JR Ridinger Speaks at Entrepreneurship Open House

Anyone who has attended World Conference or International Convention knows how powerful of a speaker JR is and how his life experiences and chance encounters helped to create Market America. Last night at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) the Bryan School of Business and Economics opened its new entrepreneurship center to the public and JR shared many of those stories and anecdotes to a standing-room-only crowd of over 300. JR's main message of the evening was about the importance of entrepreneurism in fostering growth in the economy and creating independence for individuals.

Much like his speeches at Market America events, JR had the audience captivated with his own stories of how he became an entrepreneur and the experiences life brought him that eventually led to the creation of Market America. JR closed by urging the audience of future entrepreneurs to realize that no matter how great an idea you have, it is more important to surround yourself with the right people to help implement that idea, and to never let someone tell you something can't be done.

Established by the UNCG Board of Trustees in the spring, the UNCG entrepreneurship center is equipped to help business owners fulfill their own entrepreneurial goals in seven targeted areas: creative industries, family business, franchising, healthcare entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and technology entrepreneurship.