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Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation ABCD Workshop:

 

STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION

ENERGIZING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL MINNESOTA

 

When:

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Where:

Best Western Hotel & Conference Center
1111 Range Street (Hwy. 169)
North Mankato, MN  56003 (map)
507.625.9333

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation is pleased to offer a day-long workshop 
featuring hands-on training, networking and best practices for local businesses and 
community leaders who are interested in the success of southern Minnesota businesses.


 

CAN LOCAL BUSINESSES RUN BETTER, FASTER, AND CHEAPER?

Our business community faces increasing competition at home and around the world, and only those who employ better methods to reduce costs, gain customers and find new markets will survive. This workshop is an opportunity for business and community leaders to learn from the success of peers who run their businesses effectively, and to hear from experts in the rural entrepreneurship field. Participants will hear from southern Minnesota business leaders in retail, manufacturing and technology who have developed successful and effective business models and tools for financing growth.

Keynote speakers:

Deborah  Markley, Co-Director, The Rural Policy Research Institute Center for Rural Entrepreneurship.
Topic: What's Unique about Entrepreneurship in Rural Economic Communities?

John Van Dine, CEO Sage Electrochromics, Faribault MN
Topic: The Sage Story of Innovation - What Makes Smart Windows Smart?

View Agenda

 

 

Cost for the workshop is $25 per person

Special *early bird group registration* 
(must register by February 1, 2005) $75 for groups of four

   Please RSVP to Elise Davis at 507.455.3215 or email elised@smifoundation.org
You can also Register Online

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workshop. If this message has been forwarded to you and you wish to 
receive future information about this event, please email janetl@smifoundation.org

 

 

 

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