Please join us for the an exciting, interesting & thought-provoking meeting of the HBS Club of Atlanta's Entrepreneur Special Interest Group @ Georiga Tech's ATDC 

SPEAKER: Yum Arnold, CEO, Leapfrog Services

Serial Entrepreneurship

Serial Entrepreneurship is full of pitfalls and promises.  What are the keys to a successful repeat performance?  How do the lessons of one venture prepare the entrepreneur for the next endeavor?  How does the entrepreneur best identify the opportunities that offer both financial success and personal fulfillment?  We will attempt to answer these questions and others at our November Entrepreneur SIG meeting.  Come hear from one of Atlanta’s veteran serial entrepreneurs and join in the discussion.  

Speaker's Bio:   Yum Arnold

Ms. Arnold is the CEO of Leapfrog Services, an Atlanta-based IT consulting company established in 1998. Prior to starting Leapfrog, Ms. Arnold acquired NCC LP, a local distributor of consumer goods to convenience stores and mass merchandisers. After acquiring the company through a leveraged buyout, Ms. Arnold spent the next 15 years building NCC into one of Georgia's five largest privately held companies. As its Chief Executive Officer, she expanded the company from a traditional one-warehouse distributor into a multi-faceted corporation with nine operating divisions. Ms. Arnold aggressively worked on behalf of her industry, serving on the board of its trade association and as its president and chair. The industry recognized her several times with leadership and business awards.

Before acquiring NCC, Ms. Arnold spent nearly 10 years with Coca-Cola USA, where she was the marketing manager for Coke's first plastic beverage containers. She also held several positions in sales, sales management and long range planning.

She serves on the Board of Directors of two NYSE firms, the Technology Association of Georgia and as a member of the Atlanta Committee for Progress.  She was named the 2002 Small Business Person of the Year by the Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Business Chronicle and received the 2004 Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Award for outstanding performance as a corporate director.

Ms. Arnold served for many years as a Trustee of Mary Baldwin College, most recently as Chair of its Board of Trustees and of The Westminster Schools, most recently as its Vice-Chair.  She has been active in YPO, CEO, WPO, The National Conference for Community and Justice, Leadership Atlanta, The Committee of 200, and as a mentor to younger women in the Atlanta business community.

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Cost is $5 cash at the door & includes continental breakfast.

 

Location: GEORGIA TECH ATDC BOARDROOM 75 5th Street, NW   BOARDROOM Atlanta, GA 30308

75 5th Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30308

***Please note that the Centergy One Parking Garage is no longer open.  You can find some street parking or park at the Georgia Tech Hotel @ 800 Spring Street NW Atlanta, GA 30308***

Directions from Southbound I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector:

• Take exit 249D toward Georgia Tech/US-78/US-278/N Ave.
• Merge onto Williams Street.
• At the red light, turn right at North Ave.
• Turn right at the first road onto Techwood Drive. Continue on Techwood Drive and then turn right at 5th Street.
• After you cross over the bridge on 5th Street, take your first left onto Williams Street.
• Then take your first right and turn left into the Centergy One parking garage.

Directions from Northbound I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector:

• Take exit 84 (10th Street/14th Street).
• At the top of the exit ramp, turn right onto 10th Street and follow it one block to Spring Street.
• Turn right onto Spring Street.
• Turn right into the building driveway in front of the LA Fitness and then turn right into the Centergy One parking garage.
• Walkway from the parking garage to the building:
  • When leaving the parking garage, take the elevator to the fifth floor, then follow the covered walkway to the courtyard between the ATDC Building (Centergy One) and the Technology Square Research Building. The ATDC Building (Centergy One) will be to the left. Enter the ATDC Building, and the main ATDC office will be straight ahead in Suite 100. 

Directions back to I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector:

• On exiting the parking deck, turn right. Immediately turn right again, onto Williams Street. (Williams Street is one way at this point).
• Stay in the right lane.
• Travel two blocks to 10th Street.
• Turn right onto 10th Street and travel one block to Spring Street.
• Turn right onto Spring Street. (Spring Street is one way southbound).
• Follow Spring Street across Fifth Street and across North Avenue.
• For northbound I-75/85, an entrance ramp will be to the right of Spring Street at Pine.
• For southbound I-75/85, stay on the left side of Spring Street and follow the signs to the southbound entrance ramp.
• For northbound I-85, quickly move into one of the four left lanes of the I-75/85 Downtown Connector, as I-85 splits off soon after the entrance ramp. I-75 will split off to the right.