EVENTS & SPOTLIGHT
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Member Update - April 2025
Our Member Update offers easy access to relevant events, news, trends, business best practices, etc. Each update includes four sections: Events of Note, News You Can Use, Recognition and Quick Links. This information is for you to...CEO FORUM – 06.17.15 HCARS
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 7:30AM to 9:00AM Registration and continental breakfast (sponsored by Insperity) at 7:30AM.The program will begin at 8:00AM. Venture Bank 6210 Wayzata Blvd. Golden Valley, MN 55416 Map It Rhoda Olsen is the CEO of Great Clips, Inc., the world’s largest salon brand. She began her career at Great Clips in 1984 […]
CEO FORUM – 05.20.15 HCARS
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 7:30AM to 9:00AM Northeast Bank Walter C. Rasmussen Community Room 77 Broadway Street NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 Map It Bob Hansen is the co-founder and CEO of Hansen Engine Technologies, Inc., an independent research laboratory located in Plymouth, MN. Prior to forming his current company with his brother Craig, Bob founded […]
CEO FORUM – 04.23.15 HCARS
Thursday, April 23, 2015 7:30AM to 9:00AM Symantec 2815 Cleveland Avenue North Roseville, MN 55113 Map It Michael Zenk Venture Bank Michael Zenk is a founder and the president of Venture Bank, a full--service commercial bank with locations in Bloomington, Golden Valley, and Eagan, with a new branch coming soon to Roseville. Founded in 2001, […]
CEO FORUM – 03.11.15 Orlando
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 6:30PM to 8:00PM Registration and networking from 6:00PM to 6:45PMProgram and Q&A from 6:45PM to 8:00PM Rollins College Parking and Directions The Rollins College Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship, GrowFL and CEO Nexus, in collaboration with the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, cordially invite you to the CEO Forum, a program series […]
CEO FORUM – 02.18.15 HCARS
Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 7:30AM to 9:00AM Venture Bank 6210 Wayzata Blvd Golden Valley, MN 55416 Map It Joe Morris MinMor Industries Joe Morris is the president and CEO of MinMor Industries, a family-owned group of companies. Under the company banner, MinMor owns several children’s marketing and printing/packaging industries, such as: Mello Smello, OlymPak Printing […]
CEO FORUM – 01.21.15 HCARS
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 7:30AM to 9:00AM Venture Bank 6210 Wayzata Blvd Golden Valley, MN 55416 Map It Traci Tapani Wyoming Machine Traci Tapani is the co-president (with her sister) of Wyoming Machine, Inc., a sheet metal company in Stacy, Minnesota, which they inherited from their father in 1994. Founded in 1974, Wyoming Machine began […]
CEO FORUM – 12.17.14 HCARS
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 Venture Bank, Golden Valley 7:30 to 9 am CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Speaker: Mike Apona Former Owner, Yamaha Golf & Utility Mike Aponas’s company, Yamaha Golf & Utility, was recently acquired by the Vernon Holding Company. He is a thirty-‐five year veteran of the golf car industry, having begun his career […]
CEO FORUM – 12.09.14 Orlando
The Rollins College Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship, GrowFL and CEO Nexus, in collaboration with the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, cordially invite you to the CEO Forum, a program series that brings together leaders of established growth-stage businesses in a confidential setting to meet and learn from CEO peers who have grown their companies into […]
CEO FORUM – 11.19.14 HCARS
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 Venture Bank, Golden Valley 7:30 to 9 am Speaker: Dan Mishek Managing Director & Co-Owner, VistaTek Dan Mishek is the managing director and co-‐owner of VistaTek, a family-‐owned manufacturing company founded in 1996. After graduating from Mount Mercy College with a double major in marketing and public relations, Dan joined the […]
CEO FORUM – 10.29.14 HCARS
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 Venture Bank, Golden Valley 7:30 to 9 am Speaker: Björn Stansvik Founder & CEO, MentorMate Björn Stansvik is the founder and CEO of MentorMate, an Inc 500 international mobile solutions company with more than 200 employees working in five cities globally. MentorMate imagines, designs, delivers, manages and markets transformational mobile business […]