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Title:

Micromafia: Building a Local Small Business Support Network

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Level:
Intermediate
Type:
Panel
Category:
Business / Entrepreneurial
Organizer:
Susannah Gardner, Hop Studios
Description:
No small business is an island. When your business is only a couple of people, you desperately need advice and support, but most networking groups are too big. Explore an easy-to-implement, innovative way to collaborate with local entrepreneurs in a focused, how-we-built-it presentation based on chapters in Vancouver and Seattle.
Dave O
on 8/8/08
sounds great Susannah! voted and blog posted to help spread the word.
Shane Birley
on 8/8/08
Love this idea!
James Sherrett
on 8/8/08
I love this idea too!
Lisa Sabin-Wilson
on 11/8/08
This is a great idea! I recently just posted about going after local business opportunities . . great idea for a panel, I think! Voted!
Susie Gardner
on 11/8/08
Hi everyone! Panel organizer here. I've got a few more pieces of information to share about the contents of this panel:

Questions that will be answered:
1. What is a micro business network and how does it work?
2. Why do it?
3. How do you build a supportive business network from scratch?
4. What are the key lessons learned from Vancouver and Seattle?
5. How do you select members for your business group?
6. How does the group organize and sustain itself?
7. Why is dinner so important?
8. Can you really have frank conversations with potential competitors, friends, even colleagues?
9. What are the costs?
10. What topics and subjects are useful to discuss?

The presenters for this panel will be:
* Susannah Gardner, Creative Director, Hop Studios, http://www.hopstudios.com/
* Travis Smith, Partner, Hop Studios, http://www.hopstudios.com/
* James Sherrett, AdHack, http://www.adhack.com/
* Monique Trottier, Boxcar Marketing
* Michelle Teasdale, Hummingbird Translation, http://www.hummingbirdtranslations.com
* Craig Riggs, Turner-Riggs, http://www.turner-riggs.com/

If you have any questions, just drop me an email: susie@hopstudios.com
Michelle T
on 12/8/08
Terrific info in support of small enterprise. Great idea!
Ro Dunlop
on 29/8/08
Invaluable concept - really want to discover more...
Ann Holland
on 29/8/08
Terrific idea! Looks like valuable information.
last minute kreta
on 15/5/09
Most excellent!
betting system
2 weeks, 4 days ago
great idea thx
vineyard investment
3 days, 22 hours ago
This would have been and still would be immensly useful to my business, you want people who can give you practical advice who have walked a mile in your shoes, so to speak.

Doing business is currently difficult and I have approached several local businessmen for help and asked them what they would do, if presented with similar scenarios.

The above will help many, many small businesses in these tough times.
Do it today!
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