Entrepreneur Roundtable Presents in January: Marlene Cooper Williams of Heritage Home Conservatory

PRLog (Press Release) - Jan. 18, 2012 - Entrepreneurs, small business owners and people considering starting a business are invited to join the Entrepreneur Roundtable on Saturday, January 21st on the California Lutheran University campus in Peters Hall, room 106, (http://www.callutheran.edu/directory/map.php) beginning at 9:30am for networking with a light continental breakfast provided by the CLU School of Management. The program is a presentation by Marlene Cooper Williams of Heritage Home Conservatory and begins at 10:00am and runs till 11:00am. There is time for networking after the program concludes. The meeting and presentation are free to attend as a courtesy to the small business community.

This month meet Marlene Cooper Williams, founder and principal of Heritage Home Conservatory (http://www.heritagehomeconservatory.com/). Bringing the down-home charm and the infamous “call a spade a spade” mid-western style (popularized by Garrison Keillor’s radio show Prairie Home Companion) to California in 1976, Marlene opened Con Tempo Music Guild in Sherman Oaks, CA with her teachers providing private music instruction for students of all instruments and voice, both at the school and in the student’s homes. Over the years her expansion included a teaching corps in 26 cities nationwide sourcing lessons via hundreds of teachers to thousands of students.

Marlene's latest business is Heritage Home Conservatory which is locally run in the Conejo Valley.  This organization is community based, instructing private students of all instruments and voice at home and through public music programs. In development currently are programs including the use of Internet technology to reach people otherwise unable to take lessons in person and a new after-school music program in the Simi Valley Unified School District as well as a music therapy program to work with children and adults with special needs.

Supported by the CLU School of Management as a networking, mentorship and educational organization, the Entrepreneur Roundtable was founded in 2006 by CLU graduate students, faculty and administrators. The mission of the group is to support the Ventura County business community.  Entrepreneurs and businesspeople from all over southern California enjoy the diverse membership and dedication of the organization which creates a supportive network and venue for feedback and learning about issues of entrepreneurship and small business ownership.

For more information, please find the Entrepreneur Roundtable on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Entrepreneur-Roundtable/293...  or contact the California Lutheran University School of Management (805) 493-3360.

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Christine Robert earned her MBA (entrepreneurship and small business) and Certificate in Marketing from California Lutheran University and has worked with large and small businesses in entertainment, bio-technology, food manufacturing and toy merchandising in Southern California for over 20 years. She is an expert social media marketer, since 2005, bringing her unique ability to perceive and capitalize on trends in the marketplace to various clients. She is starting a food co-op in Thousand Oaks, California.