Greenhouse is a collaborative thought space focused on growing business skills, including design thinking, customer experience, and creative and critical thinking. The program series features luncheon programs and casual meet-ups.

Evening programs host a guest entrepreneur. Participants use teamwork to solve real business challenges submitted by area firms. The program culmin ates in a fall innoation competition for the annual innovation award.

Brent Tilson, founder and CEO of Tilson HR, is Greenhouse's entrepreneur-in-residence. Brent moderates the programs, meet-ups, and provides visionary guidance to the Greenhouse entrepreneurial community.

Company owners, thought leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs are invited. Participants will learn about best practices to help plan, launch, grow, and pivot their firms in an ever-changing 21st century economy.

JUNE PROGRAM: This month, Greenhouse welcomes Steve Spencer, Founder and CEO of the Spencer Management Group to discuss key learning objective, "How to Test Solutions through the Eyes of the Buyer?"

Steve Spencer is currently President and CEO of Spencer Management Group. Steve founded Advantis Medical Inc., an instrument management orthopedic company, later sold to RoundTable Healthcare Partners in 2007. Spencer invested in Avalign Technologies, the new orthopedic platform company that included Advantis Medical, where he served as an executive consultant and member of the Board of Directors. Avalign Technologies was sold to Arlington Capital Partners in 2015.

Steve’s distinguished career as a designer and manufacturer of medical devices includes working as a senior executive and division general manager with American Hospital Supply, now Cardinal Health, G.D. Searle, Bristol Myers-Squibb, and Hoffman LA Roche. He has extensive experience leading start-ups and turn-arounds including Searle Life Support Systems (neonatal monitoring), Medical Device Technologies (interventional radiology products) and founding a Dental Division for Carr Metal Products.

Steve was recognized by Massachusetts Mutual and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with the Blue Chip Award as one of the top 200 entrepreneurs in America in 2000, and was recognized eight consecutive years from 1998-2006 by Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business as one of the top 100 business growth executives in the State of Indiana.

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