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| Attend a Small Business Event: Here is a List Posted: 26 May 2012 11:00 AM PDT Educational conferences and networking events for small businesses and startups abound. Here is our hand-picked list of conferences, seminars and events. Don’t miss out on these excellent opportunities to help you start a business, grow it and run it like a pro! * * * * *
Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations. Participants create working startups during the event and are able to collaborate with like-minded individuals outside of their daily networks. All teams hear talks by industry leaders and receive valuable feedback from local entrepreneurials. The weekend is centered around action, innovation, and education. Whether you are looking for feedback on a idea, a co-founder, specific skill sets, or a team to help you execute, Startup Weekends are the perfect environment in which to test your idea and take the first steps towards launching your own startup.
Led by Tory Johnson, the jam-packed, high-energy day enables you to experience big breakthroughs in your business and yourself. Meet great people who can help with product development and packaging; manufacturing and distribution; multiple revenue streams and collaborations; mental preparedness for monumental success; and so much more.
The Annual Kentucky Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference (8th KIEC) will bring together distinguished speakers, tech-based economic development practitioners, researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, students and postdoctoral fellows. The conference will focus on growing local initiatives powered by science and engineering talent.
The Inc. Leadership Forum brings together the knowledge and experience of industry experts, academics, seasoned entrepreneurs and fellow company leaders to share their methods on how to implement leadership strategies that help businesses flourish. In 2012, the two-day event will immerse attendees in an energizing program with a series of keynote speakers, panel discussions and interactive networking sessions designed exclusively for the unique needs of entrepreneurial leaders. The Forum brings to life the content in Inc. magazine through thought-provoking programming that enables company owners to gain actionable, real-world information to hone their skills and lead their businesses on a path to growth. At Inc.’s Leadership Forum, you’ll learn about innovative approaches, inspirational tools and processes to build teams and workplace environments that have a lasting impact on financial results and personal satisfaction.
The 2012 CT Business Expo offers free educational seminars hosted by industry elite speakers and trainers. All of the educational seminars will be held in custom built classrooms on the show floor. Four educational tracks include Sales, Marketing, Technology and Management.
Join us for a moderated conversation and audience Q&A with mobile Internet pioneer Dag Kittlaus, co-founder and creator of Siri, the new voice interaction feature in the popular Apple Inc. iPhone 4S. Dag will discuss his journey to creating one of the more innovative mobile technologies in recent history—a product that took him from Chicago to Silicon Valley and back to Chicago again. In addition to the discussion about working with Apple, Dag will give his perspective on the differences between the Chicago and California technology scenes. Enjoy drinks, appetizers and lively networking before and after the program.
Designed by Veteran small business owners for Veteran small business owners, VETS2012 brings government agencies, industry leaders and Veteran entrepreneurs together in a small, intimate forum to discuss the questions you need answered.
You probably think of LinkedIn as “that site” your friends and business associates have used in the past to search for job opportunities. But LinkedIn has become so much more. This webinar, presented by Venture Beat, will explore how LinkedIn can be used to grow your small business.
This event is co-located inside the info360 Conference & Expo at the Jacob Javits Center
Connect to mobile innovations, new advertising technologies, emerging social media practices, and new apps for managing your business and life. Techweek is the largest technology and innovation conference and expo to put the entire digital ecosytem on stage — in Chicago, an up-and-coming global destination for new technology, with a community eager to harness the spirit of innovation.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting the National Veteran Small Business Conference and Expo. As the largest nationwide conference of its kind, this event focuses on helping Veteran-owned businesses maximize opportunities in the federal marketplace. Join nearly 6,000 participants in Detroit for the opportunity to:
This year's theme celebrates the entrepreneurial, innovative and adventurous spirit of women business owners. They are starting businesses at record rates and running these businesses on their own terms. They refuse to sit idle, waiting and watching. They have confidence and power to shake things up, take smart risks and do things differently to move forward. They are impacting positive change at every turn, speaking out on issues of public policy, lightening their environmental footprint and creating jobs that fuel the economy. They are part of something much greater than themselves—a grassroots movement of women business owners and their community of supporters all dedicated to helping one another grow, thrive, give back and leave a legacy.
The New York Enterprise Report Small Business Awards is the annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of the 500,000+ small businesses throughout the tri-state area. Now in its 7th year, the Awards gala attracts more than 400 business owners and executives and is often referred to as "the networking event of the year." Don't miss the chance to do business with the "who's who" of the New York small business community.
To find more small business events, contests and awards, visit the Small Business Events Calendar. If you are putting on a small business event or contest, and want to get the word out, please submit it through our Events & Contests Submission Form (it’s free). Only events of interest to small business people, freelancers and entrepreneurs will be included. Brought to you as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com. From Small Business Trends |
| Read “Rules of the Hunt” and Start Playing Successfully in Business Posted: 26 May 2012 06:00 AM PDT
As is the usual case, I received an email from a publicist who asked if I'd be interested in reviewing the book. Of course, I said "Yes." The book arrived and I opened the envelope and just put it on the pile – you know the pile I'm talking about – it's the one my husband just went bananas over this morning – yeah – that one! But then I got a call from Michael Dalton Johnson (@RulesoftheHunt). At first I thought he was talking about the book – but it turned out to be about a completely unrelated reason. As we were ending the conversation he said that the book had an unusual format – but he wouldn't say more. Well, you know what happened next. I went home, routed through the pile until I found the book, and promptly took it upstairs to read that evening. Rules of the Hunt Looks Like a Book and Reads Like a Blog When you get your copy of Rules of the Hunt you're going to think you got a book. It looks like a book at first. In fact, it looks like any other business book you've ever seen; it has a businessy title and subtitle, acknowledgements, a forward by famous sales guru, Jeffery Gitomer and even a disclaimer. Then you get to the table of contents and you see that there are, what look like ten chapters. The introduction subtly lets me know that I don't have to read the book cover to cover. OK. A lot of books say that, so I'm not surprised. It isn't until I turn to page two that I notice the difference – when Michael Johnson said "Rules" – he was being literal. This was a book of RULES ; paragraphs and sections of things that Michael Johnson has learned over the length of his more than 30 years of attending the school of entrepreneurial hard knocks. Let me give you an example. I'm going to select just a couple of short "rules" so that you can get a flavor for what I mean:
OK. So what, you might say. But then there are wonderful, golden nuggets of just plain raw and honest business wisdom like this one:
Here's another one I really liked:
How Michael Dalton Johnson Can Pull off a Book Like Rules of the Hunt Not everyone can write a book like this. It takes someone who has lived it and learned from his mistakes to write a book like this and have you actually believe it. Michael Dalton Johnson certainly fits this description. At the age of 15, Johnson dropped out of high school to take a full-time job. He joined the army at age 17. Then, after serving in the military, he worked as a ranch hand, factory worker and construction laborer before venturing into the business world. He's never taken a business course and it seems like he's proud of it. Now, let me tell you about what he's accomplished inside the world of business. Johnson is an award-winning trade book and magazine publisher. He's been an entrepreneur for over 30 years and is the founder of SalesDog.com. He hasn't lived an obscure entrepreneurial life, rather, he's been on more than 200 radio shows and been featured in U.S. News and World Report, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and many, many more publications that are too numerous to mention here. I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Michael a few weeks ago and I can tell you that the creative marketing and sales secrets he shared with me can ONLY come from someone who has gotten his PhD from the real world of work and not a classroom. Rules of the Hunt is a Mentoring Textbook With so many young people graduating from college and looking to contribute and get to work – this book would be a fantastic graduation present. It's easy to read and will give them just the right amount of insight to think about – but leave them the freedom to see how they would put it to work. If you've been running a business, but not getting as far ahead in the process as you'd like – you might find some clues as to what's been missing in your strategy. Overall, this is a great general read for anyone who love reading business books. You don't have to read it cover to cover. You can simply keep it at your desk and open to a random page to see what pops up for you. I really enjoyed Rules of the Hunt and I think you will too. From Small Business Trends |
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