Jamestown Regional Entrepreneur Center

• Creating a Business Plan
• Goal Development
• Business Development
• Marketing Plans
• Advertising Strategies
• Financials – Overview

Speaker bios:

Ramin Ramhormozi, an SBDC Business Advisor since 2017. Ramin helps entrepreneurs and small businesses navigate the world of e-commerce and digital marketing. His 25+ years of experience in
e-commerce has ranged from operating online retail businesses, to launching e-commerce software to providing e-commerce strategy and consultation to companies both big and small. His focus is in the areas of e-commerce operations and growth marketing. In addition, Ramin is the CEO and Managing Partner at SKU Agency in Austin, TX.

Connie Sparks, an SBDC Business Advisor since 2006. Connie assists SBDC clients with business plans, business modeling, business financing, business startup, general business management and SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) assessments. She is a Certified Personal and Professional Development Coach. In 2000, she founded Wade Institute, which helps companies grow by creating revenue-generating ideas, obtaining financing, and improving processes and project management. Connie is author of The Entrepreneur’s Guide for Starting a Business and Where’s the Money: Big Dollars to Do Big Business Like the Big Boys. In 2009, she received the Small Business Administration’s Home-Based Business Champion Award.

This workshop will provide you up to-date information regarding employer options for developing and maintaining affordable employee benefits packages as well as compliance guidance on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Presented by: Sheyna Weisenburger with Stroh Associates

Stroh and Associates is an independent brokerage firm specializing in employer paid benefits and is located in Bismarck, North Dakota. The firm was founded by Sheyna, who has been working in the area of insurance and employee benefits since 2004.

For the past several years, Sheyna has been assisting employer groups throughout North Dakota in developing and maintaining affordable employee benefit packages and providing compliance guidance on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

Previously, she worked for BlueCross Blue Shield as an Account Executive which has given her a strong background in the analytical side to understanding group utilization and impact and premium increases. Licensed in health and life insurance, Sheyna has a long standing commitment to excellent customer service.

The decision to start an independent firm was driven by the desire to represent the employer and to provide multicarrier market competition and options.

Are you using SMS Text Marketing to Grow Your Business? Studies show that many contacts are tied to their smartphones and want to get their information through SMS (Text) Marketing. The key to successful SMS marketing is to make sure that the content benefits your contacts. Join our webinar to learn how to successfully set up and use SMS Marketing to connect and engage with your contacts and customers. Learn best practices of SMS Marketing and how to keep your contacts subscribed and interacting with your company.

Learn About:

• How to set goals and use SMS marketing safely for your customers and contacts.
• Content that works best when using SMS text messaging for businesses.
• How to set up SMS marketing legally and how to keep contacts subscribed.
• Statistics on SMS Marketing and how it works best for retail and business customers.
• Smarter strategies for using SMS marketing to grow your lists and sales.
• Top incentives to increase SMS subscribers and keep them responding.
• Examples of companies using SMS marketing correctly.
• Media mixing with SMS, Social Media, Email Marketing and more.
• How to measure your results & improve future SMS posts.
• Conversion actions to turn SMS leads into customers and use data to realize your goals.
• Understand legal guidelines for SMS marketing to keep your company compliant.

Please join us to learn what SMS Marketing is and how to use it to grow your e-Commerce Sales.

Do you want to learn what it takes to start a food truck business? Would you like to find the keys to success and the failures to avoid? Would you like to know the points you need to think about before moving forward? Would you like to learn what next steps would be and what resources are available to get you started? Join us for this insightful workshop on the topic with industry experts. We will discuss the following:

• Business Plans/Startup Assistance Strategy & Planning
• Social media Marketing and advertising
• Buying a food truck
• Permits

Presenters: Brian Larry, Bill Erickson, and Patrick Bolaños

Brian:

Brian is the Founder of the Foodbook, https://getfoodbook.com and the Co-Founder of the Where’s My Food Truck Franchise, www.facebook.com/groups/566465753790950. He has over 75k followers representing 35 states. Brian is an entrepreneur helping other entrepreneurs turn ideas into revenue. With a background in marketing, advertising, data collecting and data mining Brian brings a lot to the table. Brian uses his skills to help entrepreneurs that attend the ILT academy out of Minneapolis as well as food trucks in 35 states. (https://iltacademy.io/team/)

Bill:

Bill Erickson is the Owner and President of Total Imaging LLC and Rapid Refill Ink. Before founding Total Imaging, Bill Served 25 years on active duty with the United States Navy. Bill retired in 1997 as a Lieutenant Commander. Bill has been a resident of Fargo since 1999. Bill has been a continuous member of Business Networking International, Since February 2005, He has served as the President, Vice President and as Secretary Treasurer in the Wednesday Morning Originals chapter. Bill is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Vietnam Veterans of America, The American Legion and a life time member of the VFW Fargo ND, Post 762. Bill is also a Gold Member of The Executives Club of Fargo-Moorhead.

Patrick:

Patrick went from flat broke to owning a 7 figure business in under 3 years. An immigrant from Nicaragua he knows full well how much hard work can impact your life. He scaled the corporate ladder for 20 years but never really broke out until after 2017. It was one week before Christmas when he was let go from his position as CFO of a $25MM restaurant group, with only one week of cash flow left to support a family of four there was only one way to go, up. He vowed never to leave the fate of his family in the hands of others.

Using the knowledge gained from listening to podcasts like The MFCEO Project, Patrick began to make small gains on his entrepreneurial journey. He now co-owns a food truck manufacturing company in Houston Texas doing 7+ figures as of 2020 with dreams of becoming the largest food truck manufacturer in the world. Trailer King Builders helps entrepreneurs launch, finance, and grow a mobile food business. They are on a mission to help families become financially independent through a mobile food business/food truck.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]

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– Discuss the basics of entities
– How intellectual property is used
– Discuss examples of how businesses have protected and used intellectual property

Speaker Bio:

Tom Kading has been involved in the entrepreneurial community in the North Dakota – Minnesota area for nearly ten years. He found that many attorneys struggle to bridge the gap between the needs of businesses and the advice of attorneys provide. With an extensive list of subject matter experience, Tom Kading alongside his team at Fargo Patent & Business Law, PLLC, are here to help you navigate every step of the process.
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