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Economic Roundtable at JU featuring former Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller covered by Financial News & Daily Record

Economic Roundtable of Jacksonville panelists at Jacksonville University's Davis College of Business were (seated, from left) Robert Brigham, Economic Roundtable president; Don Capener, Jacksonville University Davis College of Business dean; Jennifer Levinson, Palmetto Capital partner; and Shannon Miller, former Olympic gold-medalist gymnast and president of Shannon Miller Lifestyle: Health and Fitness for Women. Moderator Amy Ruth (standing) is vice president of operations at Incepture Inc. (Photos by Kevin Hogencamp/Jacksonville University)

The Financial News & Daily Record covered the Economic Roundtable of Jacksonville’s panel discussion Tuesday, March 26 at Jacksonville University’s Davis College of Business on “The Role and Impact of Entrepreneurial Business in North Florida.”

The panel consisted of Olympic gold medalist-turned-entreprenenur Shannon Miller; Pat McManamon, co-owner and operator of Sandler Training in Jacksonville; and Jennifer Levinson, co-founder of Ponte Vedra Beach private equity firm Palmetto Capital.

Here is the beginning of the article, which is titled “Miller, McManamon, Levinson share entrepreneurial stories with Economic Roundtable,” by contributing writer Mark Basch.

As an Olympic gymnast, Shannon Miller was pretty much on her own.

She was part of a U.S. team but in reality, Miller was working all by herself when she was out on the balance beam or in another event.

“You kind of withdraw and learn how to rely on yourself,” Miller said Tuesday at an Economic Roundtable of Jacksonville event.

However, when she started her own business – Shannon Miller Lifestyle – one of the key lessons she learned early on was that she couldn’t do it all herself.

“It’s okay to rely on others,” she said.

Click here to read the entire Financial News & Daily Report article.

Here are more photos from the Economic Roundtable: