This Week’s Update

Leaders Connect Detroit (Zoomcast) with Jonathan Quarles

• Jonathan Quarles has had a lifelong passion for building businesses and creating change. As a serial entrepreneur, he started his first business as the top-selling paperboy in his neighborhood at the age of eight. After graduating from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU), Quarles held several prominent positions in both the private and public sectors. Leveraging his experiences around building bridges between people and ideas, he then founded The BTL Group, a strategic business development and relationship management platform. Jonathan’s work with The BTL Group has earned him a place as a highly sought-after advisor and as one of the world’s most well-known connectors. Quartz Water Source, inspired by the Flint Water Crisis, is his latest entrepreneurial venture. Founded with the mission of expanding global access to clean water, Quartz is an embodiment of using entrepreneurship for social impactJonathan was selected as a fellow from the Aspen Institute, German Marshall Fund, and the Global Entrepreneur Summit. He was honored by Ebony Magazine, Black Enterprise, D Business Magazine as 30 under 30, and Crain’s Detroit Business as 40 under 40. He is a proud Flint, Michigan native.

• In his new book, MAKING DOLLARS WHILE MAKING CHANGE: The Playbook for Game Changers (on-sale January 7, 2021; BMcTalksPress), Quarles journeys through his formative personal and professional experiences, highlighting how they have shaped him as an entrepreneur. Both reflective and prescriptive in nature, the stories reveal how Quarles has used entrepreneurship as a platform for social impact and are intended as a call to action for all those who have been too afraid to pull the trigger on their game-
  changing ideas.

• There will be an opportunity to discuss his ideas in small groups. Click HERE to sign up.

Video from last week’s webinar “Sustaining Relationships” with Michael Samuelson and Dr. Rob Pasick

• To view the webinar which was presented by Dion Leadership, please click HERE.

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