{"id":4102,"date":"2018-10-15T16:27:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T21:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2020-04-19T10:38:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T15:38:37","slug":"langone-top-5-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/2018\/10\/15\/langone-top-5-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Reasons to Attend the Fireside Chat with Ken Langone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business icon, philanthropist, and Cashiers resident <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/langone\/\">Ken Langone is coming to WCU<\/a> for a fireside chat on Monday October 22 from 5:00-6:15 p.m. Here are five reasons to check it out.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4108\" src=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2018\/10\/Langone-Flyer-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2018\/10\/Langone-Flyer-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2018\/10\/Langone-Flyer-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2018\/10\/Langone-Flyer-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2018\/10\/Langone-Flyer-400x516.jpg 400w, https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/61\/2018\/10\/Langone-Flyer.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>1. <strong>A great story.<\/strong> Ken grew up poor in Long Island and rose to business success with a lot of hard work, good luck, and help from his friends. Along the way he co-founded The Home Depot, built a top Wall Street investment firm, and became one of America&#8217;s major philanthropists. There&#8217;s more to Ken&#8217;s story <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/2018\/10\/09\/4015\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>A local voice.<\/strong> Ken and Elaine Langone have a home in Cashiers, and this is their first time visiting WCU. So this is a great chance to hear from a local voice, and to see more of what WCU is all about.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Networking.<\/strong> Mingle with others from WNC&#8217;s business, government, and non-profit sectors. Tell your story too!<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Funny, warm, and entertaining.<\/strong> Ken&#8217;s story is full of F words. And not just that F word, either. His new book is all about Family, Faith, Friends, and Freedom. This fireside chat promises to be funny, warm, and entertaining all around.<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Free.<\/strong> This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 4:30. Registration is recommended, just visit <a href=\"http:\/\/langone.wcu.edu\">langone.wcu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business icon, philanthropist, and Cashiers resident Ken Langone is coming to WCU for a fireside chat on Monday October 22 from 5:00-6:15 p.m. Here are five reasons to check it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":4141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[556,559],"class_list":["post-4102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-ken-langone","tag-the-home-depot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4102"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4138,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102\/revisions\/4138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}