Gourmet Cookie Inventor "Famous" Wally Amos: INPEX 2008 Keynote Speaker
In 1975, long before there were "food personalities" like Emeril Lagasse, Paul Newman and Nigella Lawsohn, inventor Wally Amos came up with the idea that he could sell his cookies as an entertainment personality – a gourmet chocolate chip cookie. Borrowing $25,000 from friends, Amos opened the first freestanding store, on Sunset Boulevard, in Hollywood, CA, that sold only cookies: The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Store.
Soon the entrepreneur became a national personality renowned not only for his cookies but for his ebullient and outgoing persona as well. He is the recipient of many honors and awards including the President's Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, the Horatio Alger Award, and the National Literacy Honors Award. He has also been inducted into the Babson College Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs.
INPEX is excited to welcome "Famous" Wally Amos as the keynote speaker at the 2008 Invention Show. You can hear Wally speak at the INPEX Inventors University™, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 11:00am.
