Economic Acceleration Tour Comes To Memphis

CEO and best-selling author Gary Harpst will continue his 50-city speaking tour “Economic Acceleration: Breaking The 3% Speed Limit”, sponsored by Six Disciplines, in Nashville, Tennessee on March 18, 2009 at the Marriott at Vanderbilt, from 7:30 - 11:00 AM.

“We’re excited to continue the 50-city “Economic Acceleration” tour with business and community leaders in Nashville,” said Harpst. “We want to share this new vision and a specific plan for accelerating the economic development equation in the Nashville community,” added Harpst.

“Nashville currently ranks 11th in the nation among large metropolitan areas for its number of “high-impact” companies, those that produce both significant revenue growth and expanding employment,” said Harpst. “Yet only 3% (2.39 percent) or 1,945 of Nashville’s 81,437 businesses are considered to be high-impact. Why does it have to be less than 3%? And perhaps more importantly, what are we going to do about accelerating growth for the other 97 percent of businesses in Nashville? That’s specifically what I’ll be revealing at the Economic Acceleration event on March 18th,” added Harpst.

The economic acceleration plan comes from Harpst’s newest book, Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems Easier, which has been named a nationwide bestseller by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and BusinessWeek. The book details the elements of a complete strategy execution program, clarifies why it could only have happened now, and explains why such a program will soon become a mainstream requirement for all successful businesses in the future.

During this past year, Harpst has addressed thousands of business and industry leaders nationwide on the importance of existing small and midsized businesses in economic development at events including the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, the Association of Small Business Development Centers, North Carolina Technology Association, Ohio Manufacturers Association, Regional Growth Partnership of Northwest Ohio, and Vistage.

In attendance at the Nashville Economic Acceleration event will be CEOs of small and midsized businesses, chamber of commerce executives, economic development executives, civic leaders, business incubator professionals, college and university business program chairs and faculty, quality program professionals, venture capitalists, private equity and angel investors, business coaches, management consultants, and professional service firm partners.

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