February 2015 Dinner Meeting

Can Glen Meakem do it again? The man behind one of Pittsburgh's most celebrated business success stories thinks he has another winning concept on his hands.Glen, who founded FreeMarkets, Inc in 1995, took the company public in 1999 and sold it for 500 million in 2004, launched Forever, Inc. in 2012, a company he bills as the world's first and only permanent media storage and sharing company.Join us to hear how Glen's life experiences, including his service as a platoon leader in the Persian Gulf War and his love for family,inspired the idea for Forever and why he thinks the company is poised to be his greatest entrepreneurial achievement yet. And he has had many.Glen is the co-founder of Meakem Becker Venture Capital, a widely respected firm that has invested in a number of uber successful tech companies,including Kiva Systems (sold to Amazon), HotPads (sold to Zillow), Shipwire (sold to Ingram Micro), and CloudMeter (sold to Splunk).A graduate of both Harvard University and Harvard Business School, Glen also hosts a weekly conservative syndicated radio program called "Glen Meakem on the Weekend." Please join us for dinner, networking and a fascinating conversation with a man heralded as a new economy innovator and leader.

Location:Duquesne Club

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