Whitman professor hosts event with Tom’s of Maine CEO Nov. 29

Monday, November 26, 2007, By News Staff

Whitman professor hosts event with Tom’s of Maine CEO Nov. 29November 26, 2007Amy Schmitzaemehrin@syr.edu

Tridib Mazumdar, the Gendal Professor of Marketing in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, will act as emcee of a Time Warner Cable Business Class event on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 6:30 p.m. with keynote speaker Tom Chappell, founder and CEO of Tom’s of Maine. It will be held at the Convention Center at OnCenter in downtown Syracuse and will be preceded by a reception at 5:30 p.m.

The event, “Building a Million Dollar Business,” is part of Time Warner Cable Business Class’s Accelerating Your Business Speaker Series. Seating is limited. To make a reservation for this free event, and get additional details, visit http://www.twcbc.com/speakerseries.

Tom’s of Maine was founded in 1970 with a $5,000 loan and a single product. Since then, it has grown to be the number one Natural Care brand nationwide, with nearly 200 employees and 90 oral and body care products found at more than 40,000 retail outlets across the world.