Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence

10 Speed Bumps to Small Business GrowthSundayDrive

and how to avoid them
Just as you think everything is going smoothly in your business, BOOM!!!, you hit a “speed bump”. Mike Van Horn, President of the Business Group will guide us in how to navigate and avoid the ten main obstacles to business success. You will leave this presentation with practical information you can use to support your business growth.

Mike will cover these key topics:

  1. Stuck in a culture of smallness
  2. Outgrowing your management style
  3. Chained to the secret knowledge syndrome
  4. Squeezed by a culture of no profit; pricing like a charity
  5. Vice president of minutiae
  6. Blind sided by opportunity
  7. Fear of marketing
  8. No plan, no accountability
  9. Tank’s on empty
  10. Lone Ranger mentality


Mike Van HornMike Van Horn, MBA, President of The Business Group, has advised entrepreneurial companies since 1974, on how to grow their businesses and operate with greater ease and profitability. He has authored a dozen books for business owners, including How to Grow Your Business Without Driving Yourself Crazy.

www.businessgroup.biz

Join us on December 2 from 8am–noon for an in-depth workshop.

New Location • Reservations Required/Space is Limited

When: Friday • November 4, 2005
Registration: 7:45–8:00 am
Workshop: 8:00–10:00 am
Where: New Location • Finley Center • 2060 W College Ave, Santa Rosa, 95401
Cost: Advance reservations & payment $15.
$18 at the door.
Continental breakfast included.
RSVP: Cynthia Riggs: (707) 823-1602 • cynthiar@comcast.net
Payment: Send your check or money order to CEE • POB 203 • Cotati, CA 94931

Reservations Required/Space is Limited

The Entrepreneurial Exchange Pact:

Entrepreneurs place top value on practical opportunities to learn from each other and the experts in subjects uniquely relevant to entrepreneur-hood. We commit to delivering a perfect blend of networking and instruction.

The Redwood Empire SBDC at Santa Rosa Junior College is an affiliate of the Northern California SBDC Program sponsored by: San Jose State University Foundation, the California Community College’s Economic and Workforce Development Programs and the U.S. Small Business Administration. This is a partnership program under the current Cooperative Agreement with the SBA and the San Jose State University Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the presenter(s)/author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring entities. All services are extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for the disabled will be made, if requested in advance.

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Graphics generously donated by Judy Baker of Completely Creative :: 707.938.2586

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