2008 SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CONFERENCE

Small Business Opportunity Center

  

 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

 

SCHEDULE

 

DISTINGUISHED ENTREPRENEUR AWARD

 

SPONSORS

 

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CREDIT

 

PARKING & LOGISTICS

 

CONTACT US

 

 

SCHEDULE

 

TIME

EVENT

TOPICS

8:30 – 9:45 am

Panel Session I

A: Non-profits and Social Entrepreneurship

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B: Getting Started (financing and other things)

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C: Venture Capital and Financing for Established Startups

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9:45 - 10:00 am

Break

10:00 - 11:15 am

Panel Session II

A: Franchising: the If, When and How

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B: Real Estate Development in a Changing Market

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C: Intelligent Intellectual Property

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D: The Business of Climate Change: Combining Profit with Environmentalism to Create Opportunity

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E. Workshop - Preparing Growth, Session I (10AM - 11:15AM). (Note:  This session is entitled “How to Create a Business Plan” on the online registration form.  Due to space limitations, participation to Session I will be limited to the first 20 attendees that show up)

 

11:30 – 1:00 pm

Lunch and Keynote

 Howard A. Tullman

1:00 – TBD pm

Workshops

A: Issues Women Entrepreneurs Face

B: Exit Strategies: How to Leave your Job and Take the  Entrepreneurial Plunge

C: Workshop - Preparing for Growth, Session II (1PM - 2:15PM)  (Note:  This session is entitled “How to Create a Business Plan” on the online registration form.  Due to space limitations, participation to Session II will be limited to the first 20 attendees that show up)

D: Top 10 Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs