Who Really Makes It as an Entrepreneur?

NEW YORK, March 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Almost everyone needs to be an entrepreneur these days – whether you own your own company, work at a start up, or are just trying to innovate within a larger organization," says Davia Temin,CEO of strategic marketing, reputation and crisis management consultancy Temin and Company.

Ms. Temin will moderate a panel discussion at The Jonathan R. Lax Conference on Entrepreneurship at Swarthmore College on Sunday, March 18th. The panel, "Who Really Makes It as an Entrepreneur: Can You?", will discuss the portfolio of skills required to launch and run a new venture.

"There is an entire mystique built up around being an entrepreneur. But there is shocking naivete and romanticism as well. The reality is far more challenging," she adds.

An expert on crisis and reputation, Ms. Temin will also lead a roundtable discussion, "Resilience – Surviving, Thriving Through the Tough Times," immediately following the panel, focusing on succeeding in challenging environments.

"After having left a large corporate job 14 years ago to start my own boutique management consultancy – which is still going strong – I realized that the qualities of survival one really needs as an entrepreneur are rarely spoken about, especially to college students.

"Who really makes a good entrepreneur? What are the qualities it takes to be successful, when over half of all new ventures fail? These are the topics we will be discussing with Swarthmore students, alumni, faculty and the larger community on Sunday at Swarthmore's Lax Conference on Entrepreneurship."

Ms. Temin is founder and CEO of Temin and Company, which advises global companies, their boards, CEOs and leadership teams on reputation and crisis management, marketing and media strategy, leadership communications and thought leadership. She also coaches 21 CEOs around the world. Ms. Temin is the First Vice Chair of the Board of Girl Scouts of the USA, Chair of the Board of Video Volunteers, and serves on the advisory boards of the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship at Columbia Journalism School and ProPublica, and on Harvard Kennedy School's Women's Leadership Board. A former board member of The White House Project, Women's eNews and Swarthmore College, she was the producer of a highly successful entertainment industry conference, "The Business of Entertainment: The Big Picture." Ms. Temin is a contributor to The Huffington Post and authors a column on Forbes.com called, "Reputation Matters." She is also a frequent and popular public speaker, appears in several books, including Wall Street Women, and is currently writing a book on crisis management.

If you would like to speak with Davia Temin, please contact Suzanne Oaks of Temin and Company at 212-588-8788 or [email protected].

About Temin and Company
Temin and Company Incorporated creates, enhances, and saves reputations. The firm helps corporations, professional services firms, and other institutions define and strengthen their public image – and their bottom line – through strategic marketing, branding, media relations, thought leadership, speaker and media coaching, financial communications, and crisis management.

Clients include the leaders of some of the world's largest and most well-known corporations, financial institutions, pharma and biotech companies, law firms, consulting firms, publishing houses, venture capital funds, authors, politicians, and colleges and universities.

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