Opportunity Recognition Strategies

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
9:00am-12:30pm PDT
Los Angeles, CA

Sponsored by Citibank and AT&T

Success in today’s rapidly changing business landscape requires small business and the organizations that support small business growth to refine their ability to recognize opportunity and develop strategies for seizing that opportunity. “  Dr. Osborne will share the necessary skill sets and factors to be considered in assessing and acting upon profitable growth opportunities for your organization.

Professor Al Osborne, who runs the Management Development for Entrepreneurs Program at UCLA, offers a provocative, high level seminar for experienced business leaders. This seminar is a first- time offering from CAMEO that will stimulate and inspire you to expand your horizons.

When
Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 9:00am-12:30pm PDT

Where
AT&T Executive Briefing Center, 1150 Olive Street, Los Angeles, CA

Cost
$35 per person (includes networking lunch)

Accommodations
CAMEO does not have a room block reserved for this single day training. However, our hotel suggestions are listed below. All hotels are within one mile of the AT&T Executive Briefing Center and range in rates between $134 - $249 per night. Hotels are listed in order of room rates, lowest to highest. Click on the hotel name to be directed to their website.

Figueroa Hotel
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles
Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown Hotel
Omni Los Angeles Hotel at California Plaza

Your Presenter
Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.
Senior Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Global Economics & Management, Founder and Faculty Director, Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

Alfred E. Osborne, Jr. is senior associate dean of UCLA Anderson.  In this role, he oversees a variety of key areas and initiatives within the school, including development, alumni relations, career and corporate initiatives, career management and executive education.

Dr. Osborne is also associate professor of Global Economics & Management and founder and faculty director of the Harold Price Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UCLA.  The Price Center serves to organize all faculty research and student activities and curricula related to the study of entrepreneurship and new business development at UCLA Anderson.

A corporate governance expert, Dr. Osborne formed a Director Training and Certification Program designed to help officers and directors of private firms prepare for the higher level of scrutiny that comes when they take their companies public.  This Price Center program also educates directors and officers regarding SEC regulations, FASB considerations, Nasdaq rules and the current best practices in corporate governance. 

Dr. Osborne is also an expert in social entrepreneurship who has developed several programs that apply business models to the nonprofit world.  For more than 13 years, The Price Center has created and run some innovative management development programs, including three in partnership with health care giant Johnson & Johnson:  Head Start - Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program, UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Health Care Institute and the Johnson & Johnson/UCLA Health Care Executive Program.  Other programs include The Institute for the Study of Educational Entrepreneurship (ISEE) and the UCLA/Los Angeles County Office of Education Head Start Leadership Institute.

Dr. Osborne currently serves as a director of Kaiser Aluminum, Equity Marketing, Inc., and K2, Inc., and has served on the corporate boards of Times Mirror Company, US Filter Corporation, Greyhound Lines, Inc. and Nordstrom, Inc. among others. He has served as an economic fellow at the Brookings Institution and directed studies at the SEC that contributed to changes in Rule 144, Regulation D, and other exemptive requirements to the securities laws designed to lower costs and improve liquidity and capital market access to venture capitalists and emerging growth firms alike.

Dr. Osborne’s current research interests include venture capital and private equity, and the role of the board of directors in private and public corporations.  He remains active in the entrepreneurial and ventures development community, has served on the editorial boards of several journals, and consults with growing companies and non-profit organizations on business and economic matters.

Education
Ph.D. Business Economics, 1974; MBA Finance, 1971; M.A. Economics, 1971; B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1968, Stanford University

Interests
Small business (management, marketing, finance), capital markets, corporate governance, community development, entrepreneurship, venture capital, nonprofit organizations, startup companies, financial institutions

**Note: This training is taking place in partnership with "California Self-Employment Tax Initiative (CA-SETI)" which is being presented in the afternoon at the same location. The morning and afternoon sessions are both independent trainings and can be attended individually for $35 each (both include a networking lunch), or you may attend the full day of training for $50. Click here for more information on California Self-Employment Tax Initiative (CA-SETI) presented by Gene Severens.