Mission House Creative

2003
		MHC Sponsors "Growth Strategy Seminar Series" October 23, 2003

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		MHC Wins Prestigious Creative Awards June 22, 2003

Mission House Creative Sponsors
“Growth Strategy Seminar Series”

Growing Raleigh Agency Partners with Distinguished Local Business Leaders

RALEIGH, N.C., October 23, 2003 – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) and Executive Education at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School are partnering to offer the Growth Strategy Seminar Series, a world-class learning experience to leading entrepreneurial executives in the Triangle. Mission House Creative, an independent marketing and communications agency in Raleigh, is sponsoring the program.

The partnership places outstanding resources, award-winning faculty, and a customized strategy and management program in the hands of emerging growth company executives. This unique program affords participants the opportunity to sharpen critical management skills and effectively impact the bottom line. Targeted toward entrepreneurial executives responsible for bottom-line revenue within successful launched, high-growth companies, the Growth Strategy Seminar Series is conducted in five daylong courses beginning March 19, 2004. Each session will include an interactive morning lecture segment along with an afternoon case discussion. This discussion will include participants’ own business plans and experiences, as well as a simulation exercise that will utilize the concepts and will span all five sessions.

Mission House Creative (MHC) has been involved with both CED and Executive Education at UNC-Chapel Hill for a number of years. The long-standing relationship includes development of CED’s annual membership directory and development of a successful brand image used to market all of UNC Kenan-Flagler’s degree and non-degree programs.

“The Growth Strategy Seminar Series resonates with MHC.” Says Carol Roessner, creative director and co-founder of Mission House Creative. “Our goal is to be a true marketing partner for our clients and help them manage some of the most critical components of business – thinking strategically, managing resources for growth, and thorough planning for market success.”
“This is an ideal partnership for all parties.” says Chris Bivona, director of business development for UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Executive Education. “We all learn from one another, and collaborating with a proven marketing partner such as MHC ensures coordination with our successful brand image.”

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 4,000 members representing 1,100 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org

Executive education at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School is focused on delivering practical, application-oriented learning experiences. In highly interactive sessions led by top-ranked faculty, UNC Kenan-Flagler programs teach new skills and concepts that participants can implement immediately in the workplace.

UNC offers non-degree open-enrollment, general management programs, and focused seminars for individuals, as well as custom programs for companies. These programs are customer-centered, designed to add value for participants and their organizations. In surveys by such leading business publications as The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, participants consistently rate UNC Kenan-Flagler's programs among the best in the world for solution-based tools and learning with immediate applicability on the job. www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu

MHC is a marketing and communications agency offering an award-winning team of diverse creative talent in design, advertising and public relations. MHC’s mission is to help their clients achieve bottom-line business goals by providing the knowledge and insight necessary to anticipate change, strategically position their products and services for success, and achieve real results through sharp thinking and well-founded creative. The agency’s national clients include Biovail Pharmaceuticals, MDeverywhere, LipoScience, Canopy Systems and Octagon Entertainment. Regional clients include UNC-Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, North Carolina State University, Guilford College and Duke University Medical Center.