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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2009
Contact: John Wren (303)861-1447
FREE MEETING HELPS BUILD BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR STARTUPS.
Since 1994, help for people with their career-bump or bright idea.
DENVER—Free help is available each Friday afternoon for people who are starting a new career, a new project or campaign, or a new business.
Denver IDEA Cafe startup workshop meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 13th and Grant in Denver, near the State Capitol. More information and RSVP at http://ideacafe.meetup.com/1 or (303)861-1447.
Upcoming speakers:
This Friday, July 10: Steve Meyers www.pedicab.com; John-Paul Maxfield www.wastefarmers.com; and Donna Feldman www.TheNetworkingGurus.com.
July 17: Julie Yack JulieYack.blogs.com; Gloria Shanstrom www.ColoradoTheatreGuild.org; and Doug Laub www.RMI.org.
Since 1994, the Denver IDEA Cafe has been helping people who are starting in a new direction with their career by inviting successful people to share their startup experience and then brainstorming to address specific questions or problems.
“We help people find their own path,” says entrepreneur and long time community-activist John Wren, the founder of the group.
Wren says the name IDEA Cafe comes from a four-step business creativity model he developed when he was Mountain Bell in the 70's. "I had the great privilege of spending 6 months researching business creativity and we did a seminar called, 'Creative Marketing in a Recession' that was featured in AT&T's Long Lines Magazine," said Wren.
IDEA is an acronym for: I= Inspiration or Identify the Problem; D= Develop Alternatives; E= Evaluate the Alternatives; and A= take Action. The meeting is free and open to anyone who is starting a new career, a new campaign or project, or a new business.
Why does Wren do it? “Speakers are people who I want to hear myself, and I let others listen in. I tell people it’s a learning group and to not attend to just network, but of course it is a networking tool for me,” Wren explained.
“Dan Brogan, publisher of 5280 Magazine, says that the group has infused Denver with a spirit of entrepreneurship over the past decade. I hope that is true, for the sake of my grand kids.”
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John S. Wren, MBA http://www.JohnWren.com is the founder of the Denver IDEA Café and Franklin Circles. He is a business consultant and adult educator. He is the father of 4 grown children, and the grandfather of 4.
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