FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 8, 2009

Contact: John Wren cell (720) 495-4949

NEW FREE MEETING TO SERVE BOOM IN NEW BUSINESS CAREERS PRECIPITATED BY THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS. Starting a new career, campaign or new business?

DENVER__John Wren announced today the formation of the new Denver Startup Forum to connect people and exchange ideas and experience about how to start a new career, campaign or new business. For more information contact John Wren at John@JohnWren.com or (303) 861-1447. Wren has hosted the weekly Denver IDEA Café startup workshop for over 10 years.

“Successful people like Ben Franklin have always known that it’s impossible to something new without help. For instance, I tell people starting a new business to check out their idea with a good accountant. An accountant can’t tell you whether or not you have a good idea, in our economy the market sorts that out. But he or she can quickly chart the financial implications and let you know if you need to see a lawyer,” said Wren. “This new group will help connect people starting in a new direction with the help they need, when they need it, to be successful in today’s world.”

Free membership in the new group is open to all entrepreneurs, business owners, and CEOs as well as public accountants, lawyers, consultants, and people who are interested in entering these fields. Representatives from organizations such as chambers of commerce, schools, colleges and government programs that have a special interest in entrepreneurship and startup are also welcome.

The group will have a weekly luncheon meeting for sharing startup experience, information, and research. A video of the speaker each week will be posted online for members at http://denverstartupforum.ning.com/

Unlike the Wren’s IDEA Café, members will be encouraged to participate in meetings as often as possible in person or online.
Since 1994, Wren’s Denver IDEA Café startup workshop has met to give a one-time boost to people starting in a new direction. It now meets each Friday, 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 13th & Grant St. in Denver. It is free and open to all. (More info at http://ideacafe.meetup.com/1 or call (303) 861-1447) Wren also organizes closed, confidential business peer advisory groups based on the unique Franklin Circle model, what Wren says “may have been Ben’s best invention.”

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“Every Friday for the last 10 years, local business consultant John Wren has infused the city with entrepreneurial spirit by hosting Idea Cafe, a conversation group for anyone starting a new career, business, or campaign.” 5280 Magazine

John S. Wren, MBA+ is a business consultant and adult educator. He is the founder of the Denver IDEA Café and he started the first Franklin Circle in Denver in 1996. He attended Cornell College and the University of Denver (BA ’69, MBA ’79) where he was President of the Graduate Student Association. He studied adult learning theory with Raymond Wlodkowski at Regis University, and has been a seminar leader for the American Management Association. He served as President of Colorado College Republicans, the Denver City Club, the Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing Association, and the Denver South Optimists Club. He has started several businesses, which he writes about in his book on startup, endorsed by Dr. Amar Bhide www.bhide.net, now available for free on www.JohnWren.com.