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Creating Businesses | Building Strategic Alliances.
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MARK VICTOR HANSEN
THE POWER OF FOCUS How to Hit Your Business, Personal and Financial Targets with Absolute Certainty Free Up Your Time, Dramatically Improve Your Bank Account and Enrich Your Most Important Relationships! In "The Power of Focus" session, Mark Victor Hansen helps you shift from feelings of futility and overwhelm to the creation of an easy and incredibly effective action plan through the application of conscious focus. Based on the best-selling book Mark co-wrote with Jack Canfield and Les Hewitt, "The Power of Focus" marches past pie-in-the-shy hopes and dusty well-intentioned plans to immediate organization, clarity and action in every facet in your life. While the application of this life shift is not an instant cure, you'll find that, by giving this plan your priority and commitment, you'll be creating absolutely revolutionary, permanent movement forward. Learn how to get past old procrastination patterns and ingrained habits that keep you from your targets. Create healthy new strategies and implement consistent persistence. Learn when to ask and when to act. And find ways to scrabble over any barrier or stalling tactic to achieve your better future, your fully realized and capable you.
Attend this resourceful seminar and find many ways to be highly successful in today’s competitive environment.
Franchising is hot! Find out how to acquire and get into this fastest growing business industry. Explore and learn how to tap into the growth, success and unique business models of franchise developments. Learn what various franchise systems are doing to encourage doing business with a diverse population. Gain insights from mistakes and tidbits from successful franchisees. Meet and greet franchisors who are actively seeking aggressive entrepreneurs to provide their proven franchise systems. Franchisors in all investment levels will help you with understanding the franchise industry. Obtain key information on various financing programs geared towards the development of franchises. Find information on one of the newest financing initiatives, the Veterans Transition Franchise. Attend active workshops that will provide a wealth of information on franchising, financing and growing new business enterprises.
Sonya Braithwaite, Diversity Director, International Franchise Association
Jayne Armstrong, Delaware District Director,US Small Business Administration
Attend this resourceful conference and meet franchises who are highly successful in today’s competitive environment.
Competition for resources and financing continues to get tougher each day. Who makes up this changing and diverse working environment? Why should companies want to do business with you? Learn how to adequately plan for your business success. Explore strategies to scale up your services, expand your market and diversify your products and services. Learn how to develop and identify niche markets in your community and make them work for you. Find out about programs specifically geared towards addressing the challenges facing minority and women businesses. Discover what is being done to open doors to networks and capital markets to foster strategic alliances for women and minority-owned businesses. Gain practical information on obtaining financing and getting frequently asked questions about financial resources to support your business. Make your business a part of the solution rather than the problem. Learn to take a proactive approach to improving your business position.
Attend this billingual workshop and learn to take a proactive approach to achieve a better quality of life in your business position.
Guillermina Gonzalez-Sobrero, President of Quixote Marketing,LLC, a billingual, bicultural marketing firm specializing in the Hispanic market in Delaware.
Need working capital? Have a great existing business or an innovative idea? Finding financial resources is tough. Having a proper executed business plan greatly improves your chances for any financial considerations. Here is your opportunity to put your business plan to work and compete for over $10,000 in awards. Enter your business plan and see whether your business plans has the where with all to make it or is making it in the real world. Entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to compete utilizing a three qualification round approach. Hurray, the deadline for application for this is approaching soon. Winners will be announced at the Megabizfest Procurement Networking Reception.
Loraine P. Watson, Mega BIzFest Coordinator
Olaklunda Olundina, YWCA, Enterprise Division
Entering a business plan competition may just help you get the publicity you need to find funding and actually get your business started and or running more effectively.
Where are financial sources to help jump start my business? What do I have to do to apply for financial considerations? Are there grants for developing my business? I’ve max out my credit cards now what should I do? How does my personal credit scores affect my business? Answers to these as well as other common questions on financing will be addressed at the Megabiz Conference. Speak to lenders and banking officials who help small business owners with financing. Find out which banks and resources have greater numbers for assisting small businesses. Obtain financial applications from various lenders who are willing to assist you with financial considerations. Leave from this conference understanding how credit can make or break your business position.
Jayne Armstrong, SBA Delaware District Director
This workshop will discuss branding, marketing, and networking techniques to increase your business development. Get insights on giving your company its unique identity. So, you started a business, now will customers come? Find out how to be successful using online marketing strategies. How can people find you? Do you need an on-line presense. How successful is marketing your business online? What is a successful networking strategy? How can I improve my company's position with networking.
Thomas DeSanto, Aloysius Butler & Clark, Executive Vice President, Creative Services
Hollis Thomases, President, Web Advantage, Inc.
Roberto Allen, Esq., Saul Ewing - President, Baltimore Hispanic Chamber
Vincent White, President, ProVest Realty
Maria Cabrera, El SOL DE Newsletter
Networking and exhibiting at an Expo can increase you customer base. Showcase your products and services to many prospective buyers in a short time. Exhibit at the MegaBiz Opt Marketplace and maximize your products and services to a wide customer base. For a small investment you can take your goods, products and services to the “mega” marketplace and reach a diverse population of attendees of the conference. Make an impression that attendees will remember and continue to support you.
Only a limited number of exhibitors will be accepted. Opportunities for exhibiting are going fast. Call and obtain your exhibit space today.
Will DBE/WBE certification benefit my business? Why should I even get certified? How many certifications are there in Delaware? Attend this workshop to get your questions answered by procurement specialist from federal, state, local and national certification programs. Review certification applications and on-line methods to obtain certification.
Larry Smith - DELDOT
Kai Brunswick - SBA
Mary Schneber - DEDO
Rock Brown - MBA
Paul Jones - NMSDC
Juanita Beauford- PTAC
Loraine Watson - City of Wilmington
Attend the workshop and review certification applications and on-line methods to obtain certification.
Learn more about procurement from the side of corporation seeking to procure goods and services from small businesses. Hear what tidbits they will share to help you be successful in your procurement efforts. Participate in this Q & A format to get your specific questions answered. the SBA and Small Business Matchmaking. Register to have one-on-one appointments between procurement & purchasing specialist and small business owners. The mission of this initiative is to empower small companies to obtain procurement opportunities, create paramount relationships and to stimulate jobs and growth for small businesses by taking advantage of opportunities that are normally relegated to distinct businesses outside of Delaware.
LeAnn Simmons, WACHOVIA
Ron Sutton, WACHOVIA
James Stallings, MBNA
Your success is determined by your desire. Attend this resourceful conference and find many ways to be highly successful in today’s competitive environment.
Clifford Brown Musician
The entertainment business is hot! This specialized workshop will provide insight into the development and movement of an entertainment business. Hear from this professional entertainer on what creative things are needed to be successful. After the workshop, relax and enjoy a smooth Jazz performance by the presenter.
This workshop and performance is in partnership with the Annual Clifford Brown (FREE) Jazz Fest going on in the evening hours at Rodney Square during the week of June 5th - June 12th.
How did others become successful? What did it take? How can you position your business to be highly successful? Join with us as we hear notable entrepreneurs that have built successful enterprises. Hear stories of entrepreneurs who have been there, done that and can tell you their stories of rising to the top. Learn strategies and tidbits in an informal setting that is designed for Q & A format. Find out what it took to get to the top and what it takes to continue to stay at the top. Bring pencil and pad to obtain information on how you to can reach and obtain success.
Sharon Bradford,CEO, B & B Lighting Company
Attend this resourceful conference and find many ways to be highly successful in today’s competitive environment.
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