Learn how to transform business startups into profitable companies and train profitable enterprises to become entrepreneurial machines with Bill Joos, Principal of Go To Market Consulting.

9:00 – 9:30 am

Registration: Event Registration & Networking

9:30 – 9:45

Welcome & Introductions

9:45 – 10:30

Workshop 1: Business Planning

Bill Joos – Principal
Go To Market Consulting

10:30 – 11:15

Panel 1: LOCAL RESOURCES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

Moderated by Bill Joos

Panelists:

• Kim Howard , Regional Director of the Small Business Development Center and Vice President of Economic Development for the Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana
  
• Eric Kehl , Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking for German American Bank
  
• Brook Pyne , Director of Small Business Innovation Research for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation
  
• Bob Myer , Local Angel Investor
  

11:15 – 11:30

Break/ Networking

11:30 – 12:30

Workshop 2: Start-Up Funding and Marketing

Bill Joos – Principal
Go To Market Consulting

12:30 – 1:45

Bill Joos - Principal, Go To Market Consulting/Lunch - Common Business Mistakes

1:45– 2:30

Panel 2 : LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR CASE STUDIES & SUCCESS STORIES

Moderated by Bill Joos

Panelists:

• Dan Fritch of Matrix Integration
  
• Brett Voekel of Air Ride Technologies, Inc.
  
• Donna Adams of Winzerwald Winery