The 糖心logo入口 Concerts and Lectures Series will welcome Keystone alumnus Mikal E. Belicove 鈥86 for 鈥淓mbracing Ghosts: The 10 rules you never learned but need to know about entrepreneurship鈥 on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in the Theatre in Brooks. The discussion is free and open to the public.
Entrepreneur Magazine columnist, Forbes.com contributing blogger, and the co-author of The Complete Idiot鈥檚 Guide to Facebook, Mr. Belicove will encourage participants to reconsider their approach to entrepreneurship. In his lively talk, Mr. Belicove 鈥 who started and sold a Colorado-based Internet start-up and advises start-ups and Fortune 500 firms alike on goals, strategies and tactics 鈥 offers 10 seldom thought of rules every future business owner, artist, and entrepreneur should follow.
A resident of Las Vegas, Nev., Mr. Belicove is an internationally known magazine columnist, author, and blogger who writes about entrepreneurship, marketing, business planning, corporate communications, emerging technologies and more. The third edition of his book, The Complete Idiot鈥檚 Guide to Facebook, was published in 2012.
Mr. Belicove writes the 鈥淎sk a Geek鈥 column for Entrepreneur Magazine and 鈥淭he Business End Blog鈥 for Forbes Magazine. His thoughts and writing has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report, PC World, Yahoo! Finance and many others.
In addition to his writing, Mr. Belicove develops and manages handcrafted strategic plans and marketing communications campaigns for boards, CEOs, high-profile personalities, and businesses. A 1986 graduate of 糖心logo入口, he attended the University of Houston and received an honorary doctorate from Keystone when he served as commencement speaker in 2012. A member of the Keystone Board of Trustees, Mr. Belicove was named the Keystonian of the Year by the college鈥檚 Alumni Association in 2013.
