| 05/07/2011 | |
 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | Registration Open |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Keynote Address [More Info] Sada Cumber Cumber is the co-founder of an investment and wealth consultancy, CACH Capital Management, and some ten other enterprises. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Cumber was an entrepreneur and investor based in Austin, Texas. Mr. Cumber’s business background is in senior management, marketing, and imaging technology. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Cumber has specialized in national and global network strategy, strategic marketing, business planning and institution building. Mr. Cumber has founded 11 companies in technology-based industries, including Texas Global, an international strategic advising firm, and CACH Capital Management, an investment advisory and wealth management firm. |
| 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Expo floor open |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Panel Session 1 [More Info] Panelists will discuss their personal experiences in meeting the challenges they faced in starting a business (e.g., ideation to a business plan, transitioning from a day job to an entrepreneur, raising capital, team building, getting the first customer) and provide inspiration, insights, and practical advice for new and budding entrepreneurs. |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Panel Session 2 [More Info] Panelists will provide insights into how they set their companies’ growth targets and highlight both successful and unsuccessful strategies they employed as they grew their companies. In particular, the discussion will focus on best practices applicable to enterprises with annual revenues of less than $1 million. |
| 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm | Expo floor open |
| 05/08/2011 | |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Motivational Speaker [More Info] Garrison Wynn Garrison helps people learn how to make the jump from being great at what they do to understanding and developing the qualities it takes to be chosen for the job. He gets them to understand why their products, services, or leadership styles − or those of their competitors − are selected. As he says, “If the world agreed on what’s best, everybody would choose the best and nothing else would be considered. Decision making doesn’t work that way.” |
| 11:15 am - 12:15 pm | Panel Session 3 [More Info] In a time of resource constraints and budget reductions small businesses must successfully leverage innovative, low-cost, and high-impact marketing strategies to reach out to existing and new customer segments. Panelists will discuss current practices employed by successful small businesses in using avenues including social networking, internet advertising, blogs, phone apps, and online multimedia to significantly improve their performance. |
| 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Expo floor open |
