SE Garden Fresh Entrepreneur David Zilko
02/23/2017 07:30 AM - 09:00 AM ET
Category
Inforum Event
Admission
- $50.00
Location
Gem Theatre
333 Madison Ave.
Detroit, MI 48226
United States of America
333 Madison Ave.
Detroit, MI 48226
United States of America
Description
Dave Zilko founded his first specialty food company more than 20 years ago with a $2,500 credit card loan. He remains an equity partner in several food-oriented enterprises, but exited active involvement in the industry when he engineered the sale of Garden Fresh Gourmet, makers of the No. 1 brand of fresh salsa in North America, to the Campbell's Soup Co. for $231 million in 2015. Dave was a partner in Garden Fresh for 13 years, serving as vice chairman with primary responsibility for strategy and sales. Today Dave is an investor in and CEO of FUEL Leadership LLC, a company dedicated to elevating professional performance through events and digital media.
More about Dave can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-zilko-7937303/
Dave is the author of Irrational Persistence: Seven Secrets That Turned a Bankrupt Startup into a $231,000,000 Business. The book describes the business principles he developed as he and Garden Fresh founders Jack and Annette Aronson built the small company from the back of a restaurant in Ferndale. Copies of the book will be for sale at the breakfast.
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