Our Host & Moderator Ben Calkins | Host & Founder of Center for Free Enterprise Ben Calkins is a seasoned business attorney who has assisted a wide array of both publicly held and privately held business clients in connection with countless business transactions, including but not limited to acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, debt and equity…
Join us for an online discussion about buying businesses – and why now is the time to do it! Our co-founder Ben Calkins will moderate a panel consisting of Jill Arena, Roy Knapp, and Tom Logan. With your RSVP confirmation you will receive a Zoom link to join the meeting. As always, networking will follow…
Ms. Babitt Tim Calkins is a marketing professor, author, speaker and consultant. He is Clinical Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He teaches courses including Marketing Strategy and Biomedical Marketing in the full-time, part-time and international executive MBA programs. He is co-academic director of the Kellogg on Branding executive education program.Tim won…
Meet Jeffery Kadlic, founder of award-winning private equity firm Evolution Capital Partners. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.
Original Event Details: Ted Frank, former CFO of CoverMyMeds, will talk about helping to lead the growth and eventual sale of that business to McKesson. He will also give our audience leadership and deal insights from his stellar career. By means of introduction, Ted has over twenty-nine years of building, leading and advising organizations through…
The Center for Free Enterprise is back to in-person events! Our first two events of the season were well-attended, safe, and successful. Our third event will be moderated by CFE Co-founder Ben Calkins of the Calkins Law Firm, Ltd. Our panel includes: Mathew Hanson Matt Figas Nathan Nicoll Rudy Sangari Hear from our panel of…
Original Event Details: Ms. Babitt is a founding member of Cyprium Partners. Prior to forming Cyprium, she was a partner at Key Principal Partners (KPP). She joined KPP in 1998 from Carleton, McCreary, Holmes & Co., a Cleveland-based investment banking firm. Ms. Babitt spent three years at CMH with a primary focus on industry research,…
Hear from our panel of experts on the topic of intellectual property in business. Followed by Q&A and networking breakout sessions. About this event Kathryn Perales of the Calkins Law Firm is an experienced intellectual property attorney who has practiced law for over 20 years in both Ohio and Texas. She has assembled a panel…
Original Event Post: A Discussion with Bill Mulligan of Primus Capital: From Venture Capital to Private Equity Investing William “Bill” C. Mulligan joined Primus in 1985. He is one of the founders of Cleveland’s VC and Private Equity investment industry. Bill now focuses on the firm’s business services and healthcare investment activities. His historical investments…