Lexington Global Entrepreneur Week Will Feature Ben Casnocha
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 12, 2012) — Nationally known entrepreneur, blogger and author Ben Casnocha will visit Lexington Nov. 16 as part of the 2nd Annual Lexington Global Entrepreneurship Week. Presented by the Kentucky Small Business Development Center (KSBDC) and the Lexington Innovation & Commercialization Center (ICC), this event will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Venture Club luncheon at the Hyatt Regency, 410 West High Street (Regency Ballroom).
Tickets for this event are $35 per person and lunch. Casnocha will be available for autographs after the event. Copies of his book “The Start-Up of You” can also be purchased for an additional $15 at the time of ticket purchase. Advance registration by credit card only is required and seating is limited. Purchase tickets at www.lexlvc.eventbrite.com.
About Ben Casnocha
Ben Casnoscha is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur, author, blogger, traveler, and most of all, learner.
Casnocha has started and run several ventures, from selling gumballs and pens as a kid, to founding an e-government software company (Comcate) that currently delivers hosted CRM solutions to hundreds of local governments in America, to incubating consumer Web properties at Wasabi Ventures. BusinessWeek named Casnocha “one of America’s best young entrepreneurs” and PoliticsOnline named him “one of the most influential people in the world of Internet and politics.”
In 2012, he coauthored with Reid Hoffman the book titled, "The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career." In 2007 he wrote a book titled, "My Start-Up Life: What a (Very) Young Entrepreneur Learned On His Journey Through Silicon Valley." Casnocha has written more than a million words on his blog about current affairs, books, entrepreneurship, careers, and technology. He has also written on a range of topics for NPR’s “Marketplace,” the American Enterprise Institute, Newsweek, and the U.S. State Department.
About GEW
Lexington GEW is part of a world-wide celebration of innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. During one week each November, more than 120 countries world-wide host events designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs spot opportunities, take risks, solve problems, build connections, etc.
The Bluegrass Business Development Partnership, including the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, the University of Kentucky and Commerce Lexington, is supporting GEW in Lexington for the second year in a row. GEW is organized by the Lexington Innovation & Commercialization Center and the Bluegrass Small Business Development Center, part of the University of Kentucky.