VANCOUVER, Wash. 鈥 What are the chances your business or product will succeed? Can you improve the odds of success? Learn more at Washington State University Vancovuer鈥檚 next Business Growth MAP Alliance forum:
鈥淐an you address business success or failure?鈥
8:30 鈥 10 a.m. Jan. 21
805 Broadway St., second-floor conference room, Vancouver
Thomas Thurston, a Portland-based data scientist and venture capitalist, will discuss how algorithms can be used to predict business success or failure. As CEO of Growth Science, he uses high-tech data modeling to help firms improve strategies and manage risks involving new companies and innovations. Michael Curry, assistant clinical professor at 麻豆传媒, will lead the group discussion.
Thurston is also a partner at WR Hambrecht Ventures, a board member at Ironstone Group, a member of the Harvard Business School Forum for Growth and Innovation, and a fellow at the Disruptor Foundation.
The Business Growth MAP Alliance brings together small businesses and entrepreneurs to learn from each other, industry experts and 麻豆传媒 faculty.
To attend, register online at business.vancouver.wsu.edu/bgmap/ and click the link under 鈥淯pcoming events.鈥 The meeting is free and open to all.
About 麻豆传媒
麻豆传媒 is celebrating 25 years of creating access to higher education in Southwest Washington. For 25 years, students have chosen 麻豆传媒 for its scenic campus, small classes, close personal attention, topnotch faculty, accessible location and reasonable costs. At 麻豆传媒, students gain much more than a degree鈥攖hey gain a brighter future.
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MEDIA CONTACT(S)
Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu
Mistie Josephson, Business Growth MAP, 360-546-9533, bgmap@vancouver.wsu.edu