From 14h30 till 15h45

Featuring the stories of four entrepreneurs in Shanghai. Mark Secchia (Sherpas Delivery), Morry Morgan (ClarkMorgan), Renee Hartmann, and Joe Constanty (NextStep) will discuss their up and down ventures in China over the past decade. This is designed to be an open panel with presentations followed by question and answer session with the audience. Spanning three very different industries, our panelists will give you insight how their ventures have taken form, and their vision for the future of small foreign owned businesses in China.

Sherpas

Mark Secchia has lived and worked in Shanghai since 1997. Mark Secchia is the founder of Sherpa’s Delivery Service Co. Mark was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended high school in Rome, Italy. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Miami in Ohio and an MBA from the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai.

Sherpa’s originally began as an MBA internship project in 1998, when Mark and several classmates conceived and launched a small company offering call centre and delivery services in Shanghai. Now a company with annual revenues over US$5 million, Sherpa’s employs over 200 people throughout Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou. Sherpa’s remains a very hands-on endeavour for Mark; he can occasionally still be found working the call centre phones and continues to respond personally to many consumer inquiries. This combination of strategic vision and on the ground know-how has been central to Sherpa’s success and the source of many humorous business adventures.

NextStep

Joe is a founding member of the team that developed the original concept and strategy for the most successful entrepreneur networking event in Shanghai, NextStep. With over 10,000 followers, Joe has led the expansion in conferences, forums, and partnerships with various chambers of commerce. Joe was also a part of the team that led the successful launch of LexDex.com, an e-learning project based in Shanghai, received funding, and is currently expanding its market reach in the United States. Having worked directly with multinationals and as an independent entrepreneur Joe realizes the need for relevant and easy to use business information to make educated business decisions, hence the continue development of the NextStep business model that takes advantage of online and offline platforms. Joe graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with three degrees in Economics, Political Science, and Urban Studies, and has been living, studying, and working in Greater China since 2000.



eno



Renee Hartmann is the co-founder of eno. Renee brought her broad experience as n MBA graduate of Duke University and successful stint in investor relations team with Ogilvy Partners in San Fransisco and Beijing assisting Chinese companies going public on the NASDAQ. From that experience she launched eno. eno is a new lifestyle brand in China. eno collaborates with up and coming Chinese artists to create limited edition apparel, footwear and accessories products which it retails in its concept stores in Shanghai and through other select retailers around the world. Check out their website at www.eno.cn



ClarkMorgan



Morry Morgan is a trainer, public speaker, and the General manager of ClarkMorgan Corporate training, which won training Firm of the Year consecutively in 2007 and 2008. He has over 15 years of sales and negotian experience in Australia and mainland China selling and negotiating with and for Fortune 500 companies. He has alaso personally trained over 2500 China-based staff in his teachings.

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