Breakfast at the Next Level | June 2023 | Scaling Up
On the first Wednesday of the Month, some of South Australia’s most successful and motivated people get together over breakfast to discuss, learn, share and grow – personally and professionally.
Join us on Wednesday 7th June when we meet with Dr Jana Matthews. She has a doctorate from Harvard, has founded five companies, and was on the founding team of the Kauffman Foundation’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Matthews is internationally recognised as an expert on entrepreneurial leadership and business growth, has written eight books, and has designed award-winning programs that teach CEOs and executives how to lead and manage growth companies. She was named one of 18 Women Business Gurus in the world – the only one focused on entrepreneurial leadership and business growth. She is the ANZ Chair in Business Growth, Professor, and Founding Director at the Australian Centre for Business Growth in UniSA Business.
Scaling Up – Dr. Jana Matthews, International Expert on Entrepreneurial Leadership & Business Growth
Wednesday 7 June 2023 | 7:00AM – 9:00AM(networking from 6.30)
Adelaide Pavilion | Veale Gardens
cnr South Terrace & Peacock Road, Adelaide
OR ONLINE VIA ZOOM
About our guest
Dr Jana Matthews, Professor, ANZ Chair in Business Growth and Growth Expert
Dr Jana Matthews is the founding director of the Centre with a team of 9 staff and 16 Growth Experts (CEOs who have started, grown, and exited companies) who teach structured growth programs, work with business owners, CEOs/MDs and executive team members, helping them develop and execute plans for growth, attract and retain talent, enhance their own leadership, develop products/services that customers value, and build great organisations that can scale and create jobs. More than 1,200 business owners and CEOs/MDs have enrolled in Business Growth Clinics and intensive Business Growth Programs. The Centre has received international acclaim and awards from the European Foundation for Management Development and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business for its programs’ impact on company growth.
Dr Matthews has served on seven boards and founded five companies of her own in the USA. She was recruited to the original senior team of the Kauffman Foundation’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership, where she was the architect of highly successful programs designed to teach CEOs and their executive teams how to lead and manage growth. Additional responsibilities included working with 17 venture capital companies to design/develop the Kauffman Fellows Program, plus programs to educate angel investors, facilitate technology transfer, and create ecosystems to support growth companies.
Dr Matthews studied at the University of London, Yale University and has a doctorate from Harvard. She is frequently asked to speak and consult about leading and managing growth, globalisation, innovation, and the roles and responsibilities of leaders of growth companies. She has written over 150 articles and eight books including Managing Partnerships between Higher Education and Industry. Several of her books have been published in multiple languages. In 2018, Forbes listed her book Leading at the Speed of Growth (2001) as #1 on the list of books technology entrepreneurs were reading and recommended.
She has been a Global Thought Leader for SAP, has written articles and been featured in Investor Business Daily, Inc., The Australian, Australian Financial Review, The Conversation, Boss, BRW, AICD magazine, Smart Company, Startup Daily, and Entrepreneur.com and was on the first StartupAUS board. She was named one of 18 Women Business Gurus in the world – the only one focused on entrepreneurial leadership and business growth, has been identified as one of the leading women in Australia’s innovation ecosystem, was on the 2018 AFR list of “100 Women of Influence” in Australia, and chairs the Selection Committee for the Commonwealth’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative.
Join us at Breakfast at the Next Level, on Wednesday 37 Juney 2023. The SOL Results team looks forward to welcoming you. Buy your tickets now to secure your place.
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Speaker
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Stan KontosMastercoach
Stan is an entrepreneurial businessman, investor, motivational speaker and peak performance coach with 32 years experience in business ownership, and 20 years in public speaking and coaching. He have a proven track record of growing business interests, motivating teams of people, and great insights into life balance. He resides in Adelaide, South Australia.