Thursday, March 31, 2011

L. Gale Lemerand Center for Entrepreneurship to feature guest speaker

Andy Smith
The L. Gale Lemerand Center for Entrepreneurship at Daytona State College will present Mr. Andy Smith as part of its Entrepreneurs Make America Great Series on April 14 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The event, to be held in the Mori Hosseini Center on the Daytona Beach Campus, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., is free and open to the public.

Mr. Smith is an accountant, investment banker, and co-founder and president of Houlihan Capital, a global investment bank, restructuring and valuation services firm focused on providing financial and transactional advisory services for its more than 600 public and private corporate clients. It has offices in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.

He will share his perspectives and stories of working closely with dozens of leading entrepreneurs during the past 30 years, where he has helped them build and then profitably sell their businesses.

To reserve a seat for the event, please contact the Small Business Development Center at Daytona State College at (386) 506-4723, e-mail: sbdc@daytonastate.edu.