Bob Young
CEO
Lulu.com
Monday, April 30, 2012
McKimmon Center, NC State University
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| When: Monday, April 30 |
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| Where: McKimmon Center at NC State 1101 Gorman Street, Raleigh, NC |
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- This event is free and open to the public.
Directions to the McKimmon Center:
From I-40 traveling east from airport. Take Gorman Str. Exit #295. Turn left onto Gorman Str. Go approximately 1 mile. McKimmon Center is on the right past Avent Ferry Rd., before Western Blvd.
From I-40 traveling west. Take Gorman Str. Exit #295. Turn right onto Gorman Str. Go approximately 1 mile. McKimmon Center is on the right past Avent Ferry Rd., before Western Blvd.
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Celebrating student innovation and entrepreneurship at NC State!
Bob Young is the founder and CEO of Lulu.com, a premiere international marketplace for new digital content on the Internet, with more than 660,000 recently published titles and more than 15,000 new creators from 80 different countries joining each week.
Lulu.com, founded in 2002, is Young's most recent endeavour. The success of this company has earned Young notable recognition; he was named one of the "Top 50 Agenda-Setters in the Technology Industry in 2006" and was ranked as the fourth "Top Entrepreneur for 2006," both by Silicon.com.
In 1993, Young co-founded Red Hat, the open-source software company that gives hardware and software vendors a standard platform on which to certify their technology. Red Hat has evolved into a Fortune 500 company and chief rival to Microsoft and Sun. His success at Red Hat won him industry accolades, including nomination as one of Business Week's "Top Entrepreneurs" in 1999.
Before founding Red Hat, Young spent 20 years at the helm of two computer-leasing companies that he founded. His experiences as a high tech entrepreneur combined with his innate marketing savvy led to Red Hat's success. His book, "Under the Radar", chronicles how Red Hat's open source strategy successfully won industry acceptance in a market previously dominated by proprietary binary-only systems. Young has also imparted the lessons learned from his entrepreneurial experiences through his contributions to the books "You've GOT to Read This Book!" and "Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul."
Young graduated from the University of Toronto in 1976 prior to beginning his career in the computer finance arena.
In 2003, Young purchased the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League and currently serves as the league's vice chairman.
In addition to enjoying fly fishing, Young collects calculators and antique typewriters, a nod to his beginnings as a typewriter salesman and can usually be found sporting a pair of red socks. However, instead of red on his head, Young now tips his orange hat.
About Entrepreneurs Lecture Series
The Entrepreneurs Lecture Series is designed to showcase outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship among NC State alumni and partners. The lecture series, made possible by a grant from Andy and Jane Albright, is sponsored by the NC State Entrepreneurship Initiative. The goal of the Entrepreneurship Initiative is to build a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship for NC State students through programs and opportunities that help prepare them to be North Carolina's job creators and leaders of tomorrow.
Past speakers include John Norris*, President and CEO of Fuel Tech, Inc.; Steve Yauch*, President and Owner, Carolina Electronic Assemblers; Robert Young, founder of Lulu.com; Jim Goodnight*, CEO of SAS; Bill Nussey*, co-founder of DaVinci Systems, current CEO of Silverpop; Scot Wingo*, CEO of ChannelAdvisor; Thomas R. McPherson, Jr.*, former president and CEO of Hatteras Networks; Barbara Mulkey*, president and CEO of Mulkey Engineers & Consultants; Richard Holcomb*, current CEO and chairman of StrikeIron, former CEO and chairman of Haht Commerce; Nick England*, founder and current CEO of 3rd Tech, founder of Ikonas Graphics Systems, founder of Trancept Systems; Jerry Neal*, Bill Pratt and Powell Seymour, founders of RF Micro Devices; as well as business leaders Neal Hunter*, founder Cree, Inc., LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc.; Matthew Szulik, Chairman and CEO of Red Hat; Joseph Forbes, COO of Consert, Inc; Marshall Brain*, Founder of How Stuff Works; Chris Evans*, Philanthropist & Entrepreneur; David Anderson*, co-founder of PeopleClick & David Gardner*, co-founder of PeopleClick; Peter Lehrer*, co-founder of Lehrer McGovern; Josh Whiton*, founder and CEO of TransLoc; Andy Albright*, co-founder and President/CEO of National Agents Alliance; Heather Hesketh*, founder of hesketh.com; John Harthorne, founder and CEO of MassChallenge.
* NC State alumni
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