Lakeshore e2e Series presents Bill Holsinger-Robisnon, CEO of SPOUT
| January 29, 2008 | ||
| 5:30 pm |
Join us on January 29th when Bill Holsinger-Robinison will talk about Supporting disruptive innovation in West Michigan: A conversation on innovation, challenging an industry and what it takes to be world-class within West Michigan.
Topic: Supporting disruptive innovation in West Michigan
What: Lakeshore e2e Series presents: Bill Holsinger-Robinson, CEO of Spout.com
Where: The Colonial Clock Building, 201 West Washington, Zeeland, Michigan (Lakeshore Advantage offices)
When: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Who: For all current and aspiring entrepreneurs & their friends
Cost: No charge (refreshments provided)
In this provocative discussion, Bill will talk about :
- Spout: Starting a start-up
- What’s success for Spout.com?
- Innovation from without
- Challenges and opportunities
As Chief Operating Officer for Spout.com, an online community focused on films and the film industry, Bill Holsinger-Robinson has developed a deep interest in the role that trust plays in commerce, and how online communities create and trade in trust. Bill began his work with Spout as a business strategist, helping the founders organize and develop their business case, operating structure, and marketing strategy. Within a year, the founders asked him to come aboard to run the new company, a division of RDV corporation.
Before joining Spout, Bill managed marketing and consulting for Sagestone Consulting, a software development company, and developed and managed electronic business initiatives for Herman Miller, Inc., helping the furniture maker better communicate and align business practices online with their largest clients. He also led a consulting business, appliedthinking, where he focused on ideation, strategy, development, planning and communications for a wide range of clients.
A graduate of Alma College, Bill has worked as a chef and a scholar. He lives in Holland, Michigan, with his wife and son. He does some of his thinking while he puts hundreds of miles on his bicycle, training for long-distance races.
You can find Bill online at:
http://www.appliedthinking.net
http://www.linkedin.com/in/billhr
http://www.spout.com/members/2108/default.aspx
[…] The Right Place, an economic development organization located in Grand Rapids, MI, developed this great little video in support of the greater West Michigan area (is that Benjamin Gott wearing sunglasses?). And the fact that it has been posted to YouTube means that people around here are finally getting the “embed and spread” philosophy. Check it out. The community around here has some really great potential. We just need to get people (everyone from investors to regular Joe’s) adopting a growth mentality. But more on that later. […]