Toronto Entrepreneur Mentorship Event with Darrell Kopke
Join institute B Skool Principal for an intimate workshop that will double as a mentorship opportunity. Institute B is an entrepreneur accelerator for businesses that put profit and societal value on equal footing. Institute B helps accelerate entrepreneurs and their companies to new audacious heights by shaping their MINDSET, BUSINESS PLANNING, and MANAGEMENT techniques.
Friday, January 31, 2014
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: Omni King Edward Hotel, 37 King St. E, Toronto, ON M5C 1E9 (Westminster Room, 2nd floor)
Audacious Strategic Planning 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
This workshop is a series of exercises designed to have entrepreneurs envision their companies as mission-based organizations, compelling brands that can attract a cult tribe of followers. The workshop will help founders and leaders of businesses rethink their offerings in a more audacious light. Institute B thinks BIG. After this workshop, so will you.
Break 12:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Entrepreneur Mentorship 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
No rules. Ask your questions. Discuss your specific issues. Darrell Kopke will moderate an expanded Q&A with the group so that you can have your explicit corporate questions addressed in a confidential, comfortable setting. Suggested topics include marketing tactics, branding, leadership development, corporate structure, financing, management techniques, retail strategy, consumer behaviour and the entrepreneurial lifestyle. Get your answers.
Bio
Darrell Kopke is Skool Principal at institute B, a Vancouver-based business accelerator firm. He also holds ownership positions in 11 growth companies and a Board position in 5 entrepreneurial ventures. As lululemon athletica’s sixth employee and original General Manager, Darrell oversaw the company’s expansion from one store in Kitsilano to 60 stores internationally, about 100 percent annual growth and $200+ million in sales. He holds a B Commerce Degree in Marketing from Concordia University and an MBA from UBC’s Sauder School of Business. In 2006 Darrell was announced as a member of the Business in Vancouver’s ‘Top Forty Under 40’.
Price: $350