THE SEVENTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION - SHOWCASING 17 LOCAL BUSINESSES CREATING JOBS IN THE LAWRENCE COMMUNITY By Bob Luder, photos by Jeff Burkhead
Seventeen athletics teams were honored during a ceremony the evening of Feb. 26 inside The Oread Hotel.
“You have to be able to create results,” he continues. “And, that starts with great beliefs.”
That may not be exactly accurate. It could be what’s known in today’s political parlance as “alternative facts.” But, Tim Schlosser explains, there’s not a lot of difference between being a highly competitive collegiate or professional athlete and being a business entrepreneur.
Schlosser was making this point as special guest speaker in front of a couple hundred members of the Lawrence business community that congregated for the Seventh Annual Foundation Awards, hosted by Lawrence Business Magazine and CadreLawrence, along with presenting sponsor INTRUST Bank. This year’s awards celebrated 17 companies and the creation of 153 total jobs during the course of 2019. Foundation Award winners are companies that have been open at least three years and have shown 20-percent growth in jobs, or have added 20 total positions within the last year.
“Coaches and athletes have a great deal in common with business entrepreneurs,” says Schlosser, former associate athletic director for student-athlete leadership and development at Kansas University and a certified life coach. “Both must be competitive. They must be motivated, self-directed. They must create value in constructing teams. And, they must be willing to take risks. 42
