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Join author, TED speaker, entrepreneur, and recovering venture capital person Mary Lemmer for a conversation about her new book, How to Handle Anything: Four Improv Principles for Navigating Life’s Curveballs, published by Bloomsbury and coming out November 12.

​What Can Improv Principles Teach You About Entrepreneurship?

​Entrepreneurship rarely goes according to plan. Learn practical improv principles to navigate uncertainty, adapt when things go sideways, and find your next move when there’s no clear script.

​You’ll leave with practical tools to:

  • ​Make decisions when you don’t have all the answers
  • Adapt when plans change
  • ​Build confidence

​This won’t just be a sit-and-listen book talk. We’ll bring some of the ideas to life together through interactive exercises and conversation, with stories from her own entrepreneurial journey and career, audience Q&A, and time to connect and sign books.

Mary is a graduate of the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan (BBA 2010).