Ground-breaking Symposium on the Art of Doing Business Across Cultures
Rolling Meadows, IL: A diverse group of about a hundred entrepreneurs, corporate executives and professionals from multi-cultural backgrounds marked Chicagoland’s first ever Symposium, ‘The Art of Doing Business Across Cultures’. In a cultural melting pot like Chicago, doing business across cultures presents it’s own set of challenges. To address these challenges and empower Chicago’s multi-cultural communities to connect and expand their business cross-culturally, a pioneering Symposium was presented by EQuest Global Group in association with NAWBO. This ground-breaking Symposium was held on Thursday, May 17th from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm at the elegant venue of The Meadows Club. The Daily Herald Business Ledger, Crain’s Chicago, The Meadows Club and Wintrust Bank sponsored this one-of-a-kind symposium. Kicking off the event, Shebani Kulkarni, President of EQuest Global Group and Co-founder of The Meadows Club and Dhrishti opened with an inspiring speech. She said that in Chicago’s global marketplace, it is essential to discover ways to reach out and expand your circle of business relationships. Quoting Marcel Proust, she said, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes”. She introduced Gail Zelitzky, President of NAWBO Chicago, who shared a common vision of connecting […]
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