Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure to speak at StartupGrind event
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure will talk about entrepreneurship next month as part of a series sponsored by StartupGrindKC.
Claure is working to turn around the Overland Park wireless carrier after having founded and built a $10 billion cellphone distribution business in Miami. He is scheduled to speak during the evening event Sept. 23 at Village Square, 4436 State Line Road.
Sherry Turner, executive director of the Women’s Capital Connection, speaks tonight in the series. Tickets for the events are available through EventBrite.
.@StartupGrindKC hosting Sherry Turner (@OneKCforWomen) tonight and offering 50% off tickets for #1MCKC. Code "1MC". http://t.co/PHVtSBm6K0
— Startland News (@StartlandNews) August 26, 2015Others scheduled in the series include Henry Bloch, co-founder of H&R Block Inc., and Barnett Helzberg, who sold his namesake jewelry store chain to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and founded the Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program.
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This story was originally published August 26, 2015 at 10:39 AM with the headline "Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure to speak at StartupGrind event."