News Release
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April 11, 2006
Boise State College
Lecture Series Presents Bo Burlingham
The Boise State University College of Business and Economics Distinguished
Speaker Series will present a lecture by Bo Burlingham from 1:40-3 p.m.
Thursday, April 20, in the Boise State Student Union Jordan Ballroom. The
talk is free and open to the public.
Burlingham is editor-at-large of Inc. Magazine and author of “Small Giants:
Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big.”
He joined Inc. in 1983 as a senior editor and became executive editor six
months later. In 1990, he resigned so that he could do more writing and
became editor-at-large. Subsequently he wrote two books with Jack Stack, the
co-founder and CEO of Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation and the
pioneer of open-book management. One of the books, “The Great Game of
Business” has sold more than 300,000 copies. The other, “A Stake in the
Outcome” has been called “the first management classic of the new
millennium.”
Before joining Inc., Burlingham freelanced for various publications,
including Esquire, Harper’s, Boston Magazine, The Boston Globe, and Mother
Jones. He was also managing editor of Ramparts magazine. In 1982, he joined
Fidelity Investments and wrote for Peter Lynch, Ned Johnson and other
executives until coming to Inc. From 1992 to 1997, Burlingham served on the
board of The Body Shop Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the international
cosmetics company. He was also a founder, with Tom Peters, of PAC World, an
international networking group.
“Small Giants” profiles several businesses, including The ECCO Group,
headquartered in Boise. The company is the world's largest manufacturer of
safety lighting and back-up alarms for commercial vehicles and has sales,
manufacturing and engineering facilities in Leeds, England, as well as
Launceston, Australia and Boise.
For more information on Burlingham’s new book, visit
www.smallgiantsbook.com.
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Contact: Kirk Smith, College of Business and Economics, (208)
426-3180, ksmith@boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Sherry Squires, University Communications, (208)
426-1563, ssquires@boisestate.edu
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