CEO Nexus, Rollins College CFAE to Host Priceline.com Co-Founder Jeff Hoffman at Forum March 13

WINTER PARK, Fla. --- Rollins College Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship and CEO Nexus, which works with public and private enterprises to encourage and accelerate second-stage growth, will host Priceline.com co-founder Jeff Hoffman at its next CEO Nexus Forum Wednesday, March 13. Steve Quello, president of CEO Nexus, said the Forum will begin at 6 p.m. for area CEOs and corporate principals invited to attend and registered at info@CEONexus.com. Hoffman, who was twice named one of the 25 Most Influential Executives in Travel and Tourism Worldwide, is an accomplished entrepreneur and innovator in the fields of Internet, e-commerce, and entertainment. He launched his first software company while still a student at Yale University. Best known as co-founder and CEO in the Priceline.com family of companies, Hoffman led the development and launch of Priceline YardSale. “Jeff Hoffman has established residence on the heights we work so hard to enable entrepreneurs to achieve,” said Dr. Tom O’Neal, executive director of the Florida Economic Gardening Institute. “We expect his presentation at this CEO Forum will be interesting, informative and stimulating.” Hoffman writes a regular column on innovation and entrepreneurship for Inc. magazine, between work assignments with the White House, the Executive Office of the President, the U.S. State Department, and U.S. Department of Commerce to support worldwide business and economic growth initiatives. Hoffman is a leading U.S. proponent of Economic Gardening initiatives as co-founder and partner in ColorJar, LLC, the Idea Accelerator company that helps entrepreneurs and small business owners launch and grow new business ventures. He also serves as Chief Innovation Fellow for the Cleveland Clinic.