U.S. Rep. John Baldacci will discuss “Economic Implications of Entrepreneurship” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Keck Classroom of Pettengill Hall on the Bates College campus. The public is invited to attend this Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship lecture free of charge.Baldacci’s talk will focus on how the state of Maine has addressed the challenges of developing successful new ventures for state economies. Born and raised in Bangor, Baldacci worked in his family business while serving in the state legislature and earning a B.A. in history from the University of Maine, Orono. Through his experience in the family restaurant business, Baldacci learned much about the opportunities and challenges facing Maine’s small businesses.

Baldacci was first elected to public office in 1978, when he won a seat on the Bangor City Council at the age of 23. In 1982, he was elected to the Maine State Senate, where he served until his election to the United States House of Representatives in 1994. Re-elected to Congress in 1996, 1998 and again in 2000, he serves on the house agriculture and transportation and infrastructure committees. Through this committee work, he has been involved in decisions important to the second district’s natural resource-based economy.

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The Bates alums are Darrell Williams ’86, president and CEO of Washington Emerging Technologies Center, Washington, D.C.; Mark Cauchon ’78, owner of Legal Advice Line Inc., Baltimore, Md.; and Bob Parks ’92, senior sections editor of Wired Magazine. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

Aimed at both students and community members, the Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship is an integrated set of lectures and presentations covering the entrepreneurial process: its history and manifestations from conception to implementation of a new venture. The sessions focus on attributes of entrepreneurs, their search and assessment of opportunities and the identification and obtainment of resources that transform ideas into new ventures. The series exposes the unique ways that the fundamental characteristics of a liberal arts education can be applied in a variety of new ventures.

The seminar series will rely heavily on Bates alumni, parents and Maine entrepreneurs, as well as experts and researchers in the field. The next presentation will be Entrepreneurship and the Next Century: Trends, Developments and Implications at 7 p.m. Friday, April 7, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.

Jamie Merisotis `86 and president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy in Washington, D.C., will join Richard Willing, executive director of L/A Arts; Marty McIntyre `73, executive director of the Sexual Assault Crisis Center in Auburn; and Paul Rubin, executive director of Faithworks in Lewiston for the presentation.

The identification and management of opportunities in social renewal through private and not-for-profit initiatives or community agencies will be carefully reviewed at this meeting. Topics to be explored include how social change, charitable and health and human service organizations share in the entrepreneurial process. Particular attention will be given to the creative and skillful identification of foundation, community, government and corporate involvement for these ventures. Since most service and community enterprises return profits into benefit enhancements, entrepreneurial success for venture developers and managers in these areas also will be investigated.

Aimed at both students and community members, the Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship is an integrated set of lectures and presentations covering the entrepreneurial process, its history and manifestations from conception to implementation of a new venture. The sessions focus on attributes of entrepreneurs, their search and assessment of opportunities and the identification and obtainment of resources that transform ideas into new endeavors. The series exposes the unique ways that the fundamental characteristics of a liberal arts education can be applied in a variety of new enterprises.

The seminar series will rely heavily on Bates alumni, parents and Maine entrepreneurs engaged in a variety of projects, as well as experts and researchers in the field. The next presentation will be “Scientific and Medical Entrepreneurship” at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.

For more information, call the Bates College Office of Career Services at 207-786-6232 or check the seminar series on this web site.

The session will examine the various growth stages of a start-up business venture, ways to identify them and strategies for meeting any dangers inherent in rapid or moderate growth.

Meyer is president and chief executive officer of Mendelson&Assoc. Inc., in Los Angeles, and T&J Jewelry Inc, a family-owned manufacturer of fine jewelry known for its innovative styles. The company employess 300 part- and full-time employees and distributes its product to major jewelry chains and department stores throughout the United Sates. She earned her bachelor of arts at the University of California at Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She serves on the Board of Inner City Arts in Los Angeles. She and her husband, Greg, are the parents of Tracy Leigh Myer, who graduated from Bates in 1998, and Joshua Ryan Myer, Bates class of 2003.

Aimed at both students and community members, The Bates Seminar Series in Entrepreneurship is an integrated set of lectures and presentations covering the entreprenerial process, its history and and manifestations from conception to implementation of a new venture. The sessions focus on attributes of entrepreneurs, their search and assessment of opportunities and the identification and obtainment of resources that transform ideas into new ventures. The series exposes the unique ways that the fundamental characteristics of a liberal arts education can be applied in a variety of new ventures.

The seminar series will rely heavily on Bates alumni, parents and Maine entrepreneurs engaged in a variety of ventures, as well as experts and researchers in the field. The next presentation will be “Sustaining the Vision: Finance and Human Capital,” at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives.