(PRNewsChannel) / March 18, 2009 / Orlando, Fla. / The economic downturn doesn’t have to be a death sentence for small businesses. At Inc.’s GROWCO Conference, March 18-20 in Orlando, an inspiring and successful entrepreneur will share her story of personal and professional triumph and stress the importance of technology and leadership in the current economic climate.
Ping Fu, founder, president and CEO of Geomagic, has survived a Chinese prison and gone on to become a respected leader in the software industry. Fu says she hopes to rally business owners and executives into staying strong in the face of the current recession.
“Living the American dream is not only about surviving, but thriving in the frontier of the unknown,” says Fu, who was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. in 2005. “The ability to deal with difficult situations and the confidence of knowing that everything can and will work out are important leadership qualities for running a company.”
Inc.’s GROWCO Conference has showcased some of the brightest and most forward-thinking executives in business since it was first introduced in the ‘80s as the Growing the Company Conference. Drawing upon Inc.’s decades of in-depth and on-edge business reporting, the GROWCO Conference harvests Inc.’s rich network of seasoned executives and thought leaders and is an invaluable opportunity to gain real, practicable advice on how to grow a business.
Fu was inspired by fellow GROWCO speaker Doug Tatum at a past Inc. 500 Conference, and went on to build Geomagic into a $25 million company. She says she feels honored to speak to fellow entrepreneurs at the 2009 GROWCO Conference and hopes to stress the importance of innovation to the future of small businesses.
“I advise business owners and executives to keep pursuing innovation through tough times,” says Fu. “Downtimes force people to look at their current state in a different way, without throwing a lot of money at a problem. True innovation often occurs in trying financial times.”
Inc.’s GROWCO Conference is geared to company owners and executives and targets two types of businesses: the smaller organizations that want to move up in market share and respectability and larger companies that want to establish steady results while distinguishing themselves among their competitors.
Through her more than 20 years of software industry experience and numerous management achievements, Fu has cultivated a positive message of innovation and hope that she will share at Inc.’s GROWCO Conference, March 18-20, in Orlando.
For more information on the Inc. GROWCO Conference and to sign up, please visit: www.GrowCoConference.com
About the Inc. GROWCO Conference: Inc. magazine’s GROWCO Conference has been a must-attend event for any executive or business leader since it was introduced in the ‘80s as the Growing the Company Conference. The two-day event was created with motivated business leaders in mind, and provides more than just an excellent networking opportunity. Participants will also receive real, workable information they can use to create or improve upon their own growth models. The GROWCO Conference puts Inc.’s decades of in-depth and on-edge business reporting to practice, harnessing an established network of executives and speakers. The conference will be held March 18-20 in Orlando.
About Inc. magazine: Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. magazine (www.inc.com) is the only major business magazine dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies that delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. With a total paid circulation of 724,110, Inc. provides hands-on tools and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing, and technology.
About Ping Fu: Ping Fu is the Chairman, President and CEO of Geomagic and has led the company from a start-up to the worldwide leader in the digital shape sampling and processing industry. She has more than 20 years of software industry experience and was Director of Visualization at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications where she managed the NCSA Mosaic software project that led to Netscape and Internet Explorer. Fu has received numerous awards including the Ernst & Young ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ for the Carolinas, ‘Entrebizneur of the Year’ by Business Leader, and in 2005, she was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc.
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