Manage Your Career at the ACS 2011 Joint Midwest/Great Lakes Regional Meeting


Career development workshops and individual resume reviews will be offered Thursday, Oct. 20. These workshops are designed to help chemical professionals and students at all levels understand the current workplace.

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Writing a Winning Executive Summary and Business Plan
American Chemical Society
Business & Innovation: Chemical Entrepreneurship Series
Time/date: 2 to 3 p.m. ET Sept. 15

If you're going to start a business, you need a business plan. Your business plan is as much for you as it is for your investors! From examining your strategy, defining your market, identifying your business goals, to forecasting your financial needs, Dr. Dan Daly has helped countless chemical entrepreneurs to success. Let him guide you through writing an effective business plan that captures your vision and tells investors you are serious.

Meet Your Expert
Dr. Dan Daly is director of the Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs Center. He has 17 years of experience in the fuel and lubricant businesses. Daly has won several awards, including the Nortech Top 50 Industrial Innovation Award for Northeast Ohio, R&D Magazine Top 100 Industrial Innovation Award and ACS Environmental Industrial Innovation Award. Daly has a doctorate in physical-organic chemistry from the University of Florida.

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