Women in Business Listen as Shakespeare Squared Founder Reveals Her
Lesson Plan for Success
The Principal (R) Women in Business Teleclass Series Enlists
Entrepreneur Kim Kleeman to Help Women Business Owners Grow Their
Companies
DES MOINES, Iowa (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) March 26, 2008 --
The Principal Financial Group®
will feature entrepreneur Kim Kleeman, founder and president of
Shakespeare Squared, as guest presenter for its complimentary teleclass, “A
Woman Business Owner's Multi-Million Dollar Success Story: Do What You
Love, The Money Will Follow.” To be held
April 29, the class is dedicated to the growth and financial success of
women in business.
“Kim turned her passion for teaching into a
multi-million dollar business,” said Michelle
Swanson, advertising officer, The Principal®. “Through
fresh ideas, strategic planning and staying true to herself, she was
able to create a successful business.”
Meet the Speaker
Kim Kleeman started her career as a teacher. After a few hardships, she
discovered a different path of the education sector. Kleeman made the
jump to the business world as an entrepreneur and developed Shakespeare
Squared. It is a full-service educational company that creates
everything from textbooks to lesson plans to Web sites for textbook and
trade book publishers. After a three-year, 815 percent growth spurt,
Shakespeare Squared, is now a $2.3 million company. Kleeman's company is
based out of Glenview, Ill. and is comprised of almost all women.
Founded in 2003, Shakespeare Squared has received a number of
prestigious awards; including being recognized as one of the Inc.
500 “Fastest Growing Private Companies in
America.” Working Mother Magazine
added the business to its “Best Small
Companies” list in 2007. For Kleeman's
dedication to her company, she was given the Business Ledger's
Entrepreneurial Excellence Award as “Today's
Young Entrepreneur.” She has also been
featured in respected media outlets such as, Inc. Magazine, Chicago
Sun-Times and Crain's Chicago Business.
About The
Principal Women in Business Teleclass Series
Held on “Teleclass Tuesdays,”
the series of 10 sessions are exclusively designed to meet the needs of
a women business owner, while giving her an edge with expert advice.
Each session allows the audience unique interaction in a casual format
with nationally-recognized business leaders and thinkers, many of whom
are business owners themselves.
The program's moderator is Inc. Magazine Editor Jane Berentson.
She is serving as the moderator for five programs in 2008, taking a
fresh spin on issues that matter most to business owners: managing
people, finances, sales, marketing and technology.
The Women in Business teleclass series, launched in 2003, features
accomplished business leaders, from bestselling author Suzy Welch to
chocolate visionary and multi-million dollar business owner Katrina
Markoff.
To learn more about this educational series or how The Principal helps
business owners attract, retain and reward employees through the use of
employee benefits, visit: www.principal.com/women.
Classes are held at 12 p.m. Central (1 p.m. Eastern, 11
a.m. Mountain and 10 a.m. Pacific) on the dates scheduled and audio as
well as smart articles of past classes are available.
About the Principal Financial Group
The Principal Financial Group®
(The Principal ®)1
is a leader in offering businesses, individuals and institutional
clients a wide range of financial products and services, including
retirement and investment services, life and health insurance, and
banking through its diverse family of financial services companies. A
member of the Fortune 500, the Principal Financial Group has $311.1
billion in assets under management2 and
serves some 18.6 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia,
Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. Principal
Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
ticker symbol PFG. For more information, visit www.principal.com.
1 “The Principal
Financial Group” and “The
Principal” are registered service marks of
Principal Financial Services, Inc., a member of the Principal Financial
Group.
2 As of December 31, 2007
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