Lawrence Watkins is a young entrepreneur and owner of Great Black Speakers Bureau, an organization dedicated to helping universities and corporations find speakers for the events that they host throughout the year. Founded in January 2007, Great Black Speakers has quickly risen and has become a premier force in the speaking industry, boasting over 200 African-American speakers and over 100 university/corporate clients.
Lawrence Watkins received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville. He is currently continuing his education as the Rodney P. Hunt Fellow at the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University.
I always tell people that from the early years I had to overcome adversity. I was born a breech baby so since day 1, even before day 1, I had to overcome adversity. I had big cast on my legs for the first two years of my life and I couldn't walk 'til age about two and a half or so. So that was ver...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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