Time Running Out To Sign Up For Aetna Breakfast

Time is running out for area chamber organizations and professionals to attend an event this Friday sponsored by the Simsbury Chamber of Commerce and Aetna. 

This event will offer something to both the small and large business owner; a new way to look at their business growth.

Designed to draw local business leaders together, the event will be held Feb. 10 at the Simsbury Inn, and is offering a keynote speech by Dave Power, president of Power Strategy, Inc.  Power will provide strategies for growth, including business model innovation and tools to overcome barriers to growth. 

Power is president of Power Strategy Inc., where he helps executive teams with growth strategy, alignment, and execution. Power has guided growth companies as an operating executive, board member, and advisor for more than 25 years. He is also a professor with the Harvard Extension School.

As an operating executive, Power was CEO of Novera Software, a private Internet software company; senior vice president of marketing and corporate development at RSA Security; and a vice president and general manager at Sun Microsystems. As a partner at Fidelity Ventures, Power was an investor and board member in a number of successful growth companies including Black Duck Software, Castlight Health, EnterpriseDB, Polyserve, Ping Identity, and Vibes Media. Power was also a venture partner at Charles River Ventures.

Dave Power lives in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife and five children.

Reservations for this event should be made in advance by contacting the Simsbury Chamber of Commerce at 860-651-7307. The cost is $30 per individual.  A table of 8 is $300.  The event will begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 9:30 a.m. 

The Simsbury Inn is located at 397 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury.

Additional sponsors include: Hop Meadow Country Club, Prime Touch Services, Robert Hensley & Associates, Simsbury Bank and Simsbury Patch.