Greyt Big Talk w/ Baiju Shah

GREYT BIG TALK is a breakfast lecture series for the creative community taking place in pop-up locations on the third Friday of every month in Cleveland. 

Each event features:

• local culinary artisan breakfast and coffee, 
• live music performances
• original art by local designers
• startup pitches for anything our community is making
• a short talk from a successful creative person
• all filmed to share with our community online. 

(interested in a feature, artisan maker space, company recruiting tabletop space, or other placement within the program? email us at omg@thatsgreyt.com) 

Since our founding in January of 2015, we’ve hosted nearly 10,000 attendees in pop-up locations all over the city of Cleveland. This month's talk will take place in Cleveland Public Square and Feature Baiju Shah.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Baiju R. Shah is the President & CEO of Greater Cleveland Partnership, the region’s leading economic development organization. With nearly 12,000 members, GCP is the largest metro chamber of commerce in the nation. Guided by a board of corporate and entrepreneurial CEOs, the organization focuses on accelerating growth and inclusive prosperity through strategic initiatives, business services, real estate, and advocacy.

Prior to GCP, Shah served as the Senior Fellow for Innovation at The Cleveland Foundation—the world’s first community foundation with assets of $2.8 billion—CEO of BioMotiv and co-leader of The Harrington Project, and CEO of BioEnterprise. Shah serves as a Senior Advisor to FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, a Trustee of Destination Cleveland, Global Cleveland, and Ohio Excels, and a Director of Athersys.

(Event Photo Credit: @BigDaftOrangeDog)