Featured Partner, Marvin Revoal

Marvin, a 25 year business owner of Pacific Benefits Planning joins the  Bulding Business Leaders Seminar to share his experience as a minority business owner. His company has grown over the years to over 25 employees with offices in Eugene, Corvallis and Portland. He provides benefits planning and investment services for small and mid sized companies. Prior to benefit planning he was a Eugene/Springfield Police Officer.

He gives back to the community by serving as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce as well as a member of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Portland, Oregon.

"Being a minority business owner means you have to learn to mode-shift, so just get used to it. The best thing I can do now that I have enjoyed success in my life is to show other aspiring minority business leaders in order to be successful themselves they have to work hard and float between all segments of a community even in ones not in their personal identity"

Quentin Harley, Featured Partner

Quentin is an Eugene prodigy raised locally and graduate of Sheldon High School.

After graduating from high school, he was selected in the 5th round draft for major league baseball. He spent ten years in professional baseball before he retired as a professional athlete.

Quentin’s passion for creating, combined with his intuitive business sense, drove him to launch variety of technology inspired small businesses since 2000.

His most recent venture, Qreative Partnerships, challenges the conventional use of QR codes for marketing and branding.

He is a single father of two sons and gives back to the Eugene community by sitting on the board of Oregon Black Business Alliance along with coaching the Sheldon High School Baseball team.

When asked why he wants to partner with the Building Business Leaders project of Lundquist College of Business he says,

“Qreative Partnerships is about people helping people see outside of usual way of thinking and be the first to market with innovative and creative ideas. Building Business Leaders is doing exactly that. We see ourselves able to give and receive in this venture.”

News from the Network: Shamsu

Shamsu Said, senior at University of Oregon, currently interns in Captetown, South Africa. He works for a small consulting business that focuses on leadership skills and professional growth. His blog posts articulate a compelling story of leader emerging from within. Read his blog here:

Featured Business Partner

Clarence has agreed to be a featured partner and test some lessons learned from multiple new ventures.

Ron Tinsley, Featured Partner

"to succeed in business you have accept you will make stupid mistakes"
Ron has owned multiple business in Eugene, Oregon and is excited to share his wisdom with future minority business leaders .

tiny win

what better way to update business students and entrepreneurs of what's up than a quick blog? I used widgetbox.com to create this feed from my personal blog space. Hmmm, who could I sucker into texting updates on their start ups???

it takes time and space

Found myself needing some time to contemplate all the possibilities of the CEO Network. When I looked at the "in process" site I got overwhlemed and realized maybe a little space between me and the project would help too.