Nov. 19: Local success highlights global entrepreneur week

By Sue McMurray, Carson College of Business

GEW_LogoPULLMAN, Wash. – Local high-tech entrepreneurs will share their experiences starting and growing companies on the Palouse at “Small Town-High Tech,” a free, public panel discussion and networking event 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Todd Addition 268 at Washington State University. Hearty appetizers will be served.

The event occurs during Global Entrepreneurship Week, the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.

Panelists Shane Needham, laboratory director and co-founder at Alturas Analytics in Moscow; Clint Cole, president and chief technology officer at Digilent in Pullman; and Uma Jayaram, executive vice president of 3D4U in Pullman, will participate.

The event is sponsored by the WSU Carson College of Business Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. For more information about the event, visit http://tinyurl.com/n8vjjd9.

Learn more about the center at http://business.wsu.edu/research-faculty/centers/entrepreneurial-studies/.

Media contacts:

Marie Mayes, WSU Carson College of Business Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, 509-335-5628, mmayes@wsu.edu

Sue McMurray, WSU Carson College of Business communications, 509-335-7578, sue.mcmurray@wsu.edu