Strategic Growth Leadership Series

Seizing opportunities: successful entrepreneurs share the secrets of their success

A complement to the Opportunities in Adversity webcast series

A Q2 Ernst & Young study discovered something rather remarkable about high-growth companies and their response to the global economic downturn. Sixty-seven percent of high-growth company executives surveyed said they are focused on pursuing new market opportunities, such as strategic transactions, acquiring talent, improving operations and entering new markets.* The survey was conducted among the world's best entrepreneurs: 3,100 country winners and finalists of the worldwide Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® awards program and provides useful benchmarking tools for companies to measure and compare their own responses to the downturn against these current and future market leaders. Seizing opportunities, a complement to the Opportunities in adversity (OIA) campaign, illustrates how high-growth, entrepreneurial companies intend to find and exploit the opportunities inherent in today's market.

Join us on August 6, 2009, as Ernst & Young LLP hosts a live Thought Center webcast on the topic of "Seizing opportunities: successful entrepreneurs share the secrets of their success" as part of our Strategic Growth Leadership Series. This webcast will feature successful entrepreneurs sharing how they are taking advantage of opportunities arising out of the downturn to:

• Acquire strategic businesses or assets
• Develop new products, services and markets
• Attract and retain people
• Drive operational performance

This event will be of interest to entrepreneurs and high-growth companies.

*By contrast, 74% of mature multinational company CEOs who were surveyed at the same time report focus on protecting their current position.