WIBN NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
Manheim, PA - As the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is upon us; I wanted to take a moment to extend a heartfelt thanks to all of our incredibly loyal members, donors, sponsors, and friends for your ongoing and generous support of our WIBN mission. Despite the COVID-19 related challenges that have impacted our WIBN chapter events, our business leaders continue to adapt, improvise, and overcome the obstacles via the deployment of virtual alternatives.
Webinar Speaker Series Launched: I am excited to announce that the WIBN National Webinar Series will kick off on Thursday, December 10, at 4:30 pm EST. Our first presenter, Carl Eschenbach (click here for bio), is a rock star leader in the venture capital/technology sector (Sequoia Capital), and you won't want to miss him. Before joining Sequoia Capital in 2016, Carl was President and COO of VMware, where he helped grow the company from $31 million in his first full year to $7 billion in revenues and from 200 people to 20,000. Carl will be a 2021 member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an Outstanding American. He will be presenting on "Key Traits of Successful Managers and Entrepreneurs," followed by a Question/Answer opportunity.
We will be hosting one or two of these WIBN National webinars each month to keep our WIBN members and chapters fully engaged until we can get back to regular events and activities. Please be sure to forward any suggestions for future presentation topics that you think would have broad appeal to our vast WIBN network of members (please send to Mike Moyer at mmoyer@nwca.cc).
New/Revitalized WIBN Chapters: I am happy to report that we have a strong interest in Reading, PA, to form a WIBN Chapter. We also have great possibilities in New Orleans, Chicago, and Pittsburgh, PA. If you live in any of these regions and are interested in being considered to serve on the local chapter Board, please contact me, and I will be sure to connect you to the appropriate people.
WIBN Business Development Highlight: Whenever possible, I like to highlight a Wrestlers In Business Network Connection. In this issue, I'd like to illustrate the great work of our WIBN/Denver Chapter leader, Kevin Brooks, who is a partner at Sunbelt Business Brokers. Last month via a WIBN introduction, I connected Kevin with WIBN/Long island member Neil Duncan. Neil is in the process of selling a Relocatable Light Fabrication & Distribution Company. Needless to say, a strong relationship built on their mutual wrestling interests resulted, and now the company is officially for sale with multiple inquiries from potential buyers. Here is a link if anyone is interested in learning more about the opportunity:
https://wrestlersinbusiness.org/forsale
I encourage any other WIBN members with similar stories to please send them to Mike Moyer mmoyer@nwca.cc so we can feature them in future issues of WIBN newsletters. This is truly the power of the WIBN network.
Update on Interscholastic & Intercollegiate Wrestling Season: It is great to see that the intercollegiate wrestling has begun, primarily with the NAIA and Women's divisions. It appears as if most of the other intercollegiate teams will be competing shortly after January 1, 2021. There are a few isolated instances where conferences and/or individual institutions have suspended all winter sports. While it is a very fluid situation, our college wrestling coaches' consensus is that they are willing to make whatever compromises necessary to protect the national championship. We expect a potentially chaotic and unpredictable season, but hopefully, all of the various national championships can go off as scheduled.
The interscholastic wrestling season is just as fluid. With each passing week, a growing number of state high school athletic associations appear to be pushing the start dates for their seasons back toward January while others are moving as far out as the Spring. For a complete update, please click here to view an up-to-date illustration of where each state association is with their season.
In closing, and on behalf of our NWCA President, Coach Kevin Ward, and our Board of Directors, I hope everyone has a terrific Thanksgiving season!
Growing the WIBN Network together,
Mike