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Small Business University

Businesses with fifty or fewer full-time employees make up more than 75% of the Chamber’s membership.  We work hard to support this group of members with benefits and events that address their particular needs.  
 
Small Business University is a series of peer‐to‐peer panels designed to provide our small business members with real‐life best practices, shared by those who know best – fellow business owners.

2012 Small Business University

Defining Success

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m

How do you define success? Is it more clients, more sales, more employees? Did you go into business for yourself thinking you would improve your work life balance? Did you succeed? Join us as a panel of business owners share with you their personal definition of success, and how this vision has influenced their decisions, both in business and their personal lives. 

Panelists:

Aaron J. Day, President, Blue Construction, Inc.

Edie French, President & CEO, Location Images / iDream.tv

Bill Kozlak, Owner, Jax Cafe

Juan Ramirez, President,  Marcelita's Cookies

Moderated by Buffie Blesi, CEO, The KnowledgeSphere Group of AdviCoach

To register, click here.

Upcoming Events

How I Grew my Business
August 8, 2012, 7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
 
How I got an Awesome Team (Hiring and Managing Employees)
November 14, 2012, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

 

All Small Business University panels hosted by:


Elsie’s Restaurant, Bar and Bowling
729 Marshall St. N.E., Minneapolis, MN 55413

Directions to Elsie's


 
Thank you to our Small Business University series sponsor: