Small Business Summit & Expo: Connect | Elevate | Grow

The Small Business Summit and Expo aims to celebrate, educate, connect and showcase small businesses in our region. We invite you to join 300 fellow entrepreneurs, small business owners and those that serve them, to build out your own network and opportunities!

Register here to attend.

The value to you:

- You will have the opportunity to attend two workshops that are timely and relevant for small business owners, and will have access to resources from the entire day's programming; sessions will be announced in early April.
- Exhibitors can feature their business with an audience of 300 new connections from across the metro area.
- At our lunch program, the 2025 Small Business Administration Awards will be celebrated and awarded, and you'll hear from panel of up and coming entrepreneurs.
- You will also make numerous other connections and leads with both small and large businesses who have the potential to become future clients or collaborators. You will leave with new ideas, and new leads!

Our Program:
The morning will begin with two workshop sessions with several important and relevant options to choose from. Mid-morning, our exhibit ballroom will open and there will be time for all attendees to explore tables and connect with small businesses and resources. We will break for lunch and more networking. After lunch, the exhibit hall will continue to be open, and we will invite the broader community to come and connect with small businesses.

Program:
7:30-8:30 am - Optional exhibitor setup
8:00-8:30 am - Registration and Coffee
8:30-9:15 am - Workshop Session 1
9:30-10:15 am - Workshop Session 2
10:30 am-Noon - Small Business Expo Open
Noon-1:00 pm - Lunch and Networking
1:00-3:00 pm - Small Business Expo Open
3:00 pm - Event ends

Workshops:

1. Power Moves: Leveraging Debt, Insurance, and Accounting to Fuel Business Growth, Speaker: Jason Besler, CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA)
2. Strategic Growth on a Small Biz Budget: How Fractional Leaders Drive Big Results Without Full-Time Cost, Speaker: Katie Walter, Fractional Conference
3. The Small Business Data Playbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Unlocking Growth with CRM Insights, Speaker: Louis Garcia, Media Garcia
4. Everything You Need to Start Running Meta Ads for Your Business, Speaker: Megan Upperman, SCRATCH for Growth
5. Networking for Business Momentum: Clarity, Confidence & Action, Speaker: Kelly Jahner-Byrne, The HOW Companies, Inc.
6. Payment Solutions: Trends, Solutions and Fraud Protection for Small Businesses, Speaker: Tracy Oliver, Wells Fargo

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