Small Business University

Please call 651-288-9202 to register.

Small Business University is a day-long seminar which will feature keynote speaker, John Puckett, co-founder of Caribou Coffee and co-owner of Punch Pizza, along with breakout sessions on topics that are important to small businesses. We know your time is valuable so our goal is to ensure that you leave at the end of the day with new ideas and strategies to integrate with your business right away!

During the registration process, attendees will have the opportunity to select the breakout sessions they are most likely to attend on the day of the event but if you change your mind at the event that's ok! Small Business University will be held at Lost Spur Golf & Event Center.

Ticket prices:
Regular Rate: $109
Discounted Chamber Member Rate: $89 (thru August 26)
Non-Member Rate: $119

Sponsorship opportunities are available. Click here for more information.

Agenda:
9:30 a.m. - Registration

10:00 a.m. - Keynote Speaker, John Puckett

(Click here for breakout session descriptions)

11:15 a.m. - Breakout Session 1
    Growing Your Business the Right Way: Where Your
    Marketing Dollars are Best Spent
    Presenter: Vernon Stading, Devoted Business
    Development LLC

    Learn to Lead
    Presenter: Dina Simon, Simon Says Lead

    Cyber Security: Is Your Business Protected?
    Presenters: Phil Emerson, Emerson Technologies and
    Keith Burkhardt, Kraus Anderson Insurance

Noon - Lunch

1:00 p.m. - Breakout Session 2
    Digital Marketing: Want to be in Business in Five
    Years?
    Presenter: Ryan Berkness, PR Caffeine

    How to Make the Most of Networking to Grow Your
    Small Business
    Presenter: Teresa Thomas, The Win/Win Networker

    Business Plans: You Can't Get there if You Don't Know
    Where You're Going
    Presenter: Vernon Stading, Devoted Business
    Development LLC

2:00 p.m. - Breakout Session 3
    What does having the Wrong People on the Bus Cost
    You?
    Presenter: Deb Sauder, Interact 4 Impact

    Social Boom!
    Presenter: Ryan Kulka, Social Boom

    Maximize Your Website: Now and for the Future
    Presenter: Shawn Haukaas, August Ash

2:45 p.m. - Q&A and Wrap Up