A.B. Dick Lecture on Entrepreneurship

Entering its fourth decade, the A.B. Dick Lecture series brings entrepreneurial thought leaders, innovators, and titans, including Jeff Bezos, Ted Turner, Gordon Segal and John Rogers, to Lake Forest College. This series is made possible by generous support from the A.B. Dick Foundation. 

About the A.B. Dick Lecture

The annual A.B. Dick Lecture on Entrepreneurship at Lake Forest College is a series of talks from industry leaders and innovators. Talks explore everything from ideation to corporate innovation. Dedicated to A.B. Dick, a local Chicago entrepreneur famed for inventing the mimeograph, talks focus on the importance and impact of entrepreneurship. For more information on the history of the A.B. Dick Company, please visit these articles:  Made in Chicago, and  Princeton University. 

A selection of past speakers are listed below

Jeffery P. Bezos, CEO/Founder, Amazon.com 

John W. Rogers, Jr., Chairman/CEO, Ariel Capital Management, Inc./Ariel Mutual Funds 

Ed Zander, CEO of Motorola 

Ted Turner, Chairman/president, Turner Broadcasting Co.

Gary Comer, CEO/Founder, Lands’ End 

Gordon Segal, CEO/Founder, Crate & Barrel, Chicago

Wendy Selig-Prieb, President/CEO, The Milwaukee Brewers 

Tom Gardner, Chairman/co-Founder, MontleyFool.com 

Brian P. Lamb, CEO/Founder, C-SPAN 

Dempsey J. Travis, President, Travis Reality, Chicago

Roger Horchow, Chairman, Horchow Collection, Dalla

Dr. Robert W. Campbell, Indiana University

Leon Herbert and son, John

Stanley Freehling and Robert Falls, Goodman Theater

Edward Gordon, Ravinia Music Festival

Ardis Karinik, Lyric Opera Co.

Bill Rodman, Deputy Director, Small Business Assistance Bureau, State of Maryland, rep of Small Business

Dr. Yan Wei-ben, manager and senior engineer, Tianjin Microform Corp, Tianjin, PCR

Stanley Marcus, Chair emeritus, Neiman Marcus

Howard A. Tullman, Former CEO of 1871, Managing partner, G2T3V, LLC, Chicago High Tech Investment Partners, LLC 

Ali Kriegsman, Author, Co-founder and COO of Bulletin