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Small Business Summit 2007
Business & Technology: Growth Strategies That Work |
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8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration/Exhibits/Networking
Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Introduction
Hosts:
Marian Banker
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Ramon Ray
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote
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10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Case Study
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Marketing with Pennies to Grow a Business
Tom Szaky,
CEO,
Terracycle
(Organic plant food from waste products) speaks with
John Jantsch,
CEO,
Duct Tape Marketing
about Terracycle’s growth using creative marketing and building a community of customers and partners. |
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10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Break/Exhibits |
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11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Brain Exchange Roundtable
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Free Business Services for YOU from Uncle Sam
Anita Campbell,
Small Business Trends
(America’s small business guru)
leads a round table of government and non-profit experts in what free government and non-profit services are available to small businesses
Opening by
Nancy Ploeger,
President,
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Franklin Madison,
Industrial Technology Assistance Corporation
(ITAC);
Martha Soffer,
Business Development Specialist,
Small Business Administration, NY Office;
Louisa Plotnick,
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
(NYSERDA)
Lena West, Contributing
Technology Editor,
The Network
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12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Buffet Lunch - Keynote
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Opening introduction by
Maitland Muse, Director of Data Sales - NY Metro Region,
Verizon Wireless
Business Security: What You Need Now - Security Solutions, Tips and Insights for Business
Gregory S. Levine,
Sr. Director of Product Marketing/Business Development,
Symantec Corporation
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1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Exhibits and Networking
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Keynote
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Emerging Technologies for Your Business
Ramon Ray,
Technology Evangelist,
Smallbiztechnology.com,
shares about emerging technology trends and leads a discussion on how you can use RSS, blogging, podcasting and other tools to grow your business.
Guest expert,
Danny Estrada,
from
Net@Work,
talks about CRM
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2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Case Study
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Robust Tech Overhaul Spurs Wealth Management Firm’s Growth
Michael E. Goodman,
President,
Wealthstream Advisors, Inc.
had the vision to create a technology based service model using an industry-specific CRM, paperless capabilities, and a new server system with state of the art back-up support.
Tom Vesque, President,
Vesque Partners,
designed and implemented the system that brought it into existence and made it work.
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3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break |
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3:15 – 4:30 p.m. Brain Exchange Roundtable
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Growth Strategies: Making Technology Work
Marian Banker,
President,
Prime Strategies,
leads an interactive roundtable of small business technology experts on how to make technology work for you. Plan to ask your questions and share from your experience.
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4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Closing & Fabulous Prizes!
(Xerox color printer
and many others) - link to
give aways
Marian and Ramon will summarize and wrap up the day’s events.
You must be present to win. |
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