Women’s and Minority Small Business Education Seminar
Greater Phoenix SCORE presents Women’s and Minority Small Business Education Seminar
Purpose: To enhance community growth by delivering Mentoring and Business Education services to minority and women-owned business.
Free! Continental Breakfast Provided
Session 1: Manage Your Sales Pipeline (9:45 – 10:45 am)
If you build a business with a great product or service and no one knows about it, does it really exist? 
Many critical ingredients go into the mix to establish and grow a profitable business. One of these critical ingredients is sales. Hate it, tolerate it, or love it, sales are critical to your business. Just like any other mission-critical part of your business, your sales process requires planning, organization and deliberate execution. This session will give owners/founders/entrepreneurs in any industry a framework and tools for immediate use to supercharge their sales process.
Alex Haimann is a partner and head of business development at Less Annoying CRM. Founded with a mission to help small businesses succeed, Less Annoying CRM provides a simple, easy to use customer relationship manager software tool to over 6,000 small businesses in every major industry located across 70 countries. Alex brings his wide-ranging experience working with small businesses and non-profits to provide actionable guidance to the entire business community.
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Session 2: Top 10 Legal Mistakes That Can Destroy a Business (11:00 – 11:50 am)
Topics for this seminar will include (among others):
Session 3: Facebook for Business: Getting Results without “Paying to Play” (12:00 – 12:45 pm)
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When business owners are attempting to grow their companies, legal issues are often put on the back burner. The natural focus is on hiring talented employees, securing customers and generating revenue. Unfortunately, failing to do some basic legal planning can result in costly mistakes, impaired growth and even the untimely collapse of the company.
Brian J. Burt is a Partner with Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., and serves as Chair of the firm’s Emerging Business Group. He was named to the 2015-2017 Best Lawyers in America® lists, the Arizona’s Finest Lawyers list, and the 2012-2013 Southwest Rising Stars lists by Southwest Super Lawyers®. Brian is a Harvard educated business lawyer advising entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in all stages of development, from formation to liquidity. He also represents banks, financial services companies, private investors, and venture capital funds.
Now that Facebook wants you to “pay to play”, what can you do without purchasing Facebook advertising to see results from your Facebook strategy? Quite a bit! But it must be smart, deliberate, and strategic. In this lecture, you will learn how to use Facebook to reach your audience, build your brand and grow your list without purchasing Facebook advertising. What we’ll cover:
Lynn Ruby is a leading authority on marketing and is passionate about removing the fear and confusion that often surrounds the world of email marketing, social media marketing, video marketing, and websites. She has spoken to thousands of business owners, explaining complicated technical and marketing concepts in ordinary, everyday language. She is Founder and President of RubyMarketingSystems.com, a digital marketing services firm; an Authorized Local Expert for Constant Contact; and a presenter for SCORE and the Small Business Development Center.