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
Thursday Sep 22, 2016
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM CDT
Thursday, September 22
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Lost Spur Golf & Event Center
2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan
Regular Rate: $109
Discounted Chamber Member Rate: $89 (thru August 26)
Non-Member Rate: $119
Emily Corson, 651.288.9202
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