Terry Whipple to headnote I&E Kickoff Wed Nov 12th in Evansville

Contact: Dan Wietecha, City Administrator
City of Evansville
(608) 8822263
office
(608) 7519811
cell
dan.wietecha@ci.evansville.wi.gov



Evansville I&E Club Kickoff Meeting: Terry Whipple Guest Speaker

Evansville, WI – On Wednesday, November 12, 2008, the newly formed Evansville
Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club (I&E) will host its first meeting at the Union Bank and
Trust community room. In recognition of the event, Terry Whipple, creator of the
nationallyacclaimed
Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club model for rural economic
development, will be the guest speaker for the kickoff meeting.


Terry is the Executive Director of the Juneau County Economic Development
Corporation and the critically acclaimed Juneau County I&E Club. He is the brainchild
behind the wildly successful Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club model. Terry’s goal was
to create a contagious innovative environment in which persons could investigate the
potential of their ideas within a supportive group of like minded individuals. It has been
amazingly successful in Juneau County and has spun off similar clubs throughout the
state and nation.
Terry last spoke to the Evansville business community at the Economic Development
Summit in January, 2008. From the start, the City of Evansville’s recently adopted
Economic Development Plan relied on the business community’s input through surveys,
focus groups, and the Summit. The Evansville I&E Club is a direct result of the Summit
and the Economic Development Plan.
Evansville’s I&E Club has a mission to increase networking and referrals within the
community, to provide educational opportunities through speakers, and a chance for local
businesses and nonprofits
to build awareness by facilitating the networking of
entrepreneurs, inventors, and investors to help bring new business ideas to fruition.
Participation in this professionally supportive club is free and open to the public on
November 12, 2008, 6:30 8:
30 PM at the UB&T, 2 East Main Street, Evansville.
Entrepreneurs do not need to have an invention or current business plan to participate.
Join us and network with likeminded
individuals: share resources, exchange ideas, and
be mentored. You never know who you may meet and what you could lear