The Lonely Entrepreneur - Thriving Under Pressure

After a long overdue break, we are back with our next meetup in our series of educational opportunities for entrepreneurs.

We welcome Michael Dermer, an entrepreneur, speaker, lawyer and founder/author of The Lonely Entrepreneur. Michael is considered the founder of not only a company, but an industry – rewarding individuals for healthy behavior. Michael left a promising law career to start IncentOne, the first company to provide rewards for healthy behavior.

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After bootstrapping for a decade, his company received a large private equity investment in 2008. Then the financial crisis hit. Ten years were gone in ten days. Bankrupt customers. Investment gone. Credit dead. Family dollars at risk. Angry investors. Family relationships on the brink.

It would take two years of working 24 hours a day to save what took ten years to build. The perfect storm. It was doomed. Or was it? Today, health rewards are everywhere, he sold IncentOne to industry innovator Welltok and his company is credited with creating the health rewards industry. What resulted was not only a business success, but the discovery of a unique method on how to thrive under the pressure, chaos and burden of being the entrepreneur. The Lonely Entrepreneur was born.

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STARTUP PITCH / DEMO:

Fast Buy (http://www.fastbuyinc.com/) by Mahesh Varavooru will be discussing his startup's business model and how they plan on helping you negotiate price on all your online purchases. - 15 minutes

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SCHEDULE:

• 6:45 - 7:15pm : Networking & Food

• 7:15 - 7:15pm : Introduction / Announcements

• 7:15 - 7:45pm : Startup Pitch / Demo (send Charlie an email to pitch)

• 7:45 - 8:30pm : The Lonely Entrepreneur - Thriving Under Pressure

NOTE: Your cover charge will go towards light refreshments and drinks.

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Any questions, post a comment or email me directly at charlie [at] juicetank.com