Earl Blanks is a former owner of a Party City franchise. Prior to his involvement with Party City, Blanks had started a small consulting business, the Small Business Marketing Planning Center, which provided marketing consulting services to smaller companies that generated $3-5 M per year in sales. Prior to that experience, Blanks worked at Procter & Gamble for over 7 years. Earl Blanks received his undergraduate degree from University of Arkansas and his MBA from Cornell University.
A person who assumes the risk of starting a business. Now I heard you say risk. Sure. An entrepreneur must be able to take risk. But importantly, they must be able to take a calculated risk. We're not talking about going out and doing anything. When I decided to bring Party City to Cincinnat...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Earl Blanks Provides Background For Lecture on Economic Development From Employee to Entrepreneur
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