{"629497":{"#nid":"629497","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Impact Presents: \u0022The Entrepreneurial Spirit\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn partnership with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ciber\/index.html\u0022\u003ECenter for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)\u003C\/a\u003E, the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship presents a Collaborative Impact event featuring Paul Lafata.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul Lafata is a product maker, startup builder and team leader. He has over 20 years of experience in product innovation, strategy and user insights. He currently heads Daimler\u0026rsquo;s new Lab1886 Atlanta team as CEO, leading the creation of startups for the future of mobility.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul\u0026rsquo;s focus is on inventing, building, investing in and launching category-changing businesses, at start-up speed. His background in new venture management and consumer digital product design allows him to specialize in creating business impact through design and driving product innovation, incubation and commercialization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPast ventures and projects included solutions for consumer mobile products for ridesharing, smart watch, home automation IOT, project staffing, broadcast video and live music booking services. Paul was previously at BCG Digital Ventures in Los Angeles, where he built and led teams in the creation of digital products for corporate startups.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0026quot;building a venture around intellectual capital\u0026quot; to \u0026quot;successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;socially responsible leadership.\u0026quot; The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni, and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. The lecture series is sponsored by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe series is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for an inspirational presentation by Paul Lafata.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Impact Presents: \u0022The Entrepreneurial Spirit\u0022"}],"uid":"35131","created_gmt":"2019-12-02 16:30:16","changed_gmt":"2020-01-16 19:31:15","author":"nanilnath3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-03-11T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-03-11T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-03-11T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-03-11 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-03-11 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-03-11 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"629489":{"id":"629489","type":"image","title":"paul","body":null,"created":"1575302670","gmt_created":"2019-12-02 16:04:30","changed":"1575302670","gmt_changed":"2019-12-02 16:04:30","alt":"","file":{"fid":"239727","name":"paul_lafata_pic.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/paul_lafata_pic.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/paul_lafata_pic.png","mime":"image\/png","size":8285908,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/paul_lafata_pic.png?itok=rqmJQSqz"}}},"media_ids":["629489"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/index.html","title":"ILE Home"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/impact\/index.html","title":"Impact Home"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ciber\/index.html","title":"CIBER Home"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"182004","name":"paul lafata"},{"id":"3532","name":"impact"},{"id":"11914","name":"IMPACT Speaker Series"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}