2009-2010 schedule for Champlain College's Bring Your Own Business (BYOBIZ) Speaking from Experience Lecture Series. All events are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, Sept 29, 7:00 PM, Alumni Auditorium
Alex Brandstetter (‘10) founder and Chairman of Slam for Sudan, the highly successful fund raising program. Alex is the first active Champlain student to appear on the Speaking From Experience entrepreneurship series. Alex will share his challenges, adventures and important lessons learned in creating and staging last year's highly successful fund raising event - Slam for Sudan. He will also relate how he plans to turn the "Slam" into a productive ongoing program. Anyone with an interest in entrepreneurship, social enterprise, fund raising, or who needs a little inspiration about the next generation of Americans should attend.

Tuesday, October 20, 7:00 PM, Alumni Auditorium
Jim Lampman, founder and President of Lake Champlain Chocolates. Jim is a serial entrepreneur who has developed several Burlington businesses, including the acclaimed Ice House Restaurant. Lake Champlain Chocolates began its successful journey in 1983. The company prides itself in creating quality artisanal chocolates and other specialty products. Join Jim Lampman as he talks about his entrepreneurial experiences and shares his unique story about building a business in a highly competitive marketplace.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 7:00 PM, Alumni Auditorium
Liz Robert, principal owner and CEO of Terry Precision Cycling. Long a major force in the Vermont economic community as the CEO who led VT Teddy Bear through its most dynamic growth period, Liz has recently embarked on a new entrepreneurial adventure. Earlier this year, Liz purchased a majority interest in Terry Precision Cycling, a rising brand specializing in serving the needs of women cyclists. Liz will share her adventures as an entrepreneur, her plans for Terry Precision Cycling and her ideas for spurring economic development in Vermont.

TBD Mid January, 7:00 PM, Alumni Auditorium
Mary Gale, CEO of Pet Health Network. An experienced marketing executive in both large and small companies, Mary will share her experiences building Pet Health Network, which uses innovative communications technology to help veterinarians improve customer satisfaction and build their businesses.

TBD MID February, 7:00 PM, Alumni Auditorium
Brad Robertson, Publisher, The Burlington Free Press. In addition to running the Free Press, Brad is very involved at the corporate level in the paper's parent Company, Gannett, in defining and developing new enterprises. Brad will focus his remarks on his experience as an "Intrapreneur" (an entrepreneur inside a large company).

Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 7:00 PM, Alumni Auditorium
Dawn and Michael Lancaster, Champlain College alums and co-founders of Carved Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of luxury soaps and candles. In addition to telling the fascinating story of how they are built Carved Solutions from scratch, Dawn and Michael will share their insights into how they kept both an entrepreneurial dream and a loving relationship alive in the more than twenty years that have passed since they hatched those dreams as high school sweethearts.