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Lawrence Watkins Shares Thoughts On Work-Life Balance

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  • Date Added : 6/26/2009
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Lawrence Watkins

  • Founder, Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • male
  • AfricanAmerican
  • 1984 (Age: 40 years old)
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
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Biography

Lawrence Watkins is a young entrepreneur and owner of Great Black Speakers Bureau, an organization dedicated to helping universities and corporations find speakers for the events that they host throughout the year. Founded in January 2007, Great Black Speakers has quickly risen and has become a premier force in the speaking industry, boasting over 200 African-American speakers and over 100 university/corporate clients.

Lawrence Watkins received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville. He is currently continuing his education as the Rodney P. Hunt Fellow at the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University.

Work/life balance, this is one of the things that I personally struggle with on a day to day, week to week basis. The reason that I struggle with it is I love what I'm doing so much that who cares about regular life. However, in many ways, I think the work/life balance is an illusion or is based o...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Challenge of Getting Parents To Support His Decision To Start A Business
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 1 min. 54 sec.
Video 2 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Decision To Launch Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 57 sec.
Video 3 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Personal and Academic Background and Decision To Start A Business
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 4 min. 40 sec.
Video 4 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Decision To Focus On African American Speakers
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 1 min. 42 sec.
Video 5 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Outlines Value Proposition His Company Offers To Speakers
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 1 min. 49 sec.
Video 6 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Outlines Value Proposition His Company Offers To Organizations
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 38 sec.
Video 7 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Importance of Making Your Cash Work For You
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 34 sec.
Video 8 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Starting A Company With Family Members
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 1 min. 22 sec.
Video 9 of 22 Lawrence Watkins States Desire To Grow The Company
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 1 min. 41 sec.
Video 10 of 22 Lawrence Watkins States Importance of Never Underestimating Yourself
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 4 sec.
Video 11 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Challenge of Leveling Out Cash Flow
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 3 min. 14 sec.
Video 12 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Shares Thoughts on Web Design
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/09
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 1 min. 32 sec.
Video 13 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Need To Balance Planning With Execution
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 44 sec.
Video 14 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Shares Thoughts on Local Optima
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 35 sec.
Video 15 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Impact of Rodney P Hunt Fellowship
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 51 sec.
Video 16 of 22 Lawrence Watkins States Entrepreneurs Are Creators and Can Exist Inside Large Organizations
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 26 sec.
Video 17 of 22 Lawrence Watkins States Entrepreneurs Need To Be Even Keeled
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 4 min. 55 sec.
Video 18 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Shares Thoughts on Mentors
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 4 min. 48 sec.
Video 19 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Impact of Race On His Vision Of Himself
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 4 min. 11 sec.
Video 20 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Discusses Importance of Having A Broad Personal Mission Statement For You Life
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 3 min. 45 sec.
Video 21 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Shares Thoughts on Politics
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 38 sec.
Video 22 of 22 Lawrence Watkins Shares Thoughts On Work-Life Balance
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • 6/26/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 3 sec.

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