and see more clearly how to thrive in the emerging 21st century economy.
Join us at the Town Hall Meeting, Disrupting the Recession, where some of the best thought leaders in the country challenge the assumptions upon which many businesses are based, and show how things are likely to change in the coming years. You'll emerge well positioned to succeed where many will fail.
Last year's Angel Capital Summit sold out; we strongly recommend that you not wait until the last minute.
Entrepreneurial success is more important to our society now more than ever. Come to the Angel Capital Summit, and be one of those who "disrupt the recession" and build the future!
